In his testimony to the parliamentary panel, Andrew Cecil, director of public policy for Amazon in Europe, confirmed that the company had received a demand for $252 million from the French tax collection agency.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of India said that the priests had received a demand for money and had paid a little over $600 but that the extortionists had wanted more.
The world's top platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, said Wednesday that it had received a demand for a pay increase from its South African workers, while Royal Bafokeng Platinum said a labor action by about 500 miners interrupted work at a shaft at its Rasimone mine.
The telecoms company TalkTalk has received a ransom demand from a person claiming to be behind a cyber-attack that could have resulted in the theft of personal information from millions of customers.
TalkTalk says it has received a ransom demand from an individual or group claiming responsibility for a cyber-attack that has potentially compromised the credit card and bank details of millions of customers.
Amedisys stock was down 15.5% on Tuesday afternoon amid reports that it has received a civil investigative demand from the U.S. Department of Justice.
"Today, Apollo Group, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, The University of Phoenix, Inc., has received a Civil Investigative Demand from the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts.
I've received a sudden demand for unbilled energy use.
It said on Friday it had received a ransom demand from an unknown party claiming responsibility for the attack.
The company also revealed it had received a ransom demand while simultaneously failing to inform customers what precisely had been stolen.
