Posts related to ‘Law’

Congress’s Absurd Insider Trading Bill

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 7:00 am

This has been said before, but it is worth saying again. The idea that Congress needs to pass a bill to keep members of Congress and their staffs from insider trading ...
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Department Of Defense Blocks Lightsquared

Posted: January 14, 2012 at 11:19 am

The ultra fast high speed wireless network company Lightsquared has probably had its deployment plans blocked again. Lightsquared is running out of time, as it tries to compete with other wireless services, and ...
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Kodak Sues Apple And HTC Over Patent Infringement

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 4:30 pm

It has been a busy day at Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK). Early in the morning, the company announced a major reorganization. In the afternoon, Kodak announced patent suits against Apple ...
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FBI: Crime Drops in First Half of 2011

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 6:24 am

The U.S. may have run out of criminals, and crimes of passion must have nearly disappeared. The FBI reports that violent crime dropped again in the first half of 2011. The ...
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NTSB Recommends Ban On Driver Phone & Device Use (VZ, T, S, LOGI, AMT, CCI)

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Have you been hit or almost been hit by a car driver talking on their cellphone? Thousands of Americans have died as a result of phone-use related accidents. Thousands more ...
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ITC Keeps Investigating Chinese Solar Players (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JASO, LDK)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Solar stocks can use all the help available, and news is out today that may help the ailing U.S.-based solar sector. The industry has complained of China's solar firms dumping solar ...
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The Corzine Subpoena… Future of Segregated Funds Hangs in the Wind

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 10:39 am

Jon Corzine was supposed to be the poster boy for modern-day finance... From the King of Finance, to New Jersey's governor, and back to Wall Street. Now Corzine is just the King of ...
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AMR Bankruptcy, A Real Boon For Airlines (AMR, UAL, LCC, LUV, DAL, JBLU)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 10:51 am

The news flow around the AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) filing for bankruptcy is rampant. Some say it was expected and others believe it was premature. The aim to work its ...
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Oddworld: Diamond Foods, From Probe to M&A to Suicide (DMND)

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 10:37 am

Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) has gone from one of the great growth stories to a very troubled company in a very short period of time. From a prior walnut accounting ...
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Should Jefferies Be Able to Sue Over Malicious Attacks? (JEF)

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 2:45 pm

The attack on Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) is unfortunately reminiscent of larger implosions of firms formerly named Lehman and Bear Stearns. It almost does not seem to matter what Jefferies ...
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BP’s Miraculous Escape From Deepwater Horizon

Posted: October 18, 2011 at 6:11 am

Lost to some who saw the announcement that BP (NYSE: BP) had settled claims with Anadarko (NYSE: APC) over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent leak was the fact that the UK-based oil giant ...
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Can This Many Tech Buyouts Take Place? Rumor Mill Overdrive (AKAM, LVLT, LLNW, AOL, EK, IDCC, MOTR, NFLX, NUAN, PTGI, RIMM, SNE, ERIC, YHOO)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 3:57 pm

You know the Wall Street rumor mill goes into overdrive from time to time. This is not so much of a "today" issue but an "all of them, right now!" issue. ...
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