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News Ex-Apple lawyer could face SEC lawsuit for options backdating
Ex-Apple lawyer could face SEC lawsuit for options backdating
James M Yoch Jr
April 23, 2007 02:13:00 pm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may file a lawsuit against former Apple, Inc. General Counsel Nancy Heinin for allegations of backdating two 2001 stock option grants, Heinin's lawyers said Monday. The incidents in...

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News NY AG suing university for accepting student loan lender payments
NY AG suing university for accepting student loan lender payments
James M Yoch Jr
April 20, 2007 01:27:00 pm

The Office of the New York Attorney General Thursday sent notice of its intent to sue Drexel University for accepting payments from student loan lender Education Finance Partners (EFP) ...

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News Privacy groups file FTC complaint over Google DoubleClick acquisition
Privacy groups file FTC complaint over Google DoubleClick acquisition
James M Yoch Jr
April 20, 2007 12:52:00 pm

Several Internet privacy groups filed a joint complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday concerning the merger of search engine Google with advertising provider DoubleClick . The groups, including the...

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News Iraq draft oil law going before parliament next week: minister
Iraq draft oil law going before parliament next week: minister
James M Yoch Jr
April 18, 2007 08:22:00 am

The Iraqi National Assembly will meet next week to consider a draft oil law regulating the development and distribution of Iraqi oil and giving the national government control over oil revenues, Iraqi Oil...

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News Former Bangladesh PM banned from entering country
Former Bangladesh PM banned from entering country
James M Yoch Jr
April 18, 2007 07:59:00 am

Opposition leader and former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been exiled from Bangladesh by President Iajuddin Ahmed's emergency government, according to a Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs statement confirmed to...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in care workers’ overtime case
Supreme Court hears arguments in care workers’ overtime case
James M Yoch Jr
April 16, 2007 04:09:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Long Island Care At Home v. Coke , 06-593 , in which the Court considered whether a 1975...

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News ICTY prosecutor rejects Serbia documents secrecy deal allegations
ICTY prosecutor rejects Serbia documents secrecy deal allegations
James M Yoch Jr
April 16, 2007 03:09:00 pm

The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Monday publicly rejected allegations that it had negotiated or sought a deal with Belgrade officials to conceal documents...

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News Former Computer Associates CEO to pay $800 million restitution
Former Computer Associates CEO to pay $800 million restitution
James M Yoch Jr
April 13, 2007 02:12:00 pm

Former Computer Associates (CA) CEO Sanjay Kumar will pay almost $800 million in restitution over his lifetime for his role in the accounting fraud in which CA swapped revenues of $2.2 billion with another company...

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News Ohio man pleads not guilty to terror charges
Ohio man pleads not guilty to terror charges
James M Yoch Jr
April 13, 2007 01:47:00 pm

US citizen Christopher Paul pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he conspired to assist terrorists and to bomb European tourist sites and US military and government facilities overseas. Paul, from Columbus, OH, did not...

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News Brooklyn prison guards named in 9/11 abuse suit plead not guilty to beating charges
Brooklyn prison guards named in 9/11 abuse suit plead not guilty to beating charges
James M Yoch Jr
April 13, 2007 01:12:00 pm

Eight prison guards from the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, NY pleaded not guilty on Friday at arraignments in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on charges ...

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Laws of Burgos put into effect

The Spanish Crown put the Laws of Burgos into effect on December 27, 1512. These laws governed the relationship of Spanish settlers with the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. The laws established the encomienda system of labor, promoted conversion to Catholicism, and safeguarded the indigenous peoples from physical abuse.  However, historians argue that the laws were ineffective at protecting the rights of the indigenous population. Learn more from the Library of Congress.

Prohibitionist Carrie Nation carried out her first public bar smashing

On December 27, 1900, militant Prohibitionist Carrie Nation carried out her first public smashing of a bar, at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kansas. Nation argued that destroying bars was an acceptable means of battling the liquor trade since the Kansas Constitution prohibited alcohol. Learn more about Carrie Nation.

World Bank created

On December 27, 1944, the World Bank was created during the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA. Learn more about the history of the World Bank.

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