Thieves around the world are targeting consumers with Instagram accounts. Getting back access to an account might appear straightforward, but in this case, the hacker often stops the user from retrieving it. Seán O’Shea explains.
Having your social media account hacked or stolen can be upsetting and, while it is a common issue, for one woman it’s proving to be emotionally draining. Caryn Lieberman reports.
German consumer morale is projected to inch up in June after falling to a record low in May, but high inflation and the war in Ukraine continue to weigh on household spending, a survey showed on Wednesday. The GfK institute said its consumer sentiment index, based on a survey of around 2,000 Germans, rose slightly to -26.0 points heading into June after hitting a revised all-time low of -26.6 points in May. "The consumer climate may have improved slightly, but consumer sentiment is still at an absolute low," GfK consumer expert Rolf Buerkl said in a statement.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Sony Group Corp said it plans to ramp up production of its PlayStation 5 console as supply chain snarls ease and signalled a radical broadening of its games portfolio including more titles on PC and mobile. The PS5, which went on sale in November 2020, undersold its predecessor in its second year due to component shortages which have roiled the electronics industry. Beyond the initial ramp up "we're planning for heavy further increases in console production, taking us to production levels that we've never achieved before," Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan told an investor briefing.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials agreed when they met earlier this month that they may have to raise interest rates to levels that would weaken the economy as part of their drive to curb inflation, which is near a four-decade high. At the same time, many of the policymakers also agreed that after a rapid series of rate increases in the coming months, they could “assess the effects” of their rate hikes and, depending on the economy’s health, increase rates at a slower pace. After their
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Gold Line Resources Ltd. (TSXV: GLDL) ("Gold Line" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed Phase 1 (of 2) of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) magnetic survey over its 100% owned ~17,600 Hectare Oijärvi Greenstone Belt Project in northern Finland conducted by Radai Oy based in Oulu Finland. The aim of the survey is to collect data in order to map underlying geology and structural architecture over the entire greenstone belt and determine priority target areas for its 2022 e
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KYIV — Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has become the latest European leader to visit Ukraine. Marin met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday in Kyiv. Finnish public broadcaster YLE says she also visited the towns of Bucha and Irpin where Russian soldiers are alleged to have killed civilians. Zelenskyy thanked Marin for Finland’s weapons deliveries and its support for sanctions against Russia. Jolted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland recently broke with its policy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement just as closing arguments were set to begin in a seven-week trial over the opioid epidemic, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday. Morrisey announced the development in court in the state’s lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc., AbbVie’s Allergan and their family of companies. The judge agreed to put the trial on hold t
Kinwood, The Celebration of Life Company, announces it has submitted evidence to the Competition Bureau that shows the commercial funeral industry, and its regulator are stifling competition in the funeral sector. While the Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO) is supposed to be the regulator that protects consumers, the evidence submitted by Kinwood shows that the BAO Board is controlled by funeral industry insiders and has established unfair barriers to limit bereavement choices for consumers
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The U.S. Federal Reserve may be forced to rethink its hawkish stance as it hikes interest rates in the face of a slowing economy and deteriorating market fundamentals, Guggenheim Partners' Global Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd said on Tuesday. "The neutral rate is probably lower than where the Fed thinks it is ... by June when the Fed funds rate is expected to be about 1.75%, any tightening beyond that would be restrictive," Minerd said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. In their efforts to bring inflation under control, policymakers have underestimated the impacts of shrinking the central bank's balance sheet while simultaneously hiking rates, he told the Reuters Global Markets Forum, adding that market participants were also underestimating these risks.
Around a quarter of Canadians believe the country will experience a recession in the next three months, while 55 per cent think it is in the midst of one.
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TORONTO — TD Bank Group reported its second-quarter net income totalled $3.81 billion, up from $3.70 billion in the same quarter last year. The bank said Thursday the profit for the quarter ended April 30 totalled $2.07 per diluted share, up from $1.99 per diluted share a year ago. Revenue in the quarter totalled $11.26 billion, up from $10.23 billion in the same quarter last year. The results came as TD reported a provision for credit losses of $27 million for the quarter compared with a $377-m
Western Alaska Minerals (the "Company" or "WAM") is pleased to announce the opening of its Illinois Creek Camp and the commencement of drilling at the Waterpump Creek high-grade silver-lead-zinc carbonate replacement deposit (CRD) in western Alaska. This year's drilling is primarily focused on extending mineralization from the bonanza WPC21-09 drill hole at Waterpump Creek which cut 9.1 meters true thickness of 522 g/t silver, 14.4% lead and 22.5% zinc, or 1886 g/t silver equivalent (AgEq). The
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New orders for U.S.-made capital goods increased less than expected in April, suggesting businesses could be slowing their pace of spending on equipment as they confront growing headwinds from rising interest rates and tightening financial conditions. The Federal Reserve has adopted an aggressive monetary policy stance to cool demand and tame inflation, sparking a stock market sell-off and boosting U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar. "Rate-sensitive business equipment investment growth is beginning to slow," said Michael Pearce, a senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics in New York.
On Monday, Starbucks Corp said it was pulling out of Russia and McDonald's trademark "Golden Arches" were lowered near Moscow, following the sale of its burger chain to a licensee. Nike said on March 3 it would temporarily suspend operations at all its Nike-owned and -operated stores in Russia in response to Moscow's actions in Ukraine and has said that those still open are operated by independent partners. Inventive Retail Group (IRG), which operates 37 Nike-branded stores in Russia through its subsidiary Up And Run, said there had been a shortage of goods since Nike halted shipments.
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