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Nintendo Wins U.S. Appeals Court Decision Over Wii In Patent Case
Nintendo Co, one of the world's largest makers of video game players, won a U.S. appeals court decision in a patent case that will allow it to keep importing its popular Wii system into the United ...
Bloomberg’s Top Editor Calls Client Data Policy ‘Inexcusable’
Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, apologized on Monday for allowing journalists "limited" access to sensitive data about how clients used Bloomberg terminals, saying it was ...
Law Firm Kirkland Builds Leading M&A Practice On Big Hires, Deals
The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software ...
FBI Says More Cooperation With Banks Key To Probe Of Cyber Attacks
The FBI last month gave temporary security clearances to scores of U.S. bank executives to brief them on the investigation into the cyber attacks that have repeatedly disrupted online banking ...
Barclays Wins Dismissal Of U.S. Shareholder Lawsuit Over LIBOR
Barclays Plc, the first bank to settle with authorities over alleged manipulation of the Libor interest rate, on Monday won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit by shareholders who claimed they lost money ...
Social Media & The SEC: New Opportunity and New Risk for Public Companies
It is now over a month since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance in the form of a report of investigation ("April Report") explaining why it decided not to bring an ...
Marsh Offers Organized Crime Insurance In Mexico
The Mexican unit of insurer Marsh & McClennan Companies Inc. said on Monday it is launching a policy that will cover terrorism, organized crime and sabotage, the first such policy available in a ...
CO2 Milestone Reached; Experts Forecast Upward Trends Ahead
The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief greenhouse gas was measured last Thursday at ...