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Google Caught Bypassing Safari, Internet Explorer Privacy Setting; Claims It Did Nothing Wrong
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Google was also tracking user activity on the mobile version of Safari, meaning that iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users were being watched as well. After The Wall Street Journal broke the story, Microsoft's Windows Internet Explorer Engineering Team...
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Partners Named California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year
54 minutes ago

Now everybody has to rethink how we conduct ourselves in financing situations.’” This is the second time in the last three years that Robbins Geller has won the honor in the Securities practice
HSBC To Shareholders: This Bonus Bill Isn't Going To Pay Itself
56 minutes ago

On the other hand, the BoE wanted HSBC to maintain its capital levels, which cash bonuses could deplete. In simplified terms, if HSBC gave out cash bonuses, regulators would frown. If HSBC gave out equity, employees would be upset. So instead of going...
Once again, speculators behind sharply rising oil and gasoline prices
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But those countries already had stopped buying Iranian oil. And Didier Houssin, the International Energy Agency's director for energy markets and security, said that "there are alternative supplies that can make up for any loss of Iranian exports," The...
Featured Volunteer: Kathy Melymuka
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Alicia Silverstein, Review and Translation Program Intern “Before learning about Kiva in the Wall Street Journal, I hadn’t considered the internet’s ability to enable microfinance.” City: Duxbury, MA Language: English Team: Kiva Comma Squad Time with...
The problem with political bloviating on China
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It will likely force Obama to emphasize his hawkishness on China during the campaign, which will place added strain on the relationship. But the most egregious recent example of China-bashing came in a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Republican...
Defense Budget: Proper Metrics Required
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Will argues that Obama has stolen the GOP advantage on national security as a result of the GOP’s reluctance to gut the defense budget. Will notes that the U.S. defense budget “is about 43 percent of the world’s total military spending—more than the...
How Hackers Could Target Power Plants
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Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, has warned administration officials that Anonymous — the loosely organized, computer-hacking collective — could have the ability to knock out power stations within the next few years. That's...
U.S. concerned about power grid attack
1 hour ago

Feb. 21, 2012 at 5:27 PM WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are apparently concerned the group Anonymous may launch a cyberattack against the country's electrical grid, The Wall Street Journal reported. National Security Agency Director Keith...
Daniel Pearl’s death, 10 years later: An interview with his father Judea Pearl
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Daniel Pearl. (Associated Press) The tape showed — over an excrutiating three and a half minutes — the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl. Pearl was the South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, and had gone to Pakistan for an...
Mike Burns: For Conservative Media, Iran Is Always A Year Away From Having Nukes
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During the May 26, 2007, edition of Fox News' The Journal Editorial Report, Wall Street Journal editorial writer Bret Stephens said, "The IAEA has now come out with a report that says Iran has 1,300 centrifuges. It's going to ramp up to about 3,000...
J&J Picks Gorsky as New CEO: Report
1 hour ago

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has picked Alex Gorsky as its new CEO, according to a report just out from the Wall Street Journal citing an unidentified person familiar with the matter. Gorsky was one of two finalists for the job — the other being fellow Vice...
Johnson & Johnson CEO to step down
1 hour ago

Johnson & Johnson’s Chief Executive William Weldon will step down from the post in April after a series of recalls called into question the quality of its products, from artificial hips to infants’ Tylenol, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
This is what a 'hipster' apartment building on H Street looks like, apparently
1 hour ago

In other words, you'll know it's the AVA because the word "AVA" will be plastered all over the façade, and highlighted with fluorescent green. Also, the building has a Facebook page , so obviously it's a hipster joint. To be fair, that's the Wall...
Dovid Efune: Jews Should Stand With Catholics In Contraception Battle
1 hour ago

It is true that the president tweaked the policy "to require religious employers such as universities and charities to cover contraception in employee health plans, but shifted the responsibility for paying for it away from the employer and on to its...
Johnson & Johnson to Name Vice Chairman Gorsky as CEO, WSJ Says
1 hour ago

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), the world’s second-biggest seller of health-care products, will name Alex Gorsky its next chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reported citing a person familiar with the matter. Gorsky, 51, head of the medical-devices unit,...
Making the Most of Competition in Federal R&D
1 hour ago

CSPO—a collaborative intellectual network emanating out of Arizona State University—“creates knowledge and methods, cultivates public discourse, and fosters policies to help decision makers and institutions grapple with the immense
Anti-Internet Regulations to be Considered by United Nations
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Back then, 114 countries gathered to work on an agreement to deregulate the international telecommunications industry, a move that has protected the Internet from widespread destabilization, U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell...
William Ackman on the Psychology of the Successful Investor
1 hour ago

This assertion is generally based on longitudinal studies showing that most successful professional investors will, over time, come closer and closer to the market average, despite earlier luck or innovative practice. (Makliel’s monkey dartboard notion...
Are your jeans to blame for your poor health?
1 hour ago

Sacrificing comfort for fashion is nothing new, but according to the Wall Street Journal there are hidden health risks in many of the fashionable clothing choices we make every day. And not just for us moms but also for our children. When I was in the...

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