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news.bloombergtax.com | Marissa Newman
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Marissa Newman
In 2015 cybercriminals targeted several currency trading companies and stole sensitive data, leaving behind a ransom note. They received a frantic response from a woman named Helena, who identified herself as a European executive from one of the companies tasked with handling the negotiations. In increasingly flustered exchanges over WhatsApp, Helena implored them to lower their price.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Marissa Newman
Cristal at his office in Tel Aviv. (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- In 2015 cybercriminals targeted several currency trading companies and stole sensitive data, leaving behind a ransom note. They received a frantic response from a woman named Helena, who identified herself as a European executive from one of the companies tasked with handling the negotiations. In increasingly flustered exchanges over WhatsApp, Helena implored them to lower their price.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Marissa Newman
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.’s new chief executive officer said the cybersecurity firm will take “calculated risks” that could include acquisitions and a hiring spree to accelerate growth and narrow the gap with its rivals.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Marissa Newman
Space became a new frontier in the war in Gaza one month into the conflict, when Houthis fired an Iranian-designed ballistic missile toward the southern tip of Israel. The country’s defenses had about ten minutes from launch to the expected impact in Eilat, over 1,100 miles away.
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1 month ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Marissa Newman |Andrew Martin
Last summer, investors persuaded the founders of cyber startup Wiz to turn down Google’s $23 billion takeover offer. They feared the US government would block the deal and argued that Wiz was better off as an independent company. On Tuesday, Wiz’s founders said they’d changed their minds. It didn’t hurt that Google parent Alphabet Inc. sweetened the offer to $32 billion in cash — a handsome price for a company that set up shop in Tel Aviv just five years ago.
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1 month ago | 
thederrick.com | Marissa Newman |Andrew Martin
Last summer, investors persuaded the founders of cyber startup Wiz to turn down Google’s $23 billion takeover offer. They feared the U.S. government would block the deal and argued that Wiz was better off as an independent company. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. Get complete access for 24 hours to all of the content on our site, including breaking news, e-editions, archives (2010 to current) and special sections.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Marissa Newman |Andrew Martin
Last summer, investors persuaded the founders of cyber startup Wiz to turn down Google’s $23 billion takeover offer. They feared the US government would block the deal and argued that Wiz was better off as an independent company. On Tuesday, Wiz’s founders said they’d changed their minds.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Marissa Newman |Andrew Martin
Last summer, investors persuaded the founders of cyber startup Wiz to turn down Google's $23 billion takeover offer. They feared the U.S. government would block the deal and argued that Wiz was better off as an independent company. On Tuesday, Wiz's founders said they'd changed their minds. It didn't hurt that Google parent Alphabet Inc. sweetened the offer to $32 billion in cash - a handsome price for a company that set up shop in Tel Aviv just five years ago.
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2 months ago | 
americanmilitarynews.com | Marissa Newman |Sherif Tarek |Fares Akram
Israel and Hamas exchanged dead Israeli hostages for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a swap that was delayed with the sides accusing each other in recent days of breaking the terms of the Gaza ceasefire. The Israeli military received the coffins of four hostages from the Red Cross after they were handed over by Hamas, Israel’s government announced early on Thursday. Israel, in turn, freed around 640 imprisoned Palestinians, roughly 450 of which were detained in Gaza during the conflict.
