Break Up The Big Banks? Seven Reasons Why That’s A Bad Idea
Break Up The Big Banks? Seven Reasons Why That’s A Bad Idea In recent months, many politicians and policymakers have grown more aggressively vocal in their call to break up large and systemically important U.S. banks as a further measure…
Checking Vital Signs of European Banks
European banks are once again facing fears of a meltdown. While current risks require careful scrutiny, a thorough checkup suggests that relatively healthy lenders can be found in the market today. It’s been a rough start to the year for…
Ghost Chat App Protects Privacy from Digital Surveillance Intrusions
Powered by Max Banner Ads Vancouver, Canada – MK Art Technology Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Ghost Chat – Secret Anonymous Text Messenger 1.2, a secure message app which is now available on the iTunes App Store….
EFCC Interrogates Another Senior Lawyer, Obla, Over Halliburton Bribery Scandal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday interrogated another lawyer, Mr. Godwin Obla (SAN), in connection with his alleged involvement in the negotiations in the plea bargain with companies fingered in the Halliburton bribery scandal. A senior operative…
Tech Q&A: Fighting the CryptoWall hacking scam
Q: I received a screen message that said all my files had been encrypted (locked so they can’t be opened) by CryptoWall, and that if I wanted the files back I would have to pay for the encryption key. I…
High-tech and the widening rich-poor gap
The global economy faced the tumultuous recession, sluggish capital markets and dead-slow recovery during the last few years that changed the economic and social scenarios in developed and developing economies alike. In trying to ride out the difficulties, business communities…
Is Chinese economy going to collapse?
A man checks stock prices at a brokerage in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Jan 26, 2016. [Photo/IC] Chinese economy is experiencing difficulties which are not unique to China but almost every country in the world is facing an economic slowdown under…
The path to the Donald Trump presidency may be unstoppable (VIDEO)
Donald Trump, President of the United States? Donald Trump won a huge victory in Nevada last night. The interesting thing is that he won just about every demographic voting in the primary. He even won Latinos. Yes the numbers are…
What The Hospital Hack Taught Us About Ransomware
It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. The cyberattack that left a California hospital paralyzed until administrators agreed to pay a $17,000 ransom is only the latest digital assault to hit a cash-strapped emergency-service provider in the U.S. But it’s…
FBI Financial Crime Investigations Become Increasingly Sophisticated
The FBI is becoming increasingly aggressive and sophisticated in its investigations of financial crime, noted Trace Schmeltz, an attorney at Chicago-based Barnes & Thornburg. Schmeltz, who has worked with prosecutors as well as defending clients in white collar cases, has…