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Landmark Ruling On Drug Cases
In the wake of a recent lawsuit involving the drug company Wyeth, the Supreme Court has ruled that the FDA is not exclusively responsible for the safety of prescription drugs. Wyatt Andrews reports.
Tags: MoneyWatch, Federal Government, Healthcare, Government, Evening, Drug, Prescription, Medicine, Pill, Health, Law, Legal, Justice, Federal
Videos 2009-04-15
Zell Could Wind Up Out At Tribune Under Debt Reorg
Loss of control is almost always a risk when debt is reorganized and Tribune Co.'s trip to bankruptcy court could cost Sam Zell just that. According to one early-stage scenario laid out by the Chicago Tribune's Michael Oneal, creditors holding $8.6 billion in senior debt could wind up with...
Tags: Tribune Co., Debt, Litigation, Stock Options, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Human Resources, Benefits, Stock Options & Grants, Companies, Tribune, Legal, Staci D. Kramer
News items 2009-06-08
Yahoo Updates Privacy Controls On Search, Pageviews
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), perhaps hoping to get the focus off its finances and CEO search, will reduce the amount of time it holds on to user data to three months from just over a year. After that period, Yahoo will "anonymize" user log data within 90 days with limited...
Tags: Advertising, Companies, Yahoo, Legal, Regulatory, Technologies/Formats, Search, David Kaplan, Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
External links 2008-12-17
Bad Joke: National Lampoon Execs Hit With Fraud Charges
It probably won't rise to the level of the Bernie Madoff scandal, but it's not a joke either. The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against National Lampoon CEO Daniel Laikin and several other execs in a Philadelphia civil court. The execs are accused of manipulating the entertainment...
Tags: Stock, Exec, Investment, Finance, Legal, Money, David Kaplan
External links 2008-12-15
Google Quietly Tries Brokering Deals With ISPs To Get Priority Access
Congress has failed to pass legislation regarding so-called "Net Neutrality," and now the issue is again top of mind as Internet providers seeking preferential treatment; network operators considering a tiered approach, and once-staunch defenders beginning to soften their stance on the matter. This time, it appears Google (NSDQ: GOOG),...
Tags: Google Inc., Wall Street Journal, Phone, Telephone Company, Microsoft Access, Network, AT&T Corp., Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Broadband, Companies, Comcast, Microsoft, Viacom, Yahoo, Legal, FCC, Regulatory, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, IPTV, Tricia Duryee, Comcast Corp.
External links 2008-12-15
FCC Cancels Meeting And Leaves Wireless Broadband Plan Up In The Air
The FCC canceled its meeting on Thursday, which was expected to hear the fate of a controversial plan to auction off spectrum that would provide free nationwide Internet. Late last week, a pair of high-ranking lawmakers asked FCC Chair Kevin Martin to put aside the AWS-3 auction proposal to...
Tags: FCC, Broadband, Wireless Broadband, Wireless, Federal Government, Government, Legal, Regulatory, Matt Kapko
External links 2008-12-15
AT&T And T-Mobile Voicemail Systems Are Not Secure
AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile USA have been banned from saying their voicemail systems are secure after agreeing to a settlement in a Los Angeles county court, PC World reports. "Cellphones purchased by undercover investigators were easily hacked into, enabling the voicemail to be changed at will," the Los...
Tags: Companies, Operators, AT&T, T-Mobile, Legal, Matt Kapko, AT&T Corp.
External links 2008-12-12
White House Opposes FCC Chair's Latest Broadband Plan
The White House is opposing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's plan to auction off spectrum that specifies exactly how the winner must use it, the WSJ reports. Next week, the agency will vote on a plan to promote a free, wireless broadband network through new spectrum allocations, but it holds...
Tags: FCC, White House, Broadband, Federal Government, Wireless, Government, Legal, Regulatory, Matt Kapko
External links 2008-12-11
Universal Studios In a Tussle With DVD Kiosk Firm Redbox
DVD kiosk retailer Redbox, which filed for an IPO in June (and likely won't do it anytime soon with the market conditions) is in a scuffle with Universal Studios, where the NBCU-owned company has threatened to cut off Redbox's supplies of movies from its stable, reports WSJ. Redbox has...
Tags: Lawsuit, Universal Studios, Redbox, DVD, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Companies, NBC Universal, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Rafat Ali, Blockbuster Inc.
External links 2008-12-11
NYT: $20 Million Mix Of Concessions, Imposed Wage Cuts Saves Globe (For Now)
The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) said Tuesday that it will keep the Boston Globe open despite the Boston Newspaper Guild's narrow vote against va concession package. We reported last night that the company had no plans to file the 60-day warning notice that would have to precede...
Tags: Union, Boston Globe, Concession, Benefits, Human Resources, Companies, NYT, Legal, Regulatory, Media, Newspapers, Staci D. Kramer, New York Times Co.
News items 2009-06-09
Costs Slashed, NYT Considers Globe Sale
The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) has hired Goldman Sachs to manage a possible sale of the Boston Globe, according to the paper. The investment bank already reps the company in its efforts to sell its 17.75 percent stake in New England Sports Ventures, LLC, the company that...
Tags: Cut, Hometown, Globe, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services, Team Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Management, Business Operations, Companies, NYT, Legal, Regulatory, Media, Newspapers, VC+M&A, Staci D. Kramer, New York Times Co.
News items 2009-06-10
Sulzberger To Globe Reporters: 'We Are Now Left With No Alternative' To 23 Percent Wage Cut
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.'s response to Boston Globe reporters seeking his intervention to ward off a 23 percent wage cut boils down to one word: No. He feels their pain, he doesn't like the results of the Boston Newspaper Guild's vote but his hands are tied. In the e-mail posted...
Tags: Salary, Globe, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Companies, Time Warner, Time Inc., Turner, Tribune, TSCM, Verizon, Viacom, MTVN, WaPo, WSJ-DJ, MarketWatch, Yahoo, Countries, Asia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Australia & NZ, Canada, UK & Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Entertainment, Adult, Gaming, Virtual worlds, Movies, DVD, Music, Sports, Digital Olympics, Events, Features, Analysis, Dis*Content, Featured Stories, Interview Series, MemeWatch, TechWatch, Gadgets, Industry Moves, Information, Biz & Fin, Metrics, Research, Legal, DRM, FCC, Patents, Regulatory, Media, Books, Health Content, Magazines, Newspapers, Staci D. Kramer
News items 2009-06-10
UK Train Agency Investigated For Threatening Mobile Developers
We sounded the alarm in May about the UK's National Rail Enquiries forcing third-party train-times apps offline whilst profiting from its own official offering - and now the UK regulator is investigating whether the practice breaches competition rules?The train info service sent lawyers' threats to the UK Train Times...
Tags: Developer, Mobile, Agency, U.K., App, Real Time Train Information, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Countries, Europe, UK, Legal, Regulatory, Robert Andrews
News items 2009-06-16
IRS Defends Proposals To Tax Personal Use Of Company Cellphones
The IRS is so misunderstood. Last week, news surfaced that the tax agency was planning stricter enforcement of a law that taxes the personal use of company-paid cellphones, a move that the wireless industry feared would prompt employers, overwhelmed by paperwork, to cancel their employee's calling plans. The WSJ.com...
Tags: Agency, Cell Phone, Internal Revenue Service, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Legal, Regulatory, Dianne See Morrison
News items 2009-06-15
Got A Company-Paid Cellphone? The IRS Wants To Tax Your Personal Calls
Does the company you work for pay your cellphone contract? If it does, the IRS wants you to pay tax on it for being what it calls a "fringe benefit." According to the WSJ.com, the rule in which company cellphones are considered a taxable benefit rather than a 24/7...
Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Internal Revenue Service, Taxes, Free Trade, Cellular Phones, Personal Finance, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Legal, Regulatory, Dianne See Morrison
News items 2009-06-12
It's Digital Transition Time: Do You Know Where The FCC Is?
The long-delayed digital translation finally is here—but the Obama Federal Communications Commission isn't. Team Obama pushed to have the analog-to-digital switch moved to June 12—as in this Friday—to avoid as many last-minute glitches as possible, but it hasn't been able to get its FCC nominees confirmed, starting with Julius...
Tags: FCC, Republican, Broadband, Digital Television, Federal Government, Government, Companies, Qualcomm, Legal, Regulatory, Staci D. Kramer
News items 2009-06-12
It's Digital Transition Time: Do You Know Where The FCC Is?
The long-delayed digital translation finally is here—but the Obama Federal Communications Commission isn't. Team Obama pushed to have the analog-to-digital switch moved to June 12—as in this Friday—to avoid as many last-minute glitches as possible, but it hasn't been able to get its FCC nominees confirmed, starting with Julius...
Tags: FCC, Republican, Broadband, Federal Government, Government, Legal, Media, TV, Staci D. Kramer
News items 2009-06-12
Online Ad Business Adds $300 Billion To U.S. Economy?So Don't Mess With It, IAB Hints
Although Q1 online ad spending has fallen for the first time in several years, a study commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau claims that the industry contributes $300 billion in "economic activity" while directly employing 1.2 million. The study claims that in all, the U.S. interactive ad industry has...
Tags: Interactive Advertising Bureau, Online Advertising, Online-Ad Business, Advertising, Information, Research, Legal, Regulatory, David Kaplan
News items 2009-06-11
Boston Fund Manager Shows Interest In Buying The Boston Globe
A union pension fund manager has emerged as the first public suitor for the Boston Globe. Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. confirmed its interest to the Boston Herald, saying the Globe fits its investment profile and that is has been pursuing a purchase for about 10 weeks. The company,...
Tags: Pension Fund, Job, Union, Boston Globe, Concession, Union Pension Fund Manager, Boston Newspaper Guild, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Investment, Payroll Solutions, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Companies, NYT, Legal, Regulatory, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Staci D. Kramer, New York Times Co.
News items 2009-06-11
Bill Seeks To Put Five-Year Moratorium On New Cell Phone Taxes
U.S. lawmakers are considering passing legislation that would impose a five-year moratorium on new state and local taxes for cell phones, just in time to prohibit governments from leveraging increasingly popular wireless services—like data and internet—to be a potential revenue source in this economic downturn. Dow Jones reports that...
Tags: Cell Phone, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Cellular Phones, Financial Planning, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, Operators, MVNO, Virgin, SprintNextel, Legal, Regulatory, Money, Tricia Duryee
News items 2009-06-10