28 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ebola outbreak could infect 20,000, WHO says
Ebola outbreak could infect 20,000, WHO says
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could infect 20,000 people, warning that an international effort costing almost half a billion dollars is needed.
28 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "A Man Of Many Perversions" – Federal Cybersecurity Head Convicted Of Child Porn Charges
"A Man Of Many Perversions" – Federal Cybersecurity Head Convicted Of Child Porn Charges
Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
28 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fissure Eruption Begins In Iceland As Bardarbunga Magma Breaches The Surface
Fissure Eruption Begins In Iceland As Bardarbunga Magma Breaches The Surface
Over the weekend, we reported that Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano, located under Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull, has started to erupt with the Iceland met service warning of yet another possible pyroclastic cloud, one which will likely snarl transatlantic air traffic as happened after the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull and the 2011 smaller but just as damaging Grimsvotn volcano eruption.
28 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asian shares slump as Ukraine tensions flare
Asian shares slump as Ukraine tensions flare
Asian shares slumped on Friday, after flaring Ukraine tensions spoiled investor risk appetite and bolstered the safe-haven yen. Ukraine’s president said Russian troops had entered his country in support of pro-Moscow rebels who captured a key coastal town, escalating a five-month-old separatist conflict. The United States on Thursday openly accused Russia of sending combat forces into Ukraine and threatened to tighten economic sanctions, but Washington stopped short of calling Moscow’s latest step an invasion.
28 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on U.S. banking group says unaware of any ‘significant’ cyber attack
U.S. banking group says unaware of any ‘significant’ cyber attack
The group, known as the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or FS-ISAC, includes all major U.S. “There are no credible threats posed to the financial services sector at this time,” the group said in an email to its members. FS-ISAC told members in the email that it decided not to raise its barometer of threats facing banks during a regularly scheduled conference call on Thursday.
28 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises
Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises
A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters.
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