A cyber attack at a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees compromised data of at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, agency officials said on Friday.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc has agreed to a settlement worth $1.2 billion to resolve a U.S. regulator's claims the bank sold Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac faulty mortgage bonds, the regulator announced Friday. Under the settlement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the conservator for the two government-controlled mortgage finance companies, Goldman Sachs said it agreed to pay $3.15 billion to repurchase mortgage-backed securities from Fannie and Freddie.
Couple Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi seemed happy as they recently celebrated their 6th year anniversary. De Rossi even surprised her wife with a sky message with the word "six" written in white across the blue background. This was amidst rumors that the two are heading for a split.
Aside from Bush, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Congress member Paul Ryan and a good number of others have participated in the challenge. However, the Huffington Post said that their participation was in stark contrast to their political support regarding a bill that had reduced government funding for research on cure and treatment the debilitating disease.
