In the wake of Gawker.com’s downfall, a host of start-ups are rushing to bring litigation finance to Main Street with a business model that could have far-reaching ramifications for both investors and the legal system. Until the news broke that tech billionaire Peter Thiel was funding former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan’s suit against (now-defunct) gossip blog Gawker for outing him as gay nearly a decade ago, most people were unaware that third parties — traditionally, hedge funds — could bankroll a lawsuit against a person or business As a result, start-ups in the field of litigation-finance investment have gained promThe…
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The Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, needs a lot of work, Iowa insurance commissioner Nick Gerhart told CNBC Tuesday. “We have to look at the ACA in its entirety. The risk mitigation tools … really didn’t work very well, to be honest, and the carriers just really need more predictability in their pricing,” he said in an interview with CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” Iowa just approved steep rate increases for the insurers operating in the state, including a 42.6 percent hike for Wellmark. Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images A heckler holds a sign taunting Senate candidate…
The National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM)-Pune has released an official notification inviting all the interested, eligible candidates to apply to Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) programme in Banking and Financial Services for the academic session 2017-19. All the eligible candidates are requested to apply latest by March 20, 2017. Eligibility criteria: Educational qualification: All the candidates interested in applying need to possess a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised university /institute with at least 50 per cent or equivalent Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). Those candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification examination…
The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Puducherry has released an admission notification inviting applications from interested, eligible candidates to apply for its full time and part time Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes for the academic session 2016. The PhD programme is offered under the following departments: Computer Science and Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mathematics Physics Chemistry Eligibility criteria Educational qualification: PhD in engineering: Those interested in applying should possess a first class Bachelor’s degree in engineering/technology and a Master’s degree in engineering/technology or a Master’s degree by research (MS by research) in relevant…
Students who are planning to pursue MBBS from private educational institutions in Madhya Pradesh (MP) will now have to pay a higher tuition fee from the upcoming academic session beginning from October first week. This decision was taken by the Admission and Fees Regulatory Committee (AFRC), according to which there will be increase of 33 per cent to 53 per cent. As per TOI report, a notification was issued by AFRC, according to which the first year students in the MBBS course will have to pay Rs 5 to 5.72 lakh as tuition fee. Last year the fee was Rs…
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised on the need for a “Garib Kalyan” agenda, Aam Admi Party enquired if BJP-ruled states would allot the maximum share of funds on education, health and employment generation in their budgets. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia urged the Prime Minister to refrain from “creating obstacles” for the Delhi government and told him to “land on the ground for few days”. His tweet came after Modi asked BJP chief ministers to work in “mission mode” to make their states a model for execution of his government’s schemes, mostly aimed at assisting the poor,…
COMMENTS Derek Walter | @derekwalter Greenbot Aug 30, 2016 11:45 AM Google’s Inbox app is getting a few new drops of machine learning. A new search experience is appearing for many users that categorizes some of the items you may want to find, such as frequent contacts, your accounts with various companies, and other categories that may better offer up what you’re looking for. The most useful function is with the airline companies that appeared in my Inbox, as I could tap them and see my membership number right away. Other options would pull up recent emails, which could be…
Steve Jackson’s in the midst of a renaissance, it seems. Earlier this year we took a look at Inkle’s Sorcery!, which adapts the 1980s adventure gamebooks of the same name into a modern hybrid of choose-your-own-adventure and RPG—with the help of Inkle’s fantastic writing. And so imagine my feelings of deja vu as The Warlock of Firetop Mountain crossed my desk—another adaptation of a Steve Jackson adventure gamebook, this one from 1982 and co-authored with Ian Livingstone. As I said: A renaissance. In search of Zagor You begin The Warlock of Firetop Mountain by choosing your character from a stock…
A popular BitTorrent client called Transmission has again been found distributing Mac-based malware, months after it was used to spread a strand of ransomware. Researchers at security firm ESET have been following a malware called OSX/Keydnap, which can steal passwords, and noticed that it was spreading through Transmission’s official site. Somehow, a version of the BitTorrent client containing the malware had been recently made available on the site, ESET said in a blog post on Tuesday. Transmission has already removed the download, according to ESET. But users who downloaded the client between this past Sunday and Monday should check for…
If you’ve been wondering how to find Pikachu, Scyther, Electabuzz, or any other rare Pokémon, you probably wanted to use the hot new thing: crowdsourced Pokémon Go maps taught players how to find Pokémon in Pokémon Go. The problem? Pokémon Go developer Niantic has said it will actively block “tracker” apps from accessing its data to find Pokémon in Pokémon Go. But new Pokémon Go maps have popped up, ignoring that prohibition. Originally, we said that the best Pokémon Go map is Pokévision, which provides a real-time look at the Pokémon spawning around you. But now there’s more. Right now, WhereisPokemon.net (thanks, commenters!) appears to be an…