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Supreme Court And Obama Healthcare

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 6:07 am

The Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments over the constitutionality of the Obama healthcare package. The single most important section of the law involves whether Americans must carry health ...
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Randgold, a Mali Coup, and the Price of Timbuktu (GOLD)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 11:38 am

Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ: GOLD) is paying a price for where it does business.  The political situation in the African nation Mali is in a coup.  The gold mining outfit ...
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Punishing Chinese Solar Makers, With Candy (TSL, STP, LDK, JASO, FSLR, STP)

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 1:54 pm

Solar shares are in a bit of flux after reports that the U.S. Commerce Department has ruled that Chinese solar panel makers have received illegal subsidies from China's government.  U.S. ...
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NY Mets’ Owners Settle Madoff-related Suit for $162 Million

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 1:29 pm

Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, owners of Major League Baseball’s New York Mets, settled a lawsuit accusing them of benefiting from the Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff. As jury ...
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Settlement: Madoff Trustee Vs. Mets

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 12:53 pm

The Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme may not be over, but the fight between the bankruptcy trustee Irving Picard and the owners of the New York Mets baseball team appears to be over.  ...
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St. Jude, Device Maker Settle Royalty Dispute (STJ, KNSY)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 10:58 am

St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE: STJ) has settled a royalty dispute with medical device maker Kensey Nash Corp. (NASDAQ: KNSY) over a device that St. Jude licensed from Kensey in ...
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ISPs To Help Detect Copyright Abuses

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 10:49 am

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says that large ISPs will begin to track file sharing. The activity will begin on July 12. The practice of file sharing deprives movie ...
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One More Tech Patent Suit

Posted: March 14, 2012 at 6:41 am

The tech patent suits keep piling up. The most recent is a set of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) claims about 10 patents filed against Facebook. The mobile sector has the highest ...
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As Expected, Yahoo! Sues Facebook

Posted: March 12, 2012 at 5:28 pm

Almost everyone in the online and legal industries expected it. After weeks of rumors and news report that Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) had accused Facebook of patent violations, the portal has ...
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Apple Files Another Major Lawsuit Againt Samsung

Posted: February 12, 2012 at 9:17 am

In another round of the global intellectual war between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, Apple has filed a lawsuit in the US which claims the South Korean firm violates four of ...
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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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