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Banks bet on bigger, faster super computers
Steve Henn Jul 25, 2011
During the last financial crisis, JP Morgan realized it didn't have the computing power to keep up with the collapse. Bankers didn't know what...
Rupert Murdoch loses BSkyB bid, may lose more
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
News Corp. abandons plans to get full ownership of the profitable British network BSkyB. Can Rupert Murdoch bounce back?
Can the DOJ force you to decrypt your laptop?
John Moe Jul 11, 2011
This is being tossed around right now in a case in Colorado involving a woman accused of running a mortgage scam. A laptop was found in her bedroom...
Scandal-hit newspaper to close in Britain
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper, the <em>News of the World</em>, is to close after allegations of widespread phone hacking and invasions of privacy.
Britain launches inquiry into phone hacking
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate News International is under pressure after its tabloid newspaper, the <em>News of the World</em>, engaged in phone hacking.
Michigan sues private company over bridge construction
Sarah Hulett Jul 6, 2011
The Michigan Department of Transportation and the Detroit International Bridge Company had a $230 million deal to jointly build a series of ramps on the Ambassador Bridge. But the state says the company isn't complying with the design they agreed upon.
British journalists, officials denounce phone hacking by tabloid
Jul 5, 2011
Britain's News of the World tabloid comes under intense pressure after it hacked into the phone messages of a missing girl interfering with a police investigation
Federal plan issued to save spotted owls
Bellamy Pailthorp Sep 22, 2011
The federal government unveiled the latest version of a plan to save the northern spotted owl, as the bird's population continues to decline. But some of the new rules may come up against the timber industry.
Monsanto's cash incentives program under federal investigation
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Sep 22, 2011
Monsanto is under federal investigation for using cash incentives to persuade distributors to buy the world's top selling herbicide -- Roundup.
Myspace update
John Moe Jun 29, 2011
Looks like Specific Media is the front runner in the bid to acquire Myspace. Specific Media made a fortune, get this, as creators of the pop under...
