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Justice Stevens: Obama right to criticize court ruling on campaign spending
WASHINGTON — President Obama ruffled some feathers two years ago when he lambasted the Supreme Court for its Citizens United decision during a State of the Union speech. It was unusual for a president to criticize the justices as they sat before...Tags: University of Chicago, Politics, Elena Kagan, White House, Barack Obama
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Songkick has its fans. Can it win over artists next?
Pop & HissSongkick has already made inroads with music fans. The site and mobile app combs through concert data to clue in fans when a favorite act is coming to town and currently boasts about 6 million monthly users. Now, with its content plugged into Facebook,... -
Voters back tobacco tax but split on term-limits change
PolitiCalA proposed $1-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes remains highly popular among California voters, but they are split over whether to change the state’s 22-year-old term limits law, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. The two... -
Retailer Tilly's profit jumps 21% in fiscal first quarter
Teen clothing retailer Tilly's Inc. on Wednesday released its first earnings report since its initial public stock offering in May.
The company, which makes surf- and skate-inspired ware, said it had a profit of $5.9 million, or 29 cents a share, for its...Tags: American Eagle Outfitters Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance
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Colleges' bank deals saddle students with big debit-card fees
As many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to get to their financial aid money, according to a report released Wednesday by a public interest group.
Colleges and banks rake in millions...Tags: Students, Consumers, Finance, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Teaching and Learning
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Apple takes over Italian software start-up Redmatica
Apple Inc. has acquired a small Italian start-up that specializes in digital music editing, according to an Italian blog. The Cupertino, Calif., tech company purchased Redmatica, a small start-up whose most notable software is Keymap Pro, according to...
Tags: Media Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Apple iPhone, Tim Cook
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg no longer among richest of rich [Video]
It took JPMorgan Chase months to lose about $2 billion. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg -- always a go-getter -- did it in less than two weeks. The Big Z's personal wealth has taken such a big a hit that he's been knocked off the Bloomberg Billionaires Index,...
Tags: Sony Corp., Media Industry, Social Media, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mark Zuckerberg
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Verizon boosting its home broadband speeds
Verizon announced plans to introduce next month a new Internet service that will double the download speeds of its current top service, which is already the fastest mass-scale service in the country. The company will also more than double the speeds of...
Tags: Gaming, Services and Shopping, Consumers, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Mark Zuckerberg
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State Senate OKs ban on voice-over-Internet phone regulation
SACRAMENTO -- A controversial bill that would ban state agencies from any future regulation of voice-over-Internet phone service won easy passage from the state Senate. The bill, SB 1161 by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), passed on an easy, bipartisan...
Tags: Darrell Steinberg, Television Industry, Consumers, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Litigation and Regulation
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'Hunger Games,' 'Twilight' hurt Lions Gate earnings before they help
Any Hollywood studio would kill to release "The Hunger Games" in theaters and the fourth "Twilight" movie on DVD within two months of each other, but doing so actually hurt Lions Gate's bottom line in the short-run. The Santa Monica studio on Wednesday...
Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Games, Services and Shopping, Entertainment, DVDs and Movies
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Possible settlement talks delay 'Call of Duty' trial hearing
A pretrial hearing in the multibillion-dollar "Call of Duty" lawsuit was once again delayed as lawyers for all parties huddled in private talks that could result in a last-minute settlement. Proceedings were set to begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday after a...
Tags: Gaming, Entertainment, Activision Blizzard, Inc., Gaming Industry, Trials
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RIM retains two investment firms to help with a strategic review
Research in Motion Ltd., the struggling maker of BlackBerry smartphones, has hired two investment firms to help review options for its future, which could include the possibility of putting itself up for sale.
The Canadian company also said it was...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Job Layoffs, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Palm Inc
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