Profits at the big banks fell last year, and, as the International Business Times reports, profitability is on a long-term downward trend.

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After the prototype was left in a San Francisco bar late July, Apple has been working tirelessly to retrieve it, The International Business Times reports.

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Sony has said that the card numbers would be hard to decipher due an encryption, but experts say a hacker would still easily be able to gain control of an account, International Business Times reports.

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At various times international business was going to be the lead dog.

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