2014 Newsletters

Volume 7

• Number 1 (1/12/2014)
  • China supplies F-35 magnets
  • Target breach could impact 110 million people
  • More retailers breached
• Number 2 (1/26/2014)
  • Plane lands at wrong airport
  • Hackers install bot net in a refrigerator
  • First 2 banks shuttered this year  
• Number 3 (2/9/2014)
  • Third bank closed
  • $38.7 billion December trade deficit
  • Iran send warships near the US
• Number 4 (2/23/2014)
  • Minimum wage increase will kill more jobs
  • China nationalism  
• Number 5 (3/9/2014)
  • US plans significant military cuts US Army to shrink to pre-WW II size
  • China prepares for short war in South China Sea
  • China establishes 2 anti-Japanese holidays
  • Russia violates nuclear arms treaties
  • Russia declares war on Ukraine
• Number 6 (3/23/2014)
  • Russia annexes Crimea  
• Number 7 (4/6/2014)
  • US to kill Tomahawk cruise missile
  • 192,000 jobs added in March
  • 500,000 more people looking for jobs in March
  • March unemployment rate remains 6.7%  
• Number 8 (4/20/2014)
  • US reducing number of nuclear weapons  
• Number 9 (5/4/2014)
  • China seizes Japanese ship for World War 2 reparations
  • New IE Explorer zero-day exploit puts half of all browsers at risk
  • Russia threatens astronaut transport to space station
  • China may become largest economy this year
  • 518,000 more left workforce in April than jobs created
  • Sixth bank shuttered  
• Number 10 (5/18/2014)
  • China moves oil rig into Vietnam claimed waters
  • 7^th bank shuttered  
• Number 11 (6/1/2014)
  • 9^th bank shuttered
  • Economy contracted 1% during the first quarter
  • China warplane comes within 30 meters of Japanese warplane
  • Chinese ship rams and sinks Vietnamese ship
• Number 12 (6/15/2014)
  • al-Qaeda splinter group takes control of Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul
  • Iran sends military to fight in Iraq
  • Cyber crime cost estimated at $455 billion per year
• Number 13 (6/29/2014)
  • 12^th bank shuttered
  • West allows ISIS to capture nerve agent weapons stockpile in Iraq
  • Update: first quarter economy contracted at 2.9% annual rate  
• Number 14 (7/13/2014)
  • US is now the largest oil producer in the world
  • Iraq informs UN ISIS now has chemical weapons
  • ISIS seized 88 pounds of uranium products at a research lab  
• Number 15 (7/27/2014)
  • Malaysian plane shot down over Ukraine
  • Israel launches ground attack
  • 14^th bank shuttered  
• Number 16 (8/10/2014)
  • Russian crime ring steals 1.2 billion passwords
  •  Islamic State captures largest dam in Iraq
  • US started limited bombing in Iraq
  • China's monthly trade surplus reaches a record $47.3 billion
• Number 17 (8/24/2014)
  • Over 1,000 businesses impacted by POS Malware
  • US considers bombing IS targets in Syria
  • Chinese military fighter threatens US reconnaissance aircraft
• Number 18 (9/7/2014)
  • Record $30.9 Billion US trade deficit with China
  • Hackers breach JP Morgan Chase & Co.  
• Number 19 (9/21/2014)
  • ISIS planning on using southern border to infiltrate the US
  • Home Depot point of sale breach could impact 56 million payment cards  
• Number 20 (10/5/2014)
  • Ebola reaches the US
  • JP Morgan breach affects 76 million households and 7 million businesses  
• Number 21 (10/19/2014)
  • OIL Prices Fall
  • 15^th Bank Shuttered
  • The Islamic State now has chemical weapons and used mustard gas
• Number 22 (11/2/2014)
  • NY City Doctor infected with Ebola
  • 16^th bank closed this year  
• Number 23 (11/16/2014)
  • US Postal Service breach compromised 750,000 identities
  • 17^th bank shuttered
• Number 24 (11/30/2014)
  • China’s hacking costs the US $300 billion and 1.2 million jobs per year
  • Ebola death toll reaches 6,928
• Number 25 (12/14/2014)
  • China is now the world’s largest economy
  • $29.6 billion October trade deficit with China
  • China posts record $54.47 billion November trade surplus
  • Gas falls below $2.00 per gallon  
• Number 26 (12/28/2014)
  • 18^th bank shuttered
  • OPM background investigation breach of 40,000 people
  • Staples breach impacts 1.6 million payment cards
  • Dow breaks 18,000 barrier