Intel Says Major Security Bug Also Affects Competitors ARM and AMD

Intel fired back at reports that its entire microprocessor family was riddled with a severe security hole, conceding that the vulnerability existed but saying that a fix was in the works and that competing chips were also affected. Initial reports on Wednesday that the flaw, which could allow hackers to steal
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Apple Inc.'s offer to replace iPhone batteries cheaply may cut sales of new handsets by millions of units this year, according to Barclays analyst Mark Moskowitz. The Cupertino, California-based company recently said it intentionally slows down iPhones with older batteries to prevent the handsets
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Attorneys general from 49 states plus the District of Columbia announced a $45 million settlement Wednesday with Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based mortgage lender and servicer PHH Mortgage Corp. While the states' top lawyers talked about holding lenders accountable and protecting borrowers in
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Property, Mr Carr adds, is very much in a 'steady state' position in Cairns, though real estate sales were described as “dead flat” for the September quarter. … On the jobs front there has been a massive upward trend in job advertisements in Cairns with a 16.9 per cent increase in the 12 months from
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“We have to inform you that the Reserve Bank of India vide letter dated January 2, 2018 received by the bank on date has placed the bank under Prompt Corrective Action Framework, consequent to the on-site inspection under the Risk Based Supervision Model carried out for the year ended March,
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Buyers trying to get ahead of new mortgage rules that came into effect on New Year's Day helped boost home sales in Calgary. CREB reported higher sales for all types of homes in December — a month that's typically slow for the market. “Obviously our economy is better than it was last year, over the
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A specialist lender based in Central London is looking to expand their UK operations with the addition of an excellent Business Development Director who specialises in Property Lending (Residential Development). Reporting to the Executive team, the successful candidate will be….. click apply for full
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PHH Corp. settled allegations of foreclosure process abuses with 49 states that involved “inconsistent signatures” and improper certification of servicing documents. The Mount Laurel, N.J.-based company will pay $45 million, including $31.5 million that will go to borrowers whose homes were foreclosed
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That is not to say that Christchurch and the surrounding districts have built too many homes. But residents' needs are better met than in the overheated housing market of Auckland particularly. The post-quake residential rebuild crested in 2014, a year in which Canterbury local authorities granted more
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The real-estate market is likely to stay in the doldrums this year as expectations of price drops linger, but sellers are not likely to yield much, Cushman & Wakefield Taiwan said yesterday. “Another 10 percent price correction is necessary to motivate buyers, but it would take major external shocks for
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Tony Clayton with Clayton Agri-Marketing Inc. will speak on “Exporting livestock genetics to Asia” at the next meeting of the South Central Cattlemen, to be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at the West Plains Civic Center in West Plains. Brill Title Company will sponsor the dinner provided by Savor's
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2017 ended up being a banner year for many housing-related stocks including homebuilders and home improvement retailers. There were several different macroeconomic factors at play in the U.S. housing market that contributed to the outperformance of housing-related companies last year. So far for
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The companies are launching a joint venture called AVH Mortgage, which will provide mortgages for AV Homes buyers. AV Homes is one of the top 25 homebuilders in the country, and currently operates in Florida, the Carolinas and Arizona. The company's key markets are Orlando, Jacksonville,
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Oaktree Specialty Lending logo Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL)'s stock had its “hold” rating restated by equities research analysts at Maxim Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, December 26th. A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on
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The Mortgage Collaborative has announced a new strategic partnership with PHH Mortgage PHH Corp. has announced a settlement with the Multi-State Mortgage Committee (MMC) and the attorneys general of 49 states and the District of Columbia plus 45 state mortgage regulators involving improper
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Meanwhile, “Canada … is in the middle of a house price boom,” the report noted. That's despite the introduction of foreign-buyers' taxes for the Toronto and Vancouver housing markets, as well as other measures in Ontario's Fair Housing Plan designed to cool house price growth. Recent data suggests
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International Living also split its traditional Buying and Renting category into two: Buying & Investing and Renting. “We thought that buying might never be a serious consideration for a lot of people,” said Prescher. “And there are a lot of great deals for renting in an area, but not buying. I'd put Malaysia in
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The ABL Collateral Analyst III analyzes collateral information (submitted by bank clients) to determine the eligibility and “integrity” of collateral values as they are used in the calculation of collateral/loan availability. The ABL Collateral Analyst III advances funds against pre-approved lines of credit based
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With all this cold weather we've been having we thought it would be fun to put together a list of available Jersey Shore homes. We've tracked down houses in both Atlantic and Cape May County to show you what you can purchase for about $1 million right now. Check out the gallery to see what's
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