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American Apparel, former worker file dueling suits (AP)
Date : 05 Dec 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - American Apparel and an employee who had worked for the retailer since its early years filed dueling lawsuits this week, the read more »
Ask AP: Bottom-up bailouts, gas pump tampering (AP)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - If troubled automakers and banks need government bailouts, why not give their customers federally financed vouchers to help c read more »
More Musicians Recognizing The Power Of Free
Date : 05 Dec 2008
TechdirtEvery time I think we're finally reaching the point where these types of stories aren't necessary any more, because we've shown so read more »
Porn Company Claims DigiProtect Lied About Davenport Lyons Settlement Letter Fees
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtThe saga of UK law firm Davenport Lyons, and its ongoing efforts to extract money from people for a promise not to sue them, for c read more »
A Market For Used MP3s... Or A Parody To Prove A Point?
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtChurchHatesTucker was the first of a few readers to send in the news about a new website claiming to have set up an online system read more »
London stocks close down (AFP)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - The FTSE 100 index of shares closed down again on Friday after the US announced the worst job losses in 34 years, signalling read more »
Late mortgage payments and foreclosures hit record (Reuters)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Late mortgage payments and the rate of home loans in foreclosure rose to record highs in the third quarter, threatening read more »
Did Amazon Force Takedown Of Firefox Pirate Extension?
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtEarlier this week, we skipped on writing about the rather silly release of a Firefox user script that would add links to popular t read more »
European stocks close sharply lower after US data (AP)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - World markets extended their losses Friday, with European stocks closing massively lower, after a dismal U.S. jobs report inc read more »
Reminder: Not Everyone Online Is A Jerk
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtFollowing the incredibly tragic story of Abraham Biggs' live broadcasting his suicide, plenty of "web 2.0" critics such as Andrew read more »
Did Patent Hawk Violate Contracts In Suing Microsoft?
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtDuring the summer, we wrote about how Gary Odom, perhaps better known as The Patent Hawk for his patent consulting business, had s read more »
Does It Make Sense To Have Libel Be A Criminal Offense?
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtFor the most part, libel is a civil issue between the person who made the libelous statements and the person harmed by those state read more »
UK DNA Database Found To Violate Human Rights
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtA European court has slapped down the UK for violating human rights with its fingerprint and DNA database, in that it retained the read more »
Julius Baer CEO dies unexpectedly (Reuters)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Alex Widmer, the chief executive of Bank Julius Baer and a well respected figure in Swiss private banking, has died unex read more »
Understanding but no consensus on auto bailout (Reuters)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - There is broad understanding of distress but no consensus yet in Congress to rescue U.S. automakers as industry chiefs h read more »
Morgan Stanley widens Goldman Sachs loss view (Reuters)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Morgan Stanley widened its fourth-quarter loss estimate on Goldman Sachs Group Inc , citing a fall in equity, credit and read more »
All eyes on job losses (Reuters)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - China and the United States sparred on Friday over how to handle an economic crisis that has forced central banks around read more »
Wall Street headed for mixed start (Reuters)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - * Stock futures pointed to a mixed start on Friday, as investors await key non-farm payrolls data. Futures for the S&P 5 read more »
Ontario Government Considers Facebook Consultation
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtThe Ontario Premier says he wants to engage young people in dialogue on Facebook (via Michael Geist) over protests against propose read more »
Will Local TV News Be The Next To Have Its Reckoning Day?
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtThe change in the newspaper business is undeniable, with many newspapers' fortunes looking bleaker and bleaker as they continue to read more »
Mexican Senate passes stricter credit rules (AP)
Date : 04 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Mexico's Senate has approved stricter consumer credit rules, banning lending practices considered predatory. read more »
If You Worked At Mattel And Thought About Making A Non-Barbie Doll, You Can't
Date : 04 Dec 2008 TechdirtA bunch of folks have sent in the story that the ultra-popular "Bratz" dolls have been banned by a judge following a long court ca read more »
Plenty Of Companies Would Consider Going Virtual To Save Money
Date : 04 Dec 2008 TechdirtI recently wrote about the somewhat hybrid physical office/virtual office we use here at Floor64, and how that's worked out well f read more »
Is Google Really Using 21x The Bandwidth It Pays For?
Date : 04 Dec 2008 TechdirtScott Cleland is a "telecom analyst" who, in reality, is actually paid a large sum of money by the telcos to slam Google. He's be read more »
Mortgage plan shows increased gov't role (AP)
Date : 04 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - If you're looking for a mortgage, Uncle Sam may be the only game in town. read more »