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...headquarters of Prudential Financial Inc. in Newark, N.J., would not seem like an obvious target for terrorists. It is neither a venerated symbol of American capitalism like the New York Stock Exchange building nor an iconic piece of modern architecture like the Citigroup building in midtown Manhattan, which houses America's biggest bank. It looms over a city that was once the very symbol of urban blight in America. On a clear day the more famous spires of Manhattan are visible from Newark, and so too is the empty space in the skyline on the island's southern tip, where...
Napster’s file-sharing service attracted legal troubles because it enabled users to trade copyrighted materials illegally. In 2001, Napster, Inc. offered the recording industry $1 billion to settle copyright infringement lawsuits, and a federal injunction requiring the company to block illegal downloads ultimately crippled the free song-swapping service...
...known on Capitol Hill as the "Mexican death tape." But today several activists have grown quieter, charging that grocery chains are retaliating by canceling orders. "The markup is so outrageous, they don't want anyone messing with it," says a tomato grower. Luis Rodriguez, a consultant for Florida Farmers Inc., an advocacy group, says he listened in on a conversation in which a Wal-Mart official told a supplier that he planned to stop buying from farmers promoting mandatory labeling. Says Rodriguez: "These guys are scared." A Wal-Mart representative denied any intimidation...
...national "copyright collecting societies" are stepping up their efforts to monitor ring-tone companies. In response to the squeeze on their earnings, the middlemen are rushing to consolidate. Last month, Britain's iTouch bought Jippii for €12 million; in June, the Mountain View, California-based security company VeriSign Inc. bought Jamba! for $273 million. If the merging middlemen can gain some market clout, they might be able to retain their early advantage. But if real-tone songs catch on, firms like Jippii and Jamba! could well find themselves out of business. Either way, ring-tone companies will have...
STAR by PAMELA ANDERSON (with a ghostwriter). It's about a young Florida starlet who gets discovered by Hollywood, lands a role on a TV sitcom called Hammer Time, gets breast implants, has a lot of uninhibited sex and stars in another TV series, Lifeguards Inc...