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Facebook is 2nd largest US IPO ever

Facebook's launch on to the Nasdaq on Friday will raise $16.4 billion dollars, making it the second largest initial public offering on US markets ever.

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

India's Infosys shares fall on US probe worries

Shares in Infosys, India's second-largest outsourcing firm, fell four percent in Mumbai on Monday after the firm revealed that US authorities were probing alleged irregularities in its business visas.

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

India takes US visa fee hike to WTO

India is challenging the United States at the World Trade Organisation over increased visa fees for skilled workers that have hit the country's flagship outsourcing firms, an official said Tuesday.

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created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Data breach put 1.5M numbers at risk

(AP) -- A company that processes credit card transactions said Monday that as many as 1.5 million card numbers were compromised in a data breach early last month.

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created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Visa, MasterCard scramble after massive data breach

Credit card giants Visa and MasterCard were scrambling on Friday to thwart cyber crooks who looted a massive trove of precious account data, evidently from a payment processor in New York.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

WikiLeaks delays complaint against Visa, Mastercard: lawyer

WikiLeaks is delaying its complaint to the European Commission against credit card giants Visa and MasterCard in the hopes of reaching an out-of-court deal, the website's lawyer said Thursday.

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created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

WikiLeaks to file complaint against Visa, Mastercard: lawyer

WikiLeaks will lodge a complaint with the European Commission against credit card giants Visa and MasterCard if the two companies refuse to lift their ban on donations to the site, their lawyer said Monday.

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created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 13

India's Infosys in US business visa probe

Indian software giant Infosys Technologies on Wednesday said it will "co-operate fully" with a probe by US authorities into allegations it violated visa laws.

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created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Visa to launch 'wallet' for phones, online buying

(AP) -- Visa Inc. is making a virtual "wallet" that can hold people's card account information for faster checkouts at online shopping sites and real-world stores.

Technology / Telecom

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Visa claims new software catches more fraud

(AP) -- It's not just consumers who have to make hard choices when paying with plastic.

Technology / Software

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FBI in hunt for pro-WikiLeaks hackers: report

The FBI has joined the hunt for hackers who took down websites like PayPal, after they stopped processing payments to whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, US media reports said Friday.

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created Jan 01, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 33

Spam downloads surge among WikiLeaks supporters

(AP) -- Wikileaks supporters on Friday downloaded increasing amounts of the spam-shooting software used to attack companies seen as hostile - a development that could challenge even Internet giants such as ...

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created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 8

WikiLeaks' payment processor to sue card companies

(AP) -- WikiLeaks' payment processor said Thursday that it was preparing to sue credit card companies Visa and MasterCard over their refusal to process donations to the secret-spilling website.

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created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

UQ law student research exposes boat people myths

A research project undertaken by a group of University of Queensland undergraduate students has exposed the widely believed election myth that boat people are “flooding our borders”.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India outsourcers angered by US job visa hike

India's flagship outsourcing industry reacted angrily Saturday to a new US law tightening security at the Mexico border with measures paid for by steep hikes in American work visa fees.

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created Aug 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3