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Apple Faces Possible 2014 Trial on e-Book Damages; Amount Could be Hundreds of Millions
The federal judge who ruled that Apple Inc. violated antitrust law by conspiring with five major publishers to raise prices of e-books has scheduled a May 2014 trial to determine damages, according ...BP Asks Judge to Deny Investor Class-Action Against Company, Officers
BP Plc asked a federal judge to deny U.S. investors the right to pursue a class action, or group, lawsuit claiming the company misled them before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The ...
Why a framework to build agents is necessary, but not the same thing as AI doing insurance work. Almost every...
They Charge For That? Surprise Fees On Your Hotel Bill
If anyone is an educated hotel guest, it's Bjorn Hanson, dean of New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management. But even Hanson got confused during ...
Judge Allows California Case Against Standard & Poor’s To Proceed
A U.S. judge has allowed the California attorney general's office to proceed with a lawsuit accusing Standard & Poor's of misleading investors by inflating its credit ratings that led to ...Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Names Healthcare, Construction Leaders
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance named leadership for its healthcare professional liability and construction businesses, announcing that Leo J. Carroll and William B. Sullivan have joined the ...
Free Work Entices Businesses to Hire Long-Term Unemployed
After conducting almost 10,000 job interviews during 10 years as a human resources manager, Tom Kaminski says he thought he knew enough about the labor market to keep his own bout of unemployment ...
Zurich Insurance Q2 Profit Drops After Natural Disaster Losses
Zurich Insurance Group AG, the biggest Swiss insurer, said the target for its general insurance business was "challenging" after natural catastrophe losses cut second-quarter profit by 27 percent. ...Ice Wall Idea Studied to Halt Radioactive Water in Japan
Turning soil into virtual permafrost with refrigerated coolant piped through the earth was first used in the 1860s to shore up coal mines. One hundred and fifty years on, it's the newest idea for ...