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China-Backed Hackers ‘Targeted COVID-19 Vaccine Firm Moderna’

WASHINGTON — Chinese government-linked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna Inc, a U.S.-based coronavirus vaccine research developer, this year in a bid to steal data, according to a U.S. security official tracking Chinese hacking. China on Friday rejected the accusation that …

Indivior to Resolve U.S. Opioid Treatment Marketing Claims For $600 Million

Indivior Plc on Friday said it had agreed to pay $600 million and have a subsidiary plead guilty to a criminal charge to resolve U.S. allegations that it engaged in an illegal scheme to boost prescriptions of its opioid addiction …

Judge Blocks Twitter’s Bid to Reveal Govt Surveillance Requests

Twitter Inc will not be able to reveal surveillance requests it received from the U.S. government after a federal judge accepted government arguments that this was likely to harm national security after a near six-year long legal battle. The social …

JPMorgan Inherited ‘Spoof’ Method From Bear Stearns, U.S. Says

When JPMorgan Chase & Co. took over Bear Stearns more than a decade ago, it got two traders with a new trick. Their strategy: Use multiple fake orders to manipulate the prices of precious metals futures. The maneuver, adopted by …

Justice Dept. Probes Claims of Poultry Price-Fixing

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that chicken processors, including Tyson Foods Inc., Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. and Sanderson Farms Inc., conspired to fix prices. Prosecutors disclosed the grand jury probe in a court filing Friday …

Extension on Pool Standards for Disabled

The Justice Department says it is extending to next Jan. 31 a deadline for making existing swimming pools accessible to the disabled. The deadline was originally to be today. The department determined that an extension was necessary to provide additional …

Louisiana’s Justice Department Obtains $70K Settlement in Housing Lawsuit

The Justice Department says a group of New Orleans landlords has agreed to pay $70,000 in damages and penalties to settle a lawsuit alleging they denied housing to African-American prospective renters at an apartment building in violation of the federal …