A past AWS re:Invent conference. (GeekWire Photo). A “relatively small addition of capacity” to the Amazon Kinesis real-time data processing service triggered a widespread Amazon Web Services outage last week, the company said in a detailed technical …
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New York (CNN Business) Demand for initial public offerings has roared back to life on Wall Street, led most recently by highly anticipated debuts from Silicon Valley darlings Airbnb and DoorDash, which are both expected to begin trading in December.
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The Department of Transportation has set new standards for how it would determine whether airlines are being unfair or deceiving passengers, giving a boost to the industry in the Trump administration’s final weeks by issuing rules that consumer groups say …
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(Reuters) – Business information provider S&P Global Inc agreed on Monday to pay $44 billion in stock to acquire IHS Markit Ltd in the year’s biggest acquisition that will create a new data powerhouse serving Wall Street and the corporate world. FILE PHOTO: …
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Kirkland & Ellis has hired Reginald “Reg” Brown and three other partners from WilmerHale, where Brown served as chairman of the firm’s financial institutions practice. Brown served as associate White House Counsel and special assistant to the president …
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