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- SEC to Settle Charges Against Bank of America for Market Timing and Late Trading
- SEC had charged that the BoA's Capital Management and Securities subsidiaries facilitated market timing and late trading by Canary hedge fund and others. [SEC] (March 15, 2004)
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- SEC's Agreement to Settle Civil Fraud Charges Against Fleet for Undisclosed Market Timing
- SEC had charged that Fleet's subsidiaries Columbia Management Advisors and Columbia Funds Distributors allowed certain preferred mutual fund customers to engage in short-term and excessive trading. [SEC] (March 15, 2004)
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- SEC Files Civil Fraud Case Against Fleet for Market Timing Arrangements
- It charged that FleetBoston's Columbia Management Advisors and Columbia Funds Distributor allowed certain customers to engage in short-term and excessive trading, while prohibiting others. [SEC} (February 24, 2004)
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- SEC Charges Martha Stewart, Broker Peter Bacanovic with Illegal Insider Trading
- Complaint alleges that Stewart committed illegal insider trading when she sold stock of ImClone Systems after receiving an unlawful tip from Bacanovic and subsequently both lied during investigation.[SEC] (June 04, 2003)
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- Army Corps Clears Halliburton
- "The head of the Army Corps of Engineers quietly exonerated Halliburton Co. of any wrongdoing in a Kuwait fuel-delivery contract that Pentagon auditors asserted has overcharged the U.S. government by more than $100 million." By Neil King. (January 06, 2004)
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- Halliburton's High-Power Ties to U.S. Government
- "The giant Texas-based corporation landed many lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts, which many consider a problem because Cheney is Halliburton's former CEO. [John] Burnett reports that the company's high-profile federal government connections have existed since World War II." [NPR] (December 24, 2003)
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- Cheney's Role in Halliburton Contracts Debated
- "Critics believe Vice President Dick Cheney steered work to the company he once headed. But industry experts say Halliburton likely won the deal for other reasons." By John Burnett. [NPR] (December 23, 2003)
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- Examining Halliburton's 'Sweetheart' Deal in Iraq
- "Halliburton has what appears to be a super sweetheart deal, but military contracting experts say the reality is quite a bit more complicated." By John Burnett. [NPR] (December 22, 2003)
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- Windows Ruling is Biggest IP Heist in EU History, Claims MS
- Looks at EU's order to remove Media Player from Windows from a Microsoft lawyer's perspective. [The Register] (March 24, 2004)
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- Windows Costs Less Than Linux. A bit. Sometimes - MS study
- Microsoft spins TCO to battle Linux. (December 03, 2002)
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- MS fights Open Source with Freebies - An Eyewitness Writes
- How important is market share? They give away software to keep it. (December 02, 2002)
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- Halloween VII: Survey Says
- MS admits its Linux-bashing is a failure. Most polled found the MS FUD offensive, one third want OSS because it isn't made by Microsoft. (November 07, 2002)
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- Namibia Wisely Spurns MS 'Gift' in Favor of Linux
- For just thirty thousand dollars, small African country can get $2000 in software. (October 31, 2002)
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- MS plays volume licensing upgrade card against Naked PCs
- Volume licensing programs are only an upgrade? How to sell your product once, and get paid twice. (August 27, 2002)
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- MS soft-pedals SSL hole
- Trustworthy computing in action: Don't worry about our missing security. (August 16, 2002)
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- MS to micro-manage your computer
- How to trust your digital life to Microsoft in one easy step. (June 24, 2002)