Ransom Demands Increasing as More Virulent Viruses Emerge The average ransom paid to cyber criminals nearly doubled to $12,762 per incident in the first quarter of 2019, compared... Read More
Wave of New Tech Firms Targeting Farms as Weather Wars Mount When surprise hailstorms hit the 6,000 acres Trevor Scherman plants each year with peas, wheat, canola and lentils, his first... Read More
Tainted Oil: Exxon, Others Say U.S. Government Sold Toxic Crude About the photo: A contractor works at Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Exxon Mobil... Read More
Judge Orders Bayer to Pursue Talks in Roundup Cancer Litigation A U.S. judge ordered Bayer AG to pursue mediation with plaintiffs claiming that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, asking the... Read More
Wildfire Took Your Home? Don’t Count on Insurance: Viewpoint Own a home? No doubt you’ve insured it. Very sensible of you. But if that home were, say, burned to... Read More
Boeing CEO Says 737 MAX Software Update Working as Designed Boeing Co’s chief executive said on Thursday that a software update designed to prevent disasters like two recent fatal crashes... Read More
Jury Convicts 2 Romanians in Malware Scheme that Infected 400,000 Computers A federal jury on Thursday convicted two Bucharest, Romania, residents of 21 counts related to their scheme to infect victim... Read More
Blizzard Moves Towards Plains and Midwest after Waning in the U.S. Rockies DENVER — A powerful storm bringing heavy snowfall and strong winds was churning across the U.S. Plains and Midwest on... Read More
Listeria Scare Prompts Houston Company to Recall Products HOUSTON — A Texas company has recalled more than 3,300 pounds (1496.87 kilograms) of ready-to-eat meat, poultry and salad products... Read More
Trump Plan to Ship Natural Gas by Rail Stokes ‘Bomb Train’ Fears About the photo: Firefighters douse blazes after a freight train loaded with oil derailed in Lac-Megantic in Canada’s Quebec province... Read More