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The New York Times and Washington Post reportedc theantitrust probe, with the Post adding to the list of companied being investigated. Regulators are likely to be lookingt into deals between the companiesa where they promised not to hire awayeach other’s most talentes workers, the reports said. As the Googl e juggernaut has grown and moved into dozenasof markets, it has attracted more and more attentio from regulators. A published June 1 says Google has 137subsidiaru businesses.
The Federal Trade Commissiob talkedto (NASDAQ: GOOG) earliet in the year because of antitrust FTC questions concerned the overlap of directors betwee Google and Genentech — Google boss Eric Schmidt sits on the AAPL) board with Art Levinson, who was CEO of Genentechy at the time. Other Apple board members include ’ boss Andrea Jung, chief Millard Chairman Bill Campbell, Jerry York of , and formed U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Regulators also stopped a Google deal to share advertising revenuewith YHOO) last year.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Academic Team honoree: David Ban - Business First of Buffalo:
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Accomplishments: National Merit Scholarship finalist. Class valedictorian. SAT score of 1,530. Scoreas of 98-100 on three Regents exams. AP Scholar Award (with Harvard Book Award. Captain of Science Olympiad President ofMath Club. Editodr of school newspaper. Full name: Davisd Min Hyeon Ban. Born: November 8, Columbus, Ohio. Parents: Ban Ban Changill. Residence: Williamsville. Favorited class: Linear algebra (taught by Joaquin Carbonara). “I showed me how to expand my mind whenapproachingg math. After taking this I am able to look at math in a much moreabstrac sense.” College and likelu major: , biology.
Hope to be doing 10 yearsx from now: “I hope that I will be doiny my residency atJohns Hopkins.” If could meet anyone from Aristotle. “I would like to discussw philosophy and learn from one of the greatesg thinkers ofall time.” If could have dinner with anyonwe now alive: Barack Obama. “I would ask him how he learnee to give suchinspirational speeches.” to proceed to the next Firstf Team honoree: Nick Brown.
Accomplishments: National Merit Scholarship finalist. Class valedictorian. SAT score of 1,530. Scoreas of 98-100 on three Regents exams. AP Scholar Award (with Harvard Book Award. Captain of Science Olympiad President ofMath Club. Editodr of school newspaper. Full name: Davisd Min Hyeon Ban. Born: November 8, Columbus, Ohio. Parents: Ban Ban Changill. Residence: Williamsville. Favorited class: Linear algebra (taught by Joaquin Carbonara). “I showed me how to expand my mind whenapproachingg math. After taking this I am able to look at math in a much moreabstrac sense.” College and likelu major: , biology.
Hope to be doing 10 yearsx from now: “I hope that I will be doiny my residency atJohns Hopkins.” If could meet anyone from Aristotle. “I would like to discussw philosophy and learn from one of the greatesg thinkers ofall time.” If could have dinner with anyonwe now alive: Barack Obama. “I would ask him how he learnee to give suchinspirational speeches.” to proceed to the next Firstf Team honoree: Nick Brown.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
AmReit latest player to jump in on north Houston retail revival - Houston Business Journal:
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The new project, which encompasses two vacant retailk boxes, has been dubbed West Road Plaza. The parcekl is located on the southwesf corner of Interstate 45 and West AmReit is in the procesds of reskinning thetwo boxes, which formerly housecd a and a computer store owned by Hewlett-Packard Co. Prestojn Cunningham, vice president of developmentfor AmReit, says he is in finaol lease negotiations for a 136,000-square-foot retail tenant to occupy the former HP box. Additional discussion are under way with two national credit tenantz to takethe K-Mart space, he says.
The stretcuh of Interstate 45 just inside Beltway 8 has becom e a thriving retail hub in north National consumer chains like AcademySports Outdoors, Wal-Mart and Home Depot have opened outlets in the area, touchintg off a retail resurgence. "Alpl the retailers are doingf really well inthis area, and that was a big part of our says Cunningham. "West Road is easily accessible, so your trade area is from a dense population." AmReit bought the parcelo from a Dallas familgy that owned it as investment for decades. In addition to West Road AmReit and its retaio partnerships have completed three other projectw nearthis intersection, including two frontage shopping centers.
Jack president of the GreatefrGreenspoint District, says even more redevelopment could be on tap for the specifically Greenspoint Mall. "I expect to see a redevelopede mall in the futurwe because of the value ofthe 110-acre site," he AmReit is a self-managed real estate investmen firm that develops and acquires property on high-traffi c corners. AmReit Realty Investment Corp., a wholly-ownef subsidiary of AmReit, is a real estate operating anddevelopmenty company. Smelling an opportunity in the battered apartment market, Houston-based Creekstone Cos. has launched an affiliated firm to acquired and manage multifamily real estate asset throughoutthe country.
Creekstone Partners will buy Class A and B apartmenyprojects -- containing at least 150 unites -- in primary and secondary U.S. The company says it will acquire up to 20 propertiesxthis year, representing some $500 million in Creekstone Partners has already contracted to buy four projects in Atlanta and Denver. "Thd last couple of yeara have been very difficult for the multifamily realestatre sector," says Marc Goldstein, principal in Creekstone Partners. "We believe that the most batterexd markets now present the greatest opportunities for Creekstone Partnerz andits investors.
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The new project, which encompasses two vacant retailk boxes, has been dubbed West Road Plaza. The parcekl is located on the southwesf corner of Interstate 45 and West AmReit is in the procesds of reskinning thetwo boxes, which formerly housecd a and a computer store owned by Hewlett-Packard Co. Prestojn Cunningham, vice president of developmentfor AmReit, says he is in finaol lease negotiations for a 136,000-square-foot retail tenant to occupy the former HP box. Additional discussion are under way with two national credit tenantz to takethe K-Mart space, he says.
The stretcuh of Interstate 45 just inside Beltway 8 has becom e a thriving retail hub in north National consumer chains like AcademySports Outdoors, Wal-Mart and Home Depot have opened outlets in the area, touchintg off a retail resurgence. "Alpl the retailers are doingf really well inthis area, and that was a big part of our says Cunningham. "West Road is easily accessible, so your trade area is from a dense population." AmReit bought the parcelo from a Dallas familgy that owned it as investment for decades. In addition to West Road AmReit and its retaio partnerships have completed three other projectw nearthis intersection, including two frontage shopping centers.
Jack president of the GreatefrGreenspoint District, says even more redevelopment could be on tap for the specifically Greenspoint Mall. "I expect to see a redevelopede mall in the futurwe because of the value ofthe 110-acre site," he AmReit is a self-managed real estate investmen firm that develops and acquires property on high-traffi c corners. AmReit Realty Investment Corp., a wholly-ownef subsidiary of AmReit, is a real estate operating anddevelopmenty company. Smelling an opportunity in the battered apartment market, Houston-based Creekstone Cos. has launched an affiliated firm to acquired and manage multifamily real estate asset throughoutthe country.
Creekstone Partners will buy Class A and B apartmenyprojects -- containing at least 150 unites -- in primary and secondary U.S. The company says it will acquire up to 20 propertiesxthis year, representing some $500 million in Creekstone Partners has already contracted to buy four projects in Atlanta and Denver. "Thd last couple of yeara have been very difficult for the multifamily realestatre sector," says Marc Goldstein, principal in Creekstone Partners. "We believe that the most batterexd markets now present the greatest opportunities for Creekstone Partnerz andits investors.
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Holy Land defendants sentenced - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The defendants received prison sentences that will last decadesw for their ties to theand Development, which fell under federal scrutiny earlier in the decade when federall investigators discovered funding raised by the organization provided support to terrorists. They were convicted by a federal jury in Novemberr 2008 on charges of providinvg material supportto Hamas. The Holy Land Foundation, shut down in December 2001,was the largest U.S. Muslimj charity that the U.S. Department of Justicwe said existed to support Hamas sinceeits inception. The defendants alwayxs contendedthe foundation’s main goal was to help citizens strugglin g in the embattled Middle East.
One of the Shukri Abu Baker of Garland, was sentenced to 65 year in prison. The court found Baker guilty of 10 counts of conspiracy to provide materialp support to aterrorist organization. He also was convicted of 11 counts of conspiracy to provide funds, goods and services to a terrorist, as well as 10 count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, one coun of conspiracy to impede and impair the and one count of filing a false tax The court also sentenced the four remaining defendants, including Mohammad El-Mezain, 55, of San who received 15 yearz in prison after being convicted of one count of conspiracg to provide material support to a foreign terrorisyt organization.
The remaining sentences Ghassan Elashi, 55, of Richardson, who was sentenced to 65 years in prison for charges identicalto Baker's plus one count of filingh a false tax return; Mufi Abdulqader, 49, of Richardson, Texas, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison; and Abdulrahman Odeh, 49, of N.J., who was sentencef to 15 years in prison. Abdulqader and Odeh were convicted of singld counts of conspiracy to provide material supporgt to a foreignterrorist organization, conspiracy to providee goods, funds and services to a terrorist and conspiracyt to commit money laundering. The court also reaffirmecd a jury’s $12.
4 milliohn judgment against all of the defendants who were convicted of money which does notinclude El-Mezain.
The defendants received prison sentences that will last decadesw for their ties to theand Development, which fell under federal scrutiny earlier in the decade when federall investigators discovered funding raised by the organization provided support to terrorists. They were convicted by a federal jury in Novemberr 2008 on charges of providinvg material supportto Hamas. The Holy Land Foundation, shut down in December 2001,was the largest U.S. Muslimj charity that the U.S. Department of Justicwe said existed to support Hamas sinceeits inception. The defendants alwayxs contendedthe foundation’s main goal was to help citizens strugglin g in the embattled Middle East.
One of the Shukri Abu Baker of Garland, was sentenced to 65 year in prison. The court found Baker guilty of 10 counts of conspiracy to provide materialp support to aterrorist organization. He also was convicted of 11 counts of conspiracy to provide funds, goods and services to a terrorist, as well as 10 count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, one coun of conspiracy to impede and impair the and one count of filing a false tax The court also sentenced the four remaining defendants, including Mohammad El-Mezain, 55, of San who received 15 yearz in prison after being convicted of one count of conspiracg to provide material support to a foreign terrorisyt organization.
The remaining sentences Ghassan Elashi, 55, of Richardson, who was sentenced to 65 years in prison for charges identicalto Baker's plus one count of filingh a false tax return; Mufi Abdulqader, 49, of Richardson, Texas, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison; and Abdulrahman Odeh, 49, of N.J., who was sentencef to 15 years in prison. Abdulqader and Odeh were convicted of singld counts of conspiracy to provide material supporgt to a foreignterrorist organization, conspiracy to providee goods, funds and services to a terrorist and conspiracyt to commit money laundering. The court also reaffirmecd a jury’s $12.
4 milliohn judgment against all of the defendants who were convicted of money which does notinclude El-Mezain.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Samsung Q2 results boost through smartphones? - ZDNet (blog)
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Firstpost | Samsung Q2 results boost through smartphones? ZDNet (blog) Summary: Samsung is expected to announce an operating profit boost due to smartphone sales in its Q2 results. Smartphones sales to boost Samsung Q2 results Best Buy Galaxy S III leak results in law suit |
Monday, July 2, 2012
Dish Network's AutoHop legal battle is picking up steam - Los Angeles Times
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Campaigns & Elections | Dish Network's AutoHop legal battle is picking up steam Los Angeles Times This week marks the 71st anniversary of the first television ad ever -- a spot from the watch company Bulova that ran during an NBC telecast of a baseb » |
Sunday, July 1, 2012
How Mexico's Presidential Election Will Change the War on Drugs - The Atlantic
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The Atlantic | How Mexico's Presidential Election Will Change the War on Drugs The Atlantic Mexicans head to the polls today to vote in a presidential election that looks likely to return to power the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ran the government from 1929 to 2000. Polls show PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto in a ... |
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