WASHINGTON: China has engaged in widespread cyber espionage in a bid to extract information about the US government’s foreign policy and military plans, said a Pentagon report issued Monday.   China kept up a steady campaign of hacking in 2012 that included attempts to target US government computer networks, which could provide Beijing a better […]

Updated May 07, 2013 13:34:57 Photo: The report marks the most explicit statement yet from the United States that it believes China’s cyber spying is focused on the US government, as well as American corporations. (Reuters: Rick Wilking, file photo) A Pentagon report says China has engaged in widespread cyber-espionage in a bid to extract […]

Gazing at the business outlook through the eyes of Tampa Bay’s biggest public companies, the scene ranges from inspiring to chaotic. Kind of like the 2013 economy. Let’s take a tour based on comments of the area’s top executives as they talk about their challenges in recent conversations with Wall Street analysts. The two women […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate was expected to vote on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases, but the legislation was likely to stall in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Many House Republicans will oppose the measure as a tax increase. House Speaker John Boehner plans to […]