UK: Apple must apologize again over copycat claims

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — British judges say Apple needs to apologize once more for falsely claiming that South Korea’s Samsung copied its iPad, the latest embarrassing episode in the tech rivals’ world-spanning patent battle.Apple Inc. was ordered to print an apology on its website after British judges repeatedly rejected its...

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Ralph Nader to Stephen Colbert: Give me your Super PAC cash!

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Stephen Colbert‘s super PAC is sitting on nearly $ 778,000 in cash, and five-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader knows exactly where to spend it.On Ralph Nader. affiliate marketing If only Colbert would listen.The longtime consumer...

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Hospitals sue government over private Medicare audits

affiliate marketing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A coalition of hospitals sued the U.S. government on Thursday, claiming that private auditors hired to crack down on improper Medicare payments are denying hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars in legal payments for necessary care.The lawsuit alleges auditors known as Recovery Audit Contractors...

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Asian factories perk up, U.S. shows improvement

affiliate marketing NEW YORK/BEIJING (Reuters) – Asia‘s large economies started to pick up steam last month after a year of slower growth, surveys showed on Thursday, while U.S. manufacturing showed modest improvement.The jury was out on whether the data signaled sustained improvement in the fragile global economy, although analysts...

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Canada will push to keep bank capital rules on schedule

affiliate marketing OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will urge all countries to stick to the agreed schedule for implementing tougher bank capital rules at a November 4-5 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.The so-called Basel III rules are the world’s...

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‘Wreck-It Ralph’ celebrates video-game nostalgia

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” opening Friday, the title character is the bad guy from a fictional 1980s video game. Despite faithfully doing his job well for 30 years, he gets no respect at work, so he escapes through the wires of Litwak’s Family Fun Center searching for another game where he might...

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Kardashian boosts “X Factor” ratings, but wins few fans

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Khloe Kardashian‘s first outing as the new co-host of “The X Factor” helped boost the show’s audience by 30 percent, yet the reality star got mixed reviews for a nipple-baring debut that made headlines – but many TV critics found awkward.Kardashian, 28, best known for starring with socialite...

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Mass. firm tied to closed pharmacy issues recall

affiliate marketing BOSTON (AP) — A company with the same founders as the specialty pharmacy linked to deadly meningitis outbreak says it’s recalling all its products.In a statement Wednesday, Ameridose said the voluntary recall comes after FDA officials told the company it must improve its sterility testing. The Westborough company...

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Panasonic Feels Pain of Chinese Backlash

affiliate marketing Those islands in the East China Sea at the center of the dispute between Japan and China are uninhabited, but we’re told they’re still worth fighting over because they might have valuable oil and gas nearby. Let’s hope so. That might at least provide some consolation to Japanese employees, executives, and shareholders...

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Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition

affiliate marketing ZAGREB (Reuters) – The United States called on Wednesday for an overhaul of Syria‘s opposition leadership, saying it was time to move beyond the Syrian National Council and bring in those “in the front lines fighting and dying”.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signaling a more active stance by Washington in attempts...

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