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Facebook saga grows with new legal drama
SAN FRANCISCO – The drama of the Facebook story heightened on Tuesday as a man with a shady past used old emails and a powerful law firm to press his claim to half the online social networking firm. A legal claim filed last year by Paul Ceglia and deemed dubious…
San Francisco considers requiring ID scans for most public events
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission was scheduled Tuesday to consider a proposal that would mandate ID scans for every person entering a “place of entertainment” attended by more than 100 people — a move that immediately sparked the fears of civil libertarians, who saw it as yet another encroachment of…
The greenest car you’ve (likely) never heard of
GREENSBURG, Indiana — The greenest car you’ve likely never heard of will soon be hitting Honda showrooms across the United States as the Japanese automaker expands sales of its compressed natural gas powered Civic. Honda has been quietly winning green car awards for more than a decade as it cautiously…
In Indonesia, tobacco smoke promoted as cancer cure
JAKARTA (AFP) – An Indonesian woman exhales cigarette smoke into the mouth of a gaunt, naked patient at a Jakarta clinic, where tobacco is openly touted as a cancer cure. The Western patient is suffering from emphysema, a condition she developed from decades of smoking. Along with cancer and autism,…
Banking culture still rewards risk, pays too well: survey
LONDON (Reuters) – Banks need to do more to shift away from a culture of risk and the excessive pay structures that prevailed before the financial crisis, an industry report said. Banks have made progress since 2008 as top management and boards have become more involved in setting risk policy…
Chasing Apple, Nokia unveils two new smartphones
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia unveiled on Tuesday two new smartphone models running on improved Symbian software, a stop-gap measure aimed at stemming customer defections to rivals like Apple. Nokia has lost its lead in the high end of the cellphone market after Apple unveiled the iPhonein 2007. In February, Nokia’s new…
IMF: Oil prices key risk to solid global recovery
WASHINGTON – The global economy is firmly on the mend in 2011 but faces rising headwinds, particularly from higher oil prices, the International Monetary Fund said Monday. The IMF said its latest world economic forecasts were little changed from a January update: 4.4 percent global growth in 2011, ticking down…
Winklevoss twins lose Facebook appeal
SAN FRANCISCO – A panel of federal judges on Monday ruled that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss can’t back out of the settlement deal they made in a lawsuit charging that Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for Facebook. “The Winklevosses are not the first parties bested by a competitor who then…
Sony cuts deal with PlayStation 3 hacker
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Sony on Monday said a US hacker has agreed to stop breaking into PlayStation 3 (PS3) videogame consoles as part of a deal made to drop a lawsuit filed by the Japanese consumer electronics giant. “It was never my intention to cause any users trouble or…
Can’t pay the mortgage? Company will turn your house into a billboard
What would you give up to have someone else pay the mortgage on your home for a few months? If one of your answers is “pride,” Adzookie, a self-described mobile advertising company, may have a deal for you. Adzookie claims it will pay the mortgage on your house anywhere from…
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