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3:28am, 2nd April, 2019

Israeli researchers - hundreds of fake Twitter accounts boost Netanyahu

Two Israeli researchers said on Monday they had discovered a network of hundreds of fake Twitter accounts that promoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and attacked his political rivals, a week before a national election.

Accounts emerge of heroism in New Zealand mosques; bodies to be released

9:06am, 17th March, 2019

World

Accounts emerge of heroism in New Zealand mosques; bodies to be released

Accounts emerged on Sunday of heroic attempts to tackle a gunman who slaughtered 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand, as authorities prepared to begin releasing the bodies of victims to their families for burial.

U.S. lawmakers emerge from Whitaker meeting with conflicting accounts

10:47pm, 13th March, 2019

Politics

U.S. lawmakers emerge from Whitaker meeting with conflicting accounts

U.S. lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee emerged from a closed-door meeting with former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday with conflicting accounts of their conversation with the controversial Trump ally.

Russia's Gazprombank freezes accounts of Venezuela's PDVSA: source

7:34am, 17th February, 2019

Business

Russia's Gazprombank freezes accounts of Venezuela's PDVSA: source

Russian lender Gazprombank has decided to freeze the accounts of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and halted transactions with the firm to reduce the risk of the bank falling under U.S. sanctions, a Gazprombank source told Reuters on Sunday.

Ahead of EU polls, Facebook voids accounts targeting Moldovan election

12:49pm, 14th February, 2019

World

Ahead of EU polls, Facebook voids accounts targeting Moldovan election

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had disrupted an attempt to influence voters in Moldova, increasing concerns that EU elections in May could be prey to malign activity.

Facebook voids accounts targeting Moldova pre-election

10:45am, 14th February, 2019

World

Facebook voids accounts targeting Moldova pre-election

Facebook Inc said it has removed a number of pages and accounts engaged in "inauthentic behavior" targeting people in Moldova, where elections will be held later this month.

Exclusive: Venezuela shifts oil ventures' accounts to Russian bank - document, sources

6:25pm, 9th February, 2019

World

Exclusive: Venezuela shifts oil ventures' accounts to Russian bank - document, sources

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its oil joint ventures to deposit sales proceeds at an account it recently opened at Russia's Gazprombank AO, according to sources and an internal document seen by Reuters on S...

Exclusive: Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that sought to discourage U.S. voting

4:57pm, 2nd November, 2018

Politics

Exclusive: Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that sought to discourage U.S. voting

Twitter Inc deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media...

Twitter removes more accounts affiliated with Infowars

10:52pm, 22nd October, 2018

US

Twitter removes more accounts affiliated with Infowars

Twitter Inc confirmed on Monday it has removed more accounts affiliated with Infowars, the website of U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Danske Bank faces U.S criminal inquiry over suspicious Estonian accounts

5:24am, 4th October, 2018

Business

Danske Bank faces U.S criminal inquiry over suspicious Estonian accounts

Danske Bank faces a criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice over a 200 billion euro ($230 billion) money laundering scandal involving its Estonian branch, increasing long-held investor fears.

5:08pm, 22nd August, 2018

Business

JPMorgan extends Sapphire card brand to checking accounts

JPMorgan Chase & Co is expanding its high-end Sapphire brand to include checking accounts, hoping to attract and keep increasingly affluent millennial customers, the largest U.S. bank said on Wednesday.

Lloyds bank to raise interest rates on some savings accounts

7:20am, 13th August, 2018

UK

Lloyds bank to raise interest rates on some savings accounts

Britain's Lloyds Banking Group will raise interest rates on a number of its fixed and variable rate savings accounts at the end of August, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

Ex-Manafort aide Gates testifies on Cyprus accounts, shell companies

12:15pm, 7th August, 2018

US

Ex-Manafort aide Gates testifies on Cyprus accounts, shell companies

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's right-hand man testified at trial on Tuesday that Manafort instructed him not to tell their firm's bookkeeper about payments from accounts in Cyprus that held millions of dollars in earnings fr...

Manafort ex-aide Gates testifies at trial on Cyprus accounts

11:30am, 7th August, 2018

Politics

Manafort ex-aide Gates testifies at trial on Cyprus accounts

The top aide to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified at trial on Tuesday that Manafort told him not to tell their firm's bookkeeper about payments from accounts in Cyprus.

Facebook scraps accounts trying to influence November's U.S. elections

1:35pm, 31st July, 2018

US

Facebook scraps accounts trying to influence November's U.S. elections

Facebook Inc has identified a coordinated political influence campaign ahead of November's U.S. congressional elections and taken down dozens of fake accounts on its site, the company said on Tuesday.

Twitter suspends two accounts linked to 12 Russians indicted by Mueller

8:10pm, 14th July, 2018

Politics

Twitter suspends two accounts linked to 12 Russians indicted by Mueller

Social networking site Twitter Inc on Saturday suspended two accounts linked to 12 Russian spies indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.