News Highlights: Top Company News of the Day
March 20 2018 - 11:30AM
Dow Jones News
Orbitz Discloses Possible Data Breach Affecting 880,000 Payment Cards
Expedia Inc.'s Orbitz subsidiary disclosed Tuesday it has
discovered a possible data breach affecting thousands of customers
on one of its older sites and an unnamed partner platform.
Facebook Is Pummeled by User-Data Blowback
Facebook confronted an intensifying crisis as political leaders
in the U.S. and Europe called for aggressive inquiries into whether
the technology giant failed to stop improper access and handling of
user data, scrutiny that sent the company's stock to its biggest
decline in four years.
United Suspends Cargo Program for Pets
Under fire for its handling of pets, United Continental Holdings
will stop taking reservations for its live-animal shipping program
at least until May 1 as it reviews the program.
CVS to Hire Former Eli Lilly CFO to Run Pharmacy Benefit Business
CVS Health tapped a former Eli Lilly finance chief to run its
pharmacy benefit business as the drugstore giant works to complete
an acquisition of insurer Aetna.
Meditation App Headspace Inks Content Partnership with NBA
Headspace has forged a partnership deal with the NBA that gives
the league, its players and its employees subscriptions to
Headspace.
General Dynamics Boosts Offer for CSRA
General Dynamics boosted its offer for CSRA in an effort to fend
off the unsolicited bid for the federal information technology
provider from rival CACI International.
U.K. Seeks Search Warrant for Cambridge Analytica After Facebook Scandal
U.K. officials are seeking a warrant to search the offices and
computer systems of Cambridge Analytica, a political-data firm
accused of illicitly harvesting and stockpiling data on millions of
Facebook users.
Security Worries About Huawei Spread Beyond U.S.
National-security concerns surrounding China's Huawei
Technologies-the world's biggest supplier of wireless equipment and
No. 3 vendor of smartphones-are spreading beyond the U.S. to key
allies.
KeepTruckin Raises $50 Million to Back Truck Technology Expansion
San Francisco-based maker of electronic logging systems wants to
create a freight marketplace, bring new services to a trucking
industry that is incorporating new technology.
Three Former Newell Directors to Drop Their Proxy Fight
Three former Newell Brands directors will part ways with the
activist investors they aligned with in a proxy fight, opting out
after the company struck a deal with Carl Icahn.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 20, 2018 11:15 ET (15:15 GMT)
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