January 2020

Travelex: Travel money services still down after cyber-attack

Image copyright Getty Images Banks that use Travelex to run their foreign exchange services are still unable to sell travel money after a massive cyber-attack which happened two weeks ago. Hackers held Travelex to ransom, demanding the firm pay $6m (£4.6m) before they unlock its systems. That has affected banks like Barclays, Lloyds and RBS, […]

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High anxiety: Proposed US hemp rules worry industry

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop now are worried their businesses could be crippled if federal policymakers move ahead with draft regulations. Licenses for hemp cultivation topped a half-million acres (200,000 hectares) last year, more than 450%

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New Iowa Poll Shows Tight Race, With Joe Biden Jumping Ahead

Joseph R. Biden Jr. has regained some of his strength in Iowa, but his three closest rivals for the Democratic nomination remain clustered at his heels, according to a Monmouth University poll released on Monday. The poll, published three weeks before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation nominating contest, found the former vice president with support from 25 percent of

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Oscar Nominations Snub Jennifer Lopez, Female Directors And ‘The Farewell’

Let’s all give Jennifer Lopez a round of applause for an awards season battle well fought.  The “Hustlers” star, whose supporting performance as Ramona was highly praised and earned her Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Indie Spirit nominations, was among the many actors left off the 92nd Oscars ballot. J.Lo was cast aside, as

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