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Governments Getting Into Patent-Buying Business: Reuters
Patent competition in the United States is usually a fierce arena for private companies, but now the South Korean and French governments are suiting up. Both countries have launched ...
Insurance Claim-Padding Okay With 24 Percent of Americans: Survey
Twenty-four percent of Americans believe it is acceptable to increase an insurance claim by a small amount to make up for deductibles they are required to pay. That is lower than the 33 percent found ...
Every insurer evaluating property risk today is running the same math: more perils, more models, more data sources, and not...
Cyprus Seeks Russian Rescue, EU Threatens Cutoff
Cyprus ordered banks to stay shut until next week as the government scrambled on Wednesday to avert a financial meltdown after rejecting the terms of a bailout from the European Union and turning ...Fed Holds Firm To Stimulus Plan
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday pressed forward with its aggressive efforts to stimulate the U.S. economy, saying it would take into account risks posed by its policies but also how much work still ...U.S. Senate Approves Funding Bill To Avert Government Shutdown
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to avert a government shutdown next week, freeing Democrats and Republicans to spend the next few months arguing over deeply divided strategies to ...Impact Of ‘Sequester’ Budget Cuts On U.S. Jobs May Be Exaggerated
Deep government spending cuts are unlikely to weigh on U.S. employment as heavily as initially feared, with most of the impact reducing hours worked rather than payrolls, according to economists. The ...
One-Click Vote Button Vanishing From Proxy Sites; Reaction To SEC Concerns
Pressured by regulators, websites that help collect shareholders' votes have removed a button that set all votes as recommended by boards of directors—a controversial design that seemed to give an ...