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Ex-Amazon worker found guilty in Capital One hack

  Bloomberg A former Amazon Web Services worker was convicted of hacking into the company’s cloud servers to steal customer data and computer power that she used to mine cryptocurrency. Following a week-long trial in Seattle, Paige A. Thompson, 36, was found guilty of seven federal crimes, including wire fraud, which carries a prison sentence of as long as 20 ...

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Zara’s pink party dresses are made from greenhouse gases

  Bloomberg Released by Inditex’s Zara as part of a limited clothing collection, the little pink number costs $90 and is sourced, in part, from captured carbon emissions. It’s also officially sold out. Carbon and other greenhouse-gas emissions are, for lack of a better description, the worst. The buildup of these gases in recent decades is starting to reshape every ...

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Aerojet CEO backed by ISS in proxy fight

Bloomberg Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Eileen Drake has received backing from the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) for her slate of candidates battling for board seats in a proxy fight with the US rocket-engine maker’s chairman. In a shareholder letter, Drake and three other independent directors said the ISS, a provider of proxy research and vote recommendations to the ...

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Russia war in Ukraine could last for years, says Nato chief

Bloomberg Russia said it hit military targets in Ukraine with sea-launched cruise missiles, including a strike on a planning meeting of Ukrainian commanders. The war in Ukraine “could last for years,” Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Germany’s Bild am Sonntag, saying the military alliance “must not let up on supporting” Kyiv. The new head of the British Army said ...

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Australia’s Dutton says US can provide two nuclear subs by 2030

Bloomberg Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton reiterated his earlier claims that the US could provide Australia with two nuclear submarines by 2030, without providing material evidence that such a deal would occur. Speaking on the national broadcaster’s “Insiders” program Sunday, Dutton said he had visited counterparts in Connecticut and “spoken with them there” about acquiring the equipment, even though the ...

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US rejects China’s claims over Taiwan Strait as concerns grow

  Bloomberg Biden administration officials have decided to reject a vague new assertion by China that the Taiwan Strait is not “international waters” and are increasingly concerned the stance could result in more frequent challenges at sea for the democratically-governed island, according to people familiar with the matter. Chinese officials have made such remarks repeatedly in meetings with US counterparts ...

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Spanish PM set for heavy defeat in key battleground

  Bloomberg Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists are heading for a heavy electoral defeat in the country’s most populous region of Andalusia on Sunday, highlighting the scale of the challenge he faces to win re-election in a national vote due next year. Sanchez and his government have been struggling to cope with the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of ...

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Worst drought in 70 years in Italy threatens food, power

Bloomberg Italy is in the depths of one of its worst droughts, with the country’s largest river, the Po, hitting its lowest level in 70 years, threatening crops and raising the specter of power outages. While much of Europe has had drier-than-average conditions this year, northern Italy’s Po valley is worst hit, according to the JRC Global Drought Observatory. Several ...

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US factory output surprises with first decline in 4 months

Bloomberg US factory production unexpectedly declined in May for the first time in four months, restrained by ongoing supply challenges and hints of cooler demand for some big-ticket consumer goods. The 0.1% decrease followed 0.8% increases in the prior two months, Federal Reserve data showed. Total industrial production, which also includes mining and utility output, rises 0.2% last month. Median ...

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GM plans to start sales of electric Hummer in Europe

  Bloomberg General Motors Co. plans to return to Europe with battery-powered models starting with the Cadillac brand and is considering selling the hulking Hummer electric vehicle. The carmaker may start importing the electric Cadillac Lyriq model, which is already on sale in the US, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential deliberations. Broadening GM’s offering would ...

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