© Reuters. Exterior view of SolarWinds headquarters in Austin By Christopher Bing, Joseph Menn, Raphael Satter and Jack Stubbs (Reuters) – Speaking at a private dinner for tech security executives at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco in late February, America’s cyber defense chief boasted how well his organizations […]
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President-elect Joe Biden has now tapped his most important deputies on foreign policy: Tony Blinken for the State Department, Lloyd Austin for the Pentagon, Avril Haines as his director of national intelligence, and Jake Sullivan as his national security adviser at the White House. Next comes the crucial question of […]
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Jacinda Ardern unveils ‘incredibly diverse’ cabinet, including foreign minister with Maori face tattoo
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3 Foreign Tech Picks Amid The Domestic Selloff
The big market break that we have all been anticipating is finally upon us. The remarkable speed at which this correction is occurring has already ripped stocks back to where they were a month ago, with overstretched tech leading the slide. S&P 500 has plummeted 7% since September 2nd, while […]