Bloomberg In one of the most audacious hacks in recent memory, US government agencies were attacked as part of a global campaign that exploited a flaw in the software updates of a US company. The hackers are suspected to be part of a notorious hacking group tied to the Russian government, the Washington Post reported. The attack included breaches at ...

Bloomberg The European Union called on Chinese authorities to allow a Bloomberg News staffer who was detained last week in Beijing to have access to a lawyer, medical care and contact with her family. China has confirmed that Haze Fan, a Chinese citizen who has worked with Bloomberg News since 2017, was detained by the Beijing Municipal National Security Bureau ...

Bloomberg The springlike temperatures are giving way to winter conditions across the Northeast, with the threat of snow rising for New York and New England from a fast-moving storm that will hit late Wednesday. New York could get 8 to 12 inches of snow starting from Wednesday from a storm starting to come together across the western US, said Bob ...

Bloomberg British business groups pleaded with the government to extend the time they have to prepare for the nation’s departure from the European Union after leaders from both sides agreed to continue talks. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave negotiators another shot at reaching a deal on the terms of trade before ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump and other top US officials will be offered the newly approved coronavirus vaccine within days as part of a plan to ensure continuity in government amid the pandemic, people familiar with the effort said. The vaccinations will be offered to critical personnel in all three branches of government deemed essential, and could start soon. The shots ...

Bloomberg Private equity firm EQT AB has made an offer to take over Swedish pharmaceuticals company Recipharm AB in a deal valued at about $2.1 billion. EQT is offering shareholders 220 kronor in cash per share, compared to Friday’s closing price of 179 kronor. It’s also proposing to give holders of Recipharm’s senior unsecured convertible bonds 1.43 billion kronor in ...

Bloomberg US tech giants are bracing for new laws that could force sweeping changes to how they operate in Europe, with significant fines or, in extreme cases, orders to break up the worst offenders. The new Digital Markets Act, set to be proposed by the European Union on Tuesday, targets so-called gatekeeper companies, platforms with the power to control distribution ...

Bloomberg The surge in UK property prices will persist into next year as housing needs outweigh economic uncertainty, according to Rightmove. It predicts asking prices will climb 4% in 2021 as this year’s unprecedented demand spills into the coming months. Currently there is a logjam of 650,000 properties in the market, with prices up 6.6% compared to this time last ...

Bloomberg Hospitals are going into overdrive in the final hours before they receive the first US shipments of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine, ensuring they are ready for the final payoff from months of planning. “It’s very exciting,” Fran Hixson, director of clinical quality at Chesterfield, Missouri-based Mercy Health, said in an interview. “We’ve learned along the way ...

Bloomberg Stocks started off the week on a bullish note as investors took comfort from further stimulus bill negotiations and the impending deployment of the first vaccine in the US S&P 500 futures gained about 0.6%, with the first deliveries of the Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE vaccine in the US due to arrive on Monday. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is ...