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...Santa Clara County, alleges that Ciarelli induced employees of Apple or Apple affiliates to reveal proprietary information in 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...
...monthly tax-free bonus to waive the rule. That money upsets Helmly. "We must consider the point at which we confuse 'volunteer to become an American soldier' with 'mercenary,'" he wrote in his memo. In light of the force crunch, the Army is weighing a change that could compel repeated deployments, of up to 24 months each, for some part-time soldiers...
...While established democracies operate on the principle that dividing the electorate over the direction of a nation is an essential part of the political process, national liberation movements tend to prize unity above all else. And that tradition may yet compel Barghouti to back down. (In doing so, of course, he would not only demonstrate his dedication to the greater good, but also put down a marker for his own claims to succeed the aging Abbas within a few years.) Still, by declaring his candidacy in the first place, Barghouti has exposed the massive fissures at the heart of Palestinian...
...officials angry with Kofi Annan? The U.N. Secretary-General is not accused of wrongdoing, but he refuses to compel U.N. employees to testify before U.S. congressional committees investigating the fraud, angering Senators of both parties. Annan appointed Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, to lead a U.N. investigation of the program. Volcker says separate congressional inquiries would impede his work. Investigators are also looking into Cotecna, a Swiss contractor for which Annan's son Kojo worked as a consultant...
...Gallucio said Harvard has not adjusted its in-lieu-of-taxes payment to Cambridge in over a decade. He and fellow Council member Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., will present a resolution tonight asking Cambridge’s top city lawyer to consider the legality of measures that would compel Harvard to pay a heftier tax bill...