Section: Business Insider (USA)
A Bug In Apple’s Online Services Let Developers Log Into Other People’s Accounts
There was a major problem in Apple’s iTunes Connect services yesterday that meant that developers logging into their accounts accidentally ended up in control of other people’s apps. TechCrunch reports that any developers logging into iTunes Connect, the online portal that lets people manage their apps and track downloads, found...
Russian Central Bank Slashes Interest Rates As The Economy Weakens
The Russian central bank has dropped its key interest rate from 17% to 15% as the outlook for the country’s economy in weakens. The Bank of Russia hikes interest rates by 6.5% last month in a shock decision that came at 1am local time. The measure was intended to head off a collapse in the value of the ruble, which fell to an all-time-low...
10 Things You Need To Know Before European Markets Open
Here’s everything you need to know in markets today. Greece’s New Government Has Its First European Talks Today. Greece’s new anti-austerity government is set to hold its first talks Friday with its eurozone partners about its ambitions to secure a reduction in the massive debts linked to its €240 billion ($269 billion)...
Greek government set for first talks with eurozone partners
Athens (AFP) – Greece’s new anti-austerity government is set to hold its first talks Friday with its eurozone partners about its ambitions to secure a reduction in the massive debts linked to its 240-billion-euro ($269 billion) international bailout.But the talks come hot on the heels of a warning by the European Union and Germany...
Ukraine peace talks due as EU hits Russia with more sanctions
Minsk (AFP) – Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and Europe are set to hold fresh peace talks Friday in a bid to end a surge in fighting between Kiev and Kremlin-backed rebels, with tensions running high after the EU hit Moscow with more sanctions.The talks in Belarus’s capital Minsk will bring together the contact group of...
Greece’s New Finance Minister Is A Loose-Lipped Blogger And A Snarky Media Critic
Yanis Varoufakis is the new finance minister of Greece, after the far-left party Syriza won a resounding victory in Greece last week. Before being elected to parliament and named finance minister, Varoufakis was an economics professor and regular blogger. His site is called “Thoughts for our post-2008 world,” and it generally focuses...
Greece Is Quickly Turning Into Europe’s Worst Nightmare
Greece is quickly turning into a nightmare for Europe. Syriza, the radical left-wing political party which won the Greek parliamentary elections over the weekend, surprised the EU by challenging economic reforms as well as the sanctions imposed on Russia. Berlin and its European partners insist on reforms as a condition for receiving more aid...
EU expands Russia sanctions as new Ukraine talks loom
Brussels (AFP) – The EU agreed Thursday to expand its sanctions against Russia as Ukraine’s warring parties announced fresh truce talks to end a surge in fighting between Kiev and Kremlin-backed rebels.Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned meanwhile that the threat of further sanctions risked turning the new Cold War...
Ukrainians flee frontline town under daily crossfire
Svitlodarsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Wheeling suitcases and hauling bags, residents of Svitlodarsk peered into a bus departing from this heavily shelled east Ukrainian town. “Is there still room?” one woman asked, anxious to send her teenage son to safety.The town, controlled by Ukrainian government authorities, has been under rocket...
There’s One Huge Reason Mexico Is Becoming ‘Less Free’
Freedom House’s annual Freedom in the World survey was released yesterday, and found that 18 countries were on a downward trend compared to last year in terms of upholding political and civil liberties. One of them is a crucial US ally responsible for about $1.3 billion in daily trade and a recipient of $194 million in security assistance:...
