By Mae

Details from the Department of Justice indictment of Russian hackers on Wednesday show that many people are still not taking routine precautions to safeguard their email accounts — and hackers are exploiting that. The Russian hackers didn’t have to work very hard to break into people’s email accounts, even those belonging to government officials or powerful executives. Here’s a look at a few simple ways to help safeguard your email account from hackers. DON’T REUSE PASSWORDS Many online break-ins result when people have reused a password across, say, their email, social and financial accounts. If it’s compromised at any...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When eBay and PayPal split up on Friday, they’ll face different challenges than they did as a combined company. E-commerce company eBay first said in September 2014 it would split off its payments unit PayPal, in order to focus the two companies on growing profits individually. Investors, including activist Carl Icahn, had lobbied for the movie. Though the split happens Friday, PayPal starts trading on the Nasdaq under the “PYPL” ticker on Monday, while San Jose, California-based eBay will keep trading under the “EBAY” symbol. As separate units, eBay faces stiff competition from Amazon and other...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Amazon aimed for Christmas in July with its much-hyped “Prime Day” sale. But some shoppers found a lump of coal instead. The online retailer said Prime Day would offer bigger sales than those during the winter holiday shopping season. The goal was to boost $99 annual Prime loyalty program memberships during the sluggish summer months. The sale gained so much attention, other retailers, including Wal-Mart, Target, Macy’s and Best Buy, had sales of their own. But some Amazon customers were disappointed by Prime Day. Some thought the discounts weren’t deep enough. Others didn’t like that the...