Verizon and the Grift That Keeps on Giving

A new record for Verizon. In early October the company’s wireless division claimed title to the largest consumer telecommunications refund in history, saying it would pay $52.8 million to some 15 million subscribers who were charged for data usage, though they weren’t on data usage plans. Now, thanks to the Federal Communications Commission, it can claim another.

Take That, Mark Cuban! Bengals Receiver Chad Ochocinco Pays $520 a Word for NFL Twitter Fine

A $25,000 fine for two tweets comes out to $520 a word (more or less). Or in terms that mean more to an NFL superstar: That’s two months’ worth of Bugatti payments.

Intel’s Q4 Blowout

Intel Beats Bust? Big Time

When it last reported earnings, Intel surpassed Wall Street’s expectations and issued a strong outlook for the rest of 2009. So investors had high hopes for its latest quarterly report. And Intel appears to have met them. Reporting fourth-quarter earnings after market close Thursday, the company blew the doors off consensus estimates that called for 30 cents a share in profit on revenue of $10.17 billion.
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Intel Beats Bust? Big Time

When it last reported earnings, Intel surpassed Wall Street’s expectations and issued a strong outlook for the rest of 2009. So investors had high hopes for its latest quarterly report. And Intel appears to have met them. Reporting fourth-quarter earnings after market close Thursday, the company blew the doors off consensus estimates that called for 30 cents a share in profit on revenue of $10.17 billion.
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Intel, AMD Announce Dual Core Litigation Settlement

Wow. Intel and AMD’s seemingly endless legal battles have finally ended. The two companies said early Thursday that they have reached a comprehensive agreement that resolves their many antitrust and patent disputes. Under its terms, Intel will pay AMD $1.25 billion and agree to “abide by a set of business practice provisions” presumably crafted to temper its alleged anticompetitive practices.
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France Mulls Three-Strikes Law Amid Privacy Objections

The French National Assembly on Tuesday approved a draft “three strikes” law that would allow authorities to cut off Internet access to piracy offenders. The measure, which France’s Senate passed in July, was narrowly approved by the parliament with a vote of 285 to 225, and is viewed as a compromise to a similar law that was rejected for being too harsh.

The EC Pay Intel's Legal Expenses? Uh, Good Luck With That One.

“Manifestly disproportionate.” That’s how Intel describes the record $1.45 billion antitrust fine levied against it by the European Union, one the company evidently believes was meted out in error.
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The EC Pay Intel’s Legal Expenses? Uh, Good Luck With That One.

“Manifestly disproportionate.” That’s how Intel describes the record $1.45 billion antitrust fine levied against it by the European Union, one the company evidently believes was meted out in error.
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Former Brocade CEO: Hello, BofA? Yes, I’d Like to Stop Payment on a $15 Million Check.

Another first for former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Greg Reyes. He was the first Silicon Valley CEO to be indicted on federal charges in the options backdating scandal of a few years ago and the first to be found guilty. And on Tuesday, he became the first to have his conviction overturned.
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Apple Defies Recession

Monster: Backdating BAD