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Palm Beach County Lost 3,400 Votes; Claims Different Sequoia Scanners Count Differently
Date : 04 Sep 2008
TechdirtFor all the trouble surrounding e-voting, some folks believe that optical scan technologies that simply count the paper ballot vot read more »
Wall Street, funds urge SEC to keep ratings in rules (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Securities regulators are locking horns with some of America's most powerful mutual funds and Wall Street players over read more »
Wall St plummets on signs of labor weakness (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks plummeted on Thursday, with the Nasdaq slumping more than 3 percent, as investors grew anxious over more signs read more »
Lars Ulrich On Metallica's Latest Album Being Leaked Online: It's Fine, We're Happy
Date : 04 Sep 2008 TechdirtWe've noted that Metallica has basically spent nearly the last decade trying to recover from the damaged reputation the band broug read more »
Discounters still bright spot for weak retail (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. discounters, led by Wal-Mart Stores Inc , remained a bright spot in a weak retail industry in August, as shoppers read more »
EIA says not aware of oil data probe (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The Energy Information Administration said on Thursday it is unaware of any investigation by federal market regulators read more »
Can You Own The Story Of A Band?
Date : 04 Sep 2008 TechdirtHere's a question for you: can someone own the copyright on the history of a musical group? We may find out as a lawsuit moves fo read more »
U.S. services, productivity up but job market weak (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The dominant U.S. service sector improved last month and businesses boosted productivity in the second quarter but the read more »
Are 88% Of IT Admins Really On The Verge Of Stealing Sensitive Company Info?
Date : 04 Sep 2008 TechdirtYou can't trust your IT admin -- or at least that's the story being pushed by a security firm that released the eye-catching study read more »
Mervyn's suit blames ex-owners for bankruptcy (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Department-store chain Mervyn's Holdings LLC has sued its former private-equity owners, saying the firms stripped out read more »
Boeing workers vote to strike, walkout delayed (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Boeing Co's largest labor union said its members had rejected the plane maker's contract offer and voted to strike, b read more »
Thailand Continues To Try To Mimic China With Internet Censorship
Date : 04 Sep 2008 TechdirtIn early 2007, some Thai government officials totally overreacted to a silly video making fun of Thailand's king, and banned all o read more »
AutoAdmit Commenter Asks To Be Dropped From Lawsuit
Date : 04 Sep 2008 TechdirtWe've covered the bizarre AutoAdmit lawsuit for a while now, but the story just keeps getting more ridiculous. If you don't recal read more »
Rate decisions ahead, global stocks stable as dollar slips (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Global equities stabilized on Thursday after hitting a two-year low while the dollar trimmed recent gains ahead of Eur read more »
German fertiliser group KS joins blue-chip DAX index (AFP)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - German fertiliser group K+S will join the DAX 30 index of blue-chip stocks, reflecting its growing business as prices for co read more »
Service sector seen shrinking in August (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The U.S. service sector likely shrank modestly in August, as a pullback in consumer spending pinched retailers and oth read more »
Boeing workers vote to strike, but walkout delayed (Reuters)
Date : 04 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Boeing Co's largest labor union said its members rejected the plane maker's contract offer and voted to strike, but t read more »
Why Not Just Computerize Sports Refs And Umps?
Date : 04 Sep 2008 TechdirtLast week, Major League Baseball introduced instant replay for the first time (oddly, MLB rushed the introduction mid-season, with read more »
The Fine Line Between A Venture Capitalist And A Con Man?
Date : 03 Sep 2008 TechdirtOne of the things you learn about Silicon Valley after you've been here for just a little while is that there are some folks aroun read more »
U.S. carmakers' Aug sales drop, but some hope seen (Reuters)
Date : 03 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Co on Wednesday cut second-half production targets, likely putting a drag on thei read more »
MUFG rejects report to invest in Lehman (Reuters)
Date : 03 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306.T) said it has no plans to invest in U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers , rejec read more »
GPS Device Data Increasingly Being Used By Police To Determine Where You Were
Date : 03 Sep 2008 TechdirtLate last years, the news broke that law enforcement officials had figured out a neat little loophole to obtain location data on y read more »
E-Voting Isn't Perfect, But It Takes Less Work to Corrupt Big Elections
Date : 03 Sep 2008 TechdirtThad Hall, a political scientist at Caltech, complains that e-voting critics rarely make apples-to-apples comparisons between elec read more »
Tech stocks fall on worries of holiday spending (Reuters)
Date : 03 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Bearish comments from U.S. technology companies fueled fears that the weak economy would hurt holiday season sales of read more »
GMAC to cut 5,000 jobs at ResCap mortgage unit (Reuters)
Date : 03 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - GMAC LLC, the auto finance and mortgage company, plans to eliminate about 5,000 jobs at its Residential Capital LLC un read more »