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Citigroup credited a client’s account with $81 trillion when it meant to send only $280, an error that could hinder the bank’s attempt to persuade regulators that it has fixed long-standing operational issues. Financial Times: The erroneous internal tr… Continue reading Citigroup Erroneously Credited Client Account With $81 Trillion in ‘Near Miss’
Blue Origin on Thursday announced the crew for its next mission. “The crew most notably includes popstar Katy Perry and broadcast journalist Gayle King. They will be joined by two scientists — Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen — as well as Jeff Bezos’ fia… Continue reading More Random Rich People Are Going To Space
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: As part of a settlement announced by the state of New York’s Attorney General, Letitia James, DoorDash has agreed to pay $16.75 million to more than 60,000 Dashers who were supposed to receive that mone… Continue reading DoorDash Paying Drivers $17 Million For Stolen Tips
The amount stolen last week surpasses what the group was able to steal in all of 2024.
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gwolf (Slashdot reader #26,339) writes: On Friday, February 14, Libertarian Argentinian president, Javier Milei, promoted the just-created $LIBRA cryptocoin, created by the Viva la libertad project, strongly aligned with his political party, La Liberta… Continue reading Argentinian President Promotes Memecoin. It Then Crashed 95% as Insiders Cashed Out
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Monday brought chilling news reports of the all-count trial convictions of three individuals for a conspiracy to rob and drug people outside of LGBTQ+ nightclubs in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, which … Continue reading Woeful Security On Financial Phone Apps Is Getting People Murdered
Chainalysis says a combination of law enforcement actions and better defenses led to less money going out to ransomware actors.
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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund and said it may purchase TikTok. From a report: “We’re going to stand this thing up within the next 12… Continue reading Trump Orders Creation of US Sovereign Wealth Fund, Says It Could Buy TikTok
An anonymous reader shares a report: At first blush, stock trading this week is hardly a paragon of the market-efficiency theory, an oft-romanticized idea in Economics 101. After all, big equity gauges plunged on Monday, spurred by fears of an AI model… Continue reading ‘Magical’ Efficient-Market Theory Rebuked in Era of Passive Investing
West Sussex County Council is using up to $31 million from the sale of capital assets to fund an Oracle-based transformation project, originally budgeted at $3.2 million but now expected to cost nearly $50 million due to delays and cost overruns. The p… Continue reading UK Council Sells Assets To Fund Ballooning $50 Million Oracle Project