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U.S. leads global effort to disrupt cyber crime ring
A U.S.-led international operation disrupted a crime ring that had infected hundreds of thousands of PCs around the globe with malicious software used for stealing banking credentials and cyber extortion, the Justice Department said on Monday.
Fidelity Contrafund cuts Yahoo stake by 41 percent this year
Fidelity Investments Contrafund, the largest mutual fund investor in Yahoo Inc, cut its stake in the Internet media company by 41 percent during the first four months of 2014, according to the fund's latest disclosure.
Transeastern Power Trust Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering of Units and Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures
Transeastern Power Trust ("Transeastern" or the "Trust") is pleased to announce it has closed its initial public offering (the "Offering") of 11,045,800 units of the Trust (the "Units") at a price of $1.00 per Unit along with $11,763,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.5% convertible unsecured subordinate debentures (the "Debentures") for aggregate gross proceeds of $22,808,800.
Satellite TV operator Dish Network to accept bitcoins
Satellite TV operator Dish Network said it would accept bitcoin payments from customers from the third quarter, joining companies such as Overstock.com Inc and Zynga Inc in accepting the digital currency.