because-the-nsa Archives

NSA says how often, not when, it discloses software flaws

November 6, 2015 creative because-the-nsa, car-guards, companies-open, cyber-attacks, flaws-it-finds, joseph-menn, most-serious, nsa, problems, san, security, the-officials, the-problems, time, vulnerabilities

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S.

News Posts

Square IPO priced at 30 percent discount to last private funding

November 6, 2015 admin because-the-nsa, car-guards, flaws-it-finds, initial-public, joseph-menn, mobile, nsa, san, security, the-officials, twitter

By Heather Somerville SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Mobile payments company Square Inc set a price range on Friday for its highly anticipated initial public offering that values the company at up to $4.2 billion, a 30 percent discount to its valuation at its last fundraising round. San Francisco-based Square, which is headed by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, is one of the most prominent “unicorns,” or private companies valued at more than $1 billion, to make a public debut this year

News Posts

Alibaba to pay about $3.7 billion for ‘China’s YouTube’

November 6, 2015 creative 26-60-per, ads, alibaba, alibaba-group, because-the-nsa, china, friday, hangzhou, his-country, pictured-at-its, san, twitter, youku

It is also a vote of confidence in China's economy by Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma, who has said investors should not overreact to his country's slowing growth. Youku Tudou's American Depositary Shares rose 10 percent to $26.80 in premarket trading on Friday, below Alibaba's offer of $27.60 per ADS. Alibaba held 18.3 percent of Youku Tudou as of Oct