Companies

One wouldn’t think “Cathay Pacific” would be particularly hard to spell—and one would think the company, at least, would know its own name. However, one of Honk Kong-based Cathay Pacific’s Boeing 777-367s showed up at Hong Kong International Airport bearing the logo “Cathay Paciic” in large letters along the side of the plane, CNN reported. […]

TOKYO—Japanese cryptocurrency firm Tech Bureau Corp said about $60 million in digital currencies were stolen from its exchange, highlighting the industry’s vulnerability despite recent efforts by authorities to make it more secure. Tech Bureau, which had already been slapped with two business improvement orders by regulators this year, said its Zaif exchange was hacked over […]

Legal services may be one of the last industries to be disrupted by technology, but the momentum is picking up.

Native American businesses generate more than $39 billion in annual income and employ around 208,000 workers, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Ranging from charter schools and financial institutions, to construction and gambling businesses, they successfully combine community strengths with entrepreneurship. Tribe-owned businesses have allowed Native Americans to re-invest and create new enterprises within their […]

LONDON—British Airways apologized on Sept. 7 after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen over a two-week period in the most serious attack on its website and app. The airline discovered on Sept. 5 that bookings made between Aug. 21 and Sept. 5 had been infiltrated in a “very […]

United Continental Holdings on Aug. 31 increased its checked bag fees on routes to and from North America, the Caribbean, and Central America, the company said, as it grapples with rising fuel costs. The parent company of the no. 3 U.S. airline will now charge $30 for the first checked bag on the routes, up from […]

DUBLIN—Ireland has collected 13.1 billion euros ($15.2 billion) in disputed taxes from Apple plus interest of 1.2 billion euros, which it will hold in escrow pending an appeal against a European Union tax ruling, Ireland’s finance minister said Sept. 18. The European Commission ruled in August 2016 that Apple had received unfair tax incentives. Both […]