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Buoyed by a bevy of new product launches this week, Google's red-hot stock rose above the $300/share mark earlier this week.
Similar to the do-not-call lists focused on limiting telemarketing calls, the new registries aim to fight spam.
Time magazine complied with a court order to turn over information regarding a leak in the White House that exposed the undercover identity of a CIA operative. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan told the magazine and two reporters yesterday they had one week to comply or be held in contempt of court and the reporters would go to jail.
Law enforcement authorities from around the world raided illegal filesharing networks, making arrests and seizing computers. Today's assault led by the FBI hammered multiple locations in the Netherlands after a dozen raids yesterday.
If a government national security review panel approves CNOOC's plan to buy Unocal, Chevron will have to up the ante.
A semantic upgrade by the Environmental Protection Agency in a report on perfluorooctanoic acid, a chemical compound used to make Teflon, moves the compound from "suggested carcinogen" to "likely carcinogen." The change in status may have huge legal ramifications.
