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...violation of contractual agreements, and then released known trade secrets to the public. These employees are also targeted by the lawsuit, though their names are not yet known: Apple hopes to compel Think Secret to release the details of its communication with its sources so that the company can ascertain their identities and seeks damages from Think Secret directly for publishing its findings...
...During the whole time that he was questioned, he continued to make a scene by speaking loudly, becoming verbally abusive and attempting to return into the office suite,” Catalano added. “After several attempts to ascertain his business for being in Hauser Hall with no success, he was placed under arrest...
...difficult to ascertain how widespread shadow banking is throughout China. Beijing University economist Shen Minggao estimates that two-thirds of all financial activity in Zhejiang takes place outside the formal banking system. Local regulators do nothing to discourage informal lending because it funnels capital to vital, fast-growing businesses. But national economic conditions could now make it more difficult to look the other way. For one thing, China's inflation rate has crept above 5% while interest on savings deposits remains about 2%. In other words, Chinese lose money when they park cash in legitimate banks. It now appears that...
...years. And the olfactory cells he uses are taken from aborted fetuses, which America's antiabortion lobby would furiously oppose. His follow-up information about former patients remains spotty, and Huang says his bosses have refused to let him share cell samples with other researchers so that they can ascertain just what he's injecting. "Something very interesting may be happening here, but what's needed is independent validation," says Dr. James Guest of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami, the world's premier research center on spinal injuries...
...However, it would be very important for me to ascertain if anybody is allergic to peanut butter. It is important that we know about the people we are trying to help before we rush to help them with a peanut butter sandwich,” he said...