The massive cyberattack on the Los Angeles Unified School District as the school year started this month has been something of a mystery because of the lack of demands made by the hackers. But now they are demanding ransom, officials said. “We can confirm that there was a demand made,” […]

U.S.-based digital asset services firm BitGo said it has filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court against Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Ventures seeking damages of more than $100 million arising from Galaxy’s improper repudiation and intentional breach of its merger agreement with BitGo. In May 2021, Galaxy Digital had […]

Asian stocks fell on Wednesday and the yen’s continued depreciation prompted the Bank of Japan to conduct an operation often seen as a precursor to currency intervention, as investors shunned riskier assets amid increasing uncertainty about the global economic outlook. The dollar index consolidated following Tuesday’s impressive rally and the […]

Pink-slipped Spectrum NY1 meteorologist Erick Adame doesn’t expect to get his old job back after being let go for appearing an adult cam website but thinks he could be working again soon. “I think it’s a different generation out there,” Adame’s crisis-management representative Howard Bergman told Deadline on Tuesday. “I […]

Asian stock markets are in a sea of red on Wednesday, following the broadly negative cues from global markets overnight, after hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data raised concerns the Fed will even more aggressively hike interest rate at its upcoming policy meeting next week and triggered heavy selling at several counters […]

London (CNN Business)Labor unions in the United Kingdom offered the country a brief respite from a wave of strike action during the period of national mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth II. Now, one day after the monarch’s funeral, strikes are back on as workers press their claims for better […]

Documentaries entered into high-profile U.S. film festivals in 2021-22 employed a much higher percentage of women in key behind-the-scenes jobs than did feature films, according to the latest “Indie Women” report from Dr. Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at […]

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) hinted at inflation problems when it recently announced sharp price increases on its extremely important Mustang Mach-E and Ford F-150 Lightning. These have to sell well for Ford to continue its march into the electric vehicle (EV) sector. However, these problems were considered isolated because […]

Home prices have risen at one of the fastest paces in history. The most recent similar period was in 2005 and 2006, just before the market imploded as part of the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis that led to the Great Recession. Prices were so high recently that they are […]

NFL ratings are booming in just about every timeslot this season, and Monday Night Football is no exception. It kicked off on September 12 and drew 19.8 million total viewers, its biggest audience since 2009. Now, the Disney franchise is mixing things up with an eye toward opening up even […]