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Air Canada, CUPE launch final bid to avoid strike
AC has not been profitable for years, been in/out of bankruptcy so where do they think the money will come from? It is not from "the rich". It will be from raised airfares that we all have to cover. There is too much entitlement mentality in this
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:28P
Georgia pardons board denies clemency for Troy Davis
“Justice was finally served for my father,” said Mark MacPhail Jr., who was an infant when his father was gunned down. “The truth was finally heard.” Kim Davis, the inmate's sister, declined immediate comment on the decision. Georgia's State Board of
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:28P
Muslim Students Face Criminal Charges for Disrupting Speech
In her closing statement, defense attorney Reem Salahi said that politeness may work “when you visit your grandmother” but that it was not required in a university setting, where ideas are freely exchanged, the LA Times reports. The Law Blog has sought
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:28P
Simulations Plus submits bid to buy bankrupt developer Entelos
Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLP) announced Tuesday it has submitted a bid to purchase substantially all of the assets of the Entelos, as part of that company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. At the end of July 2011, Entelos, a biosimulation software
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:28P
AT&T Reaches Out to Sprint, MetroPCS, Leap on T-Mobile Asset Sales
The report said the talks with rivals are preliminary, and the Department of Justice, which has sued AT&T to block the deal, may find the asset sales insufficient. All of the companies involved declined to comment, according to Bloomberg.
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:28P
GOP Congressman Demands Independent Investigation Of Solyndra Loan
But before laying off 1100 workers and and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier in September, potentially leaving taxpayers on the hook for more than a half-billion dollars. Solyndra executives Brian Harrison and WG Stover Jr. are expected to
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:27P
FOX 5 Vegas - KVVUJudge: Prosecutors cannot retaliate for trial
Entertainment News from AP By NEDRA PICKLER AP WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has dramatically cut the Justice Department's recommended guideline sentencing range for a lobbyist convicted in the Abramoff scandal. The prosecutors had recommended
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:27P
AP: Troy Davis' Clemency Appeal Rejected by Georgia Board
CNN quotes Anneliese MacPhail, the officer's mother, as saying, "The only thing I can think is justice has been done. That's the way we look at it." She tells CNN that "after all the facts, she is very convinced that he (Davis) is guilty.
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:27P
The rise and fall and rise of blue chip: fiduciary duty trumps waiver in
The first sentence of the dissent, written by Justice Helen Freedman and joined by Justice David Friedman, plainly states its thesis: "I would affirm the dismissal of the complaint in its entirety, because contractual disclaimers by plaintiffs preclude
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:27P
Troy Davis loses final appeal in U.S. death row case
But Davis has repeatedly claimed his innocence and his supporters point to a corrupted justice system in the deep south, saying a black man was wrongly and hastily convicted of killing a white police officer. "I am utterly shocked and disappointed at
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:27P
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