Russian cyberattacks could be ‘serious pain point’ for US economy: former FBI official

U.S. government agencies and American companies are bracing for potential Russian cyberattacks in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of U.S. sanctions. Russia has struck before — notably with its hack of the Colonial Pipeline, which cut off 45% of the fuel supply to the East Coast last May. Cybersecurity experts are warning of hits to infrastructure providers that could disrupt power supplies or other necessary services. One expert, a former executive at the… Source link

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Nordic American Tankers Ltd (NYSE: NAT) – Report February 25, 2022 (Fourth quarter 2021)

Nordic American Tankers Limited Friday, February 25, 2022 Highlights: As regards the recent political events in Russia and Ukraine, we shall comment later when matters are more clear. 1. On a Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) basis, fourth quarter 2021 was the best quarter of the last five quarters. We take comfort from an improving trend in both top- and bottom-line results. 2. The average TCE for our active fleet during the fourth quarter 2021 came in at $10,100 per day per ship. This was up 74%… Source link

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Why Wall Street ‘is much more worried’ about Powell than Putin: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, February 25, 2022 Inflation, and the Fed’s reaction to it, remains the biggest market risk Crying ‘havoc,’ Vladimir Putin has let slip the dogs of war — both in Eastern Europe and global financial markets. Thursday’s breathtaking comeback on Wall Street, roiled by panic-selling stemming from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, signaled… Source link

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Novak Djokovic to lose No. 1 ranking after upset in Dubai

Novak Djokovic lost any chance of defending his Australian Open title, and now he’s about to his lose No. 1 ATP ranking. The Serbian was shocked by the Czech Republic’s Jiri Vesely, ranked No. 123 in the world, on Thursday in the semifinal of the Dubai Open. The loss guarantees that the No. 2-ranked Daniil Medvedev will have more points than Djokovic in the next ATP rankings, ending his reign. The Dubai Open had been Djokovic’s first since his Australian Open debacle, in which he was deported… Source link

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Ex-Hawaii QB Colt Brennan had CTE, family says

Colt Brennan, the record-setting Hawaii quarterback whose death last May shocked the college football world, was found to have stage 1 CTE in a post-mortem examination, his family revealed via Sports Illustrated. Brennan’s body was reportedly examined by the CTE Center at Boston University, which was unable to fully examine his brain due to other injuries. There was enough evidence to confirm CTE, though, which sheds further light on the post-retirement life of the record-setting… Source link

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Block Shares Surge on Rosy Outlook for Rest of Year

(Bloomberg) — Block Inc., the digital-payments firm run by Jack Dorsey, surged as much as 30% in late trading after it reported fourth-quarter revenue that topped projections and gave an unexpectedly positive outlook for 2022. Most Read from Bloomberg Fourth-quarter revenue was $4.08 billion, slightly topping the $4.01 billion average estimated by analysts. Block, formerly known as Square, also said its Cash App’s gross profit will be stronger in the second half of the year because of… Source link

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Block Shares Surge on Rosy Outlook for Rest of Year

(Bloomberg) — Block Inc., the digital-payments firm run by Jack Dorsey, surged as much as 30% in late trading after it reported fourth-quarter revenue that topped projections and gave an unexpectedly positive outlook for 2022. Most Read from Bloomberg Fourth-quarter revenue was $4.08 billion, slightly topping the $4.01 billion average estimated by analysts. Block, formerly known as Square, also said its Cash App’s gross profit will be stronger in the second half of the year because of… Source link

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Mandatories stand in Josh Taylor’s path to super stardom

The good news for Josh Taylor is that he’ll walk to the ring on Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland, to a hero’s welcome as he prepares to defend his undisputed super lightweight title against mandatory challenger Jack Catterall. The bad news is, there’s going to be plenty of these mandatories popping up in short order, and it’s going to take a heroic effort in order to keep the belts. Normally, the mandatory challengers aren’t the fights fans are itching to see. And with no offense meant… Source link

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How US Sanctions Will Crimp Russia’s Tech Sector

Last November, the tech giant Yandex unveiled Chervonenkis, Russia’s most powerful supercomputer and the 19th most powerful commercial computer on the planet. Chervonenkis, which Yandex uses to train artificial intelligence algorithms for applications like web search and translation, was built by linking together more than 1,500 chips from the US company Nvidia. Earlier this week, Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said that it was having trouble sourcing the homegrown chips it’s… Source link

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Warriors’ variance provides a golden opportunity

The NBA is similar to horse racing in that jumping out of the gates to an early lead doesn’t guarantee victory, but it certainly helps. BetMGM offers a wager for every NBA game called “Race To,” where you can bet on which team will be the first to score five points, 10 points, 15 points and so on. I love these types of wagers, so I spent the All-Star break diving into which teams are consistently hitting 10, 20 and 30 points first in their games, and which teams are smart fades (one of which… Source link

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