WASHINGTON — Responding to the political storm over delays in disaster aid to the Northeast, the House on Friday approved a...
CIA Official Who Destroyed Torture Tapes Squirms at <em>Zero Dark Thirty</em> Abuse
Label: Technology Jose Rodriguez thinks the new movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is “well worth seeing.” But the retired CIA veteran has reservations about its gut-churning portrayal of the CIA’s treatment of detainees. Which is rich, coming from the man who destroyed the video footage documenting many of those brutal agency interrogations. In an op-ed for the Washington Post on Friday, the former chief...
Actor Dempsey: Coffee chain bid appears successful
Label: LifestyleSEATTLE (AP) — Actor Patrick Dempsey said it appears his bid to buy a small coffee chain has prevailed in a bankruptcy auction that included Starbucks Corp.Late Thursday night, Dempsey announced that his company, Global Baristas LLC, made the winning bid for Tully’s Coffee. He noted in a KOMO-TV interview that a bankruptcy judge will have the final say on Jan. 11. Still, Dempsey tweeted “We got it!...
Scant Proof Is Found to Back Up Claims by Energy Drinks
Label: HealthEnergy drinks are the fastest-growing part of the beverage industry, with sales in the United States reaching more than $10 billion in 2012 — more than Americans spent on iced tea or sports beverages like Gatorade. Their rising popularity represents a generational shift in what people drink, and reflects a successful campaign to convince consumers, particularly teenagers, that the drinks...
An Inquiry Into Tech Giants’ Tax Strategies Nears an End
Label: BusinessCongressional investigators are wrapping up an inquiry into the accounting practices of Apple and other technology companies that allocate revenue and intellectual property offshore to lower the taxes they pay in the United States. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations inquiry now drawing to a close began more than a year ago and involves at least a half dozen technology companies,...
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Bieber urges crackdown on paparazzi after photographer's death
Label: World Justin Bieber and his collection of exotic cars have been tantalizing targets for celebrity photographers ever since the young...
Watch Live: FTC Ends Google Antitrust Probe
Label: Technology 10:24 AM
Please enable JavaScript to view this KnowledgeVision player.The Federal Trade Commission is announcing what the agency is calling the resolution of its antitrust investigation into Google. The probe has focused on allegations denied by Google that the company doctors its search results unfairly to benefit its own products. The FTC was also investigating...
Putin gives tax exile Depardieu Russian citizenship
Label: LifestyleMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted citizenship to Gerard Depardieu, the French movie star who is quitting his homeland to avoid a tax hike on the rich, the Kremlin said on Thursday.The “Cyrano de Bergerac” actor bought a house across the border in Belgium last year to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires in France planned by Socialist President Francois Hollande but said...
Advertising: Planet Fitness Sheds Aspirational Approach
Label: HealthCOMMERCIALS for gyms tend to feature actors who look like Calvin Klein underwear models, with physiques that most will not achieve no matter how long they spend on an elliptical machine. Planet Fitness, a national chain of about 600 fitness clubs, is introducing a campaign that mocks fitness fanatics, especially those whose devotion infringes on others. A new commercial opens with...
In Victory for Google, U.S. Ends Antitrust Investigation
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday found that Google had not violated antitrust or anticompetition statutes in the way it structures its Web search application — handing a big victory to the search giant in its ongoing dispute with regulators. But the commission found that Google had misused its broad patents on cellphone technology, and ordered Google to make that technology...
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