22 Feb
Posted by Madison Fargher as Financial Articles
New Zealand shares were mixed, with as many gaining stocks as decliners on the NZX 50 Index. Port of Tauranga rose after posting record first-half earnings while Fletcher Building extended its decline after profit missed its guidance.
The NZX 50 fell 5.07 points, or 0.2 percent to 3323.15, having flitted between gains and losses during the day. Within the index, 18 stocks fell, 18 rose and 14 were unchanged. Turnover was about $110 million.
Earnings season has delivered a mixed bag of beats and misses. Fletcher had warned that first-half profit would drop at least 10 percent then reported a 13 percent decline.
Its shares fell 0.8 percent to $6.46 today, adding to their 2 percent drop yesterday, when the company said weak demand for home building and charges to restructure its Laminex unit dented first-half earnings.
Mainfreight, the transport group, fell 0.5 percent to $9.60. Last week the company reported quarterly earnings that disappointed some analysts.
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10 Feb
Posted by Madison Fargher as Financial Articles
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07 Feb
Posted by Alexis Demaine as Identity Theft Advice
Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital was hit with a computer virus which put the personal information of around 12,000 people at risk.
“We are very sorry it happened here,” said Melanie McDonald, spokesperson for the hospital.
The breach included patients and individuals who applied for jobs using the hospital’s website. Those affected are expected to receive a letter explaining that a server storing their names, addresses and Social Security numbers was infected with a virus.
McDonald said the virus is common, and very malicious.
“The sad thing is – these days – there are vulnerabilities online,” said McDonald.
Indiana University Health Goshen is offering a year of credit monitoring and identity theft insurance to those affected.
Patient records were on a separate server that is not connected to the internet. The server