Category: Media

Cyber Collaboration

Experts call for better coordination between governments and businesses on cybersecurity

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AP

David DeWalt, CEO of computer firm FireEye, said that 95 percent of U.S. companies have their computer systems compromised daily and that China is responsible for 89 percent of cyber attacks during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event on Tuesday.

Democrats Blame Citizens United for IRS Failures

Senators shift blame to Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance

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Steven Miller, Douglas Shulman / AP

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday attempted to shift some blame for the Internal Revenue Service’s alleged targeting of conservative organizations on the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, which held that the government cannot limit political spending by corporations, unions, and other groups.

No Friend of the People

Union plans protest of Obama commerce nominee

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President Obama and Penny Pritzker / AP

One of the largest hospitality unions in the nation will protest President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary nominee on Thursday, the first day of her confirmation hearings.

Hazy Memories

Obama aide makes another claim about the source of his anti-Koch brothers comments

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Austan Goolsbee / AP

A onetime economic adviser to President Barack Obama offered up yet another explanation on Twitter last week for why he claimed in 2010 that Koch Industries paid no income taxes.

Bad Loans

Funders of exposé on high-interest loans pioneered subprime mortgages

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Marion and Herb Sandler / AP

A news organization funded in part by one of the subprime mortgage crisis’ biggest beneficiaries sponsored a journalism series targeted at high interest loans.