UPDATE 2-INSIGHT-Microsoft failed to warn victims of Chinese email hack--former employees

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China's Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular - but it decided not to tell the victims, allowing the hackers to continue their campaign, according to former employees of the company.

News Analysis: Justice in Taxes, Most Likely Short-Lived

The average tax rate for America’s top 400 income earners rose in 2013, but tax analysts said the tax structure still overwhelmingly favors the very well-off.

Microsoft to warn users targeted by foreign hackers

It joins Yahoo, Facebook and others in sending notifications to users whose accounts foreign hackers are trying to crack.

5 Tips to a Better Small-Business Website

The whole point is to entice people to come to your retail establishment.

BRIEF-Samsung Elec says 2016 smart TVs to run on new IoT platform

* Says smart TVs launching in 2016 will run on IoT platform developed with SmartThings

UPDATE 1-U.S. dollar net longs rise in latest week - CFTC, Reuters data

(Adds details about U.S. dollar, euro contracts, paragraphs 3-9, adds table) Dec 28 (Reuters) - Speculators raised bullish bets on the U.S. dollar in the latest week, with net longs rising for the...

Puerto Rico is on the brink of a big default

Puerto Rico must pay $1 billion to its creditors on January 5, but it appears the island may default for the second time since August.