Monthly Archive: April 2018

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Delta Air Lines says it was hit by cyberattack

Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that some of its customers’ payment information may have been breached in a cyberattack last fall. The airline said the incident involved (24)7.ai, a chat-services provider used by Delta and other companies. Delta says only “a small subset” of customers were affected, with payment information exposed from Sept. 26 to […]

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Smucker to buy company behind Rachael Ray dog food

NEW YORK — J.M. Smucker Co. said Wednesday that it will buy the maker of Rachael Ray-branded dog food as it looks to expand into the premium pet-food business. Smucker, known for its namesake fruit jams, already owns Kibbles ‘n Bits, Meow Mix and other pet brands. But people have become pickier about what they […]

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The Latest: Raids cost Chinese gang ‘hundreds of millions’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Latest on raids on illegal marijuana houses (all times local): 3 p.m. U.S. prosecutors estimate that a Chinese-based crime organization will lose “hundreds of millions of dollars” in drug profits and the money it invested in homes in Northern California after authorities conducted raids. Law enforcement agents have seized roughly 100 […]

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AP EXPLAINS: What causes YouTube to take down videos?

NEW YORK — YouTube often takes action against videos that violate its guidelines , and has well-established procedures for doing so. The “YouTubers” who produce videos and post them on the site aren’t always happy about its decisions, but their discontent rarely leads to violence. That may have changed Tuesday, when Nasim Aghdam — herself […]

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AP News Guide: What’s behind the US-China trade fight

WASHINGTON — The United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, have roiled financial markets and fueled fears of a protracted trade war by threatening tariffs this week on each other’s goods. The United States on Tuesday said it would impose 25 per cent duties on $50 billion of imports from China, and China […]

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Options still open for former Nova Scotia wind tower plant:minister

HALIFAX — The deadline for deciding what to do with a former wind tower manufacturing plant developed with $56 million in provincial funding has been extended into May, Nova Scotia’s business minister said Friday. Geoff MacLellan, who had previously said that a decision needed to be made by March 31, now says maintenance savings realized […]