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U.S. Takes Swipe At China For Hacking Allegations
March 29, 2013 2:26 pm | by ANNE FLAHERTY,Associated Press | News | CommentsThe U.S. has taken its first real swipe at China following accusations that the Beijing government is behind a widespread and systemic hacking campaign targeting U.S. businesses. A new provision effectively bars much of the U.S. government from buying information technology made by companies linked to the Chinese government.
Arizona Gun Proponents Launch Free Gun Program
March 29, 2013 2:23 pm | by CRISTINA SILVA,Associated Press | News | CommentsA campaign promising free shotguns for people in Tucson's most troubled neighborhoods has divided some residents in a community still reeling from a shooting rampage in 2011 that killed six people, left a congresswoman and several others wounded, and made the city a symbol of gun violence in America.
BCI Begins ‘Award Season’
March 29, 2013 9:52 am | by Donna Monkhouse, Marketing Communications Manager, BCI | News | CommentsThe BCI has started its ‘award season’ with great élan and enthusiasm and has added to its growing repertoire of BCI Regional Awards — taking the headcount to six this year. Australasia and Europe have now joined their Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern and North American counterparts in the BCI Global Awards Programme.
Utility Seeks $414M For Cleanup Costs From Five Storms
March 29, 2013 9:31 am | News | CommentsConnecticut's biggest utility asked regulators Thursday to allow it to charge customers $414 million for costs related to five destructive storms last year and in 2011, a request that would increase the typical customer's bill $3 a month.
U.S. Drone Industry Worries About Privacy Backlash
March 29, 2013 9:23 am | News | CommentsIt's a good bet that in the not-so-distant future, aerial drones will be part of everyday life in the U.S. Far from the killing machines whose missiles incinerate terrorists overseas, these generally small, unmanned aircraft will help police departments find missing people.
Protection Extended For Health Department Data Breach Victims
March 29, 2013 9:18 am | News | CommentsVictims of a massive Utah health department data breach are getting another year of identity theft protection. Health department ombudsman Sheila Walsh-McDonald says state lawmakers approved $1 million to extend credit monitoring for a second year.
Massive Snowstorm Costs Jobs In Connecticut
March 28, 2013 3:14 pm | News | CommentsLast month's massive snow storm disrupted business and transportation, leading to a loss of 5,700 jobs, the Connecticut Labor Department said Thursday. But still, the unemployment rate fell to 8 percent in February, from 8.1 percent in January.
Google Adds Street Views Inside Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Zone
March 28, 2013 10:56 am | by YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsConcrete rubble litters streets lined with shuttered shops and dark windows. A collapsed roof juts from the ground. A ship sits stranded on a stretch of dirt flattened when the tsunami roared across the coastline. There isn't a person in sight.
Record-Breaking Cyberattack Hits Anti-Spam Group
March 27, 2013 3:37 pm | by RAPHAEL SATTER,Associated Press | News | CommentsA record-breaking cyberattack targeting an anti-spam watchdog group has sent ripples of disruption coursing across the Web. Spamhaus, a site responsible for keeping ads for bogus weight-loss pills out of the world's inboxes, said it had been buffeted by the monster denial-of-service attack since mid-March.
Report: 2011 Quake Was Likely Man-Made
March 27, 2013 3:33 pm | by SETH BORENSTEIN,AP Science Writer | News | CommentsAn unusual and widely felt 5.6-magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was probably caused when oil drilling waste was pushed deep underground, a team of university and federal scientists concluded. That would make it the most powerful quake to be blamed on deep injections of wastewater.
Crisis Communications 2013: Social Media & Notification Systems
March 27, 2013 1:54 pm | Articles | CommentsIn 2012, Continuity Insights published its first report into the use of social media as a crisis communications tool. This year, we dug a little deeper in an effort to learn more about the industry’s social media strategies. Over 315 participating organizations responded to the survey.
Reinsurer Cites U.S. Weather For Big Losses
March 27, 2013 12:05 pm | News | CommentsSwiss Re says the more than 300 catastrophes and disasters caused the loss of 14,000 lives and $186 billion, mostly due to "large scale weather events" in the United States such as Hurricane Sandy that accounted for $35 billion of insured losses — nearly half the total worldwide.
Administrators Armed In Colorado School District
March 27, 2013 11:05 am | by THOMAS PEIPERT,Associated Press | News | CommentsAs lawmakers across the country debate arming teachers and administrators to prevent another deadly school shooting, one Colorado school district has voted to let its superintendent and a high school principal carry concealed semi-automatic pistols on campus — a move some say sidesteps laws meant to keep schools gun-free.
Next-Generation Business Continuity
March 27, 2013 10:18 am | by Kathleen Lucey, FBCI, President, Montague Risk Management | Articles | CommentsBeing proactive embodies the intent to go beyond recovery to identify what information we need on a continuous basis, in order to identify opportunities for competitive advantage in an adverse situation. The target is an improved competitive position that can in fact increase revenues and develop long-term competitive superiority.
Spring Snow Closes U.S. Schools, Cancels Flights
March 25, 2013 4:37 pm | by MICHAEL RUBINKAM,Associated Press | News | CommentsFive days into spring, warm weather and budding flowers were just a rumor Monday as the East Coast endured another blast of winter. A wide-ranging storm that buried parts of the Midwest weakened as it moved east but still managed to carpet lawns and fields in a fresh layer of white.
