Traders are racing to deliver record volumes of Venezuelan crude oil masked as Malaysian bitumen blend to China, ahead of new fuel taxes that look set to upend the lucrative flow of sanctioned oil to the world's top crude importer.
(Bloomberg) Panama is struggling to cope with a five-fold increase in migrants who trek for days through its dense southern jungle in the hope of reaching the U.S., according to the country’s top diplomat.
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(Bloomberg) A company that slaughters cattle may seem like an unlikely target for a cyberattack. That is, until you realize that taking out just one company could paralyze burger and steak supplies for all Americans.
(Bloomberg) A company that slaughters cattle may seem like an unlikely target for a cyberattack. That is, until you realize that taking out just one company could paralyze burger and steak supplies for all Americans.
Thatâs the lesson from the recent ransomware attack on one of the biggest U.S. beef producers. Namely, that a fervor for mergers and acquisitions has created single points of failure in some critical industries, making them prime targets for hackers who want to threaten huge disruptions to cash in on the biggest payouts possible.
Brazil's real will likely stay buoyant in the coming weeks but the currency's medium-term prospects are still obscured by investor worries about the pace of reforms as lawmakers focus instead on the fight against COVID-19, a Reuters poll showed.
The European Commission on Friday authorized Pfizer-BioNTech's (PFE.N), (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12, paving the way for a broader roll-out in the EU after similar clearances in the United States and Canada.