Submission + - SEC Charges Mark Cuban
homey of my owney writes: CNBC is reporting that the SEC has charged Mark Cuban with insider trading. The case involves sale of mamma.com shares prior to dilution.
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 6 declined, 1 accepted (7 total, 14.29% accepted)
Submission + - Taiwan's Acer to buy Gateway
homey of my owney writes: Acer, the Taiwanese maker of personal computers, said Monday that it had reached an agreement to acquire Gateway for $710 million, a move that reorders the competitive landscape both here and abroad.
Is this one China trying to out-do the other?
Is this one China trying to out-do the other?
Submission + - No Taste Buds for you!!
homey of my owney writes: The NY Times has a story today on a very interesting use of intellectual Property law.
"A lawsuit by the owner of Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan may be the most aggressive use of intellectual property concepts by the owner of a small restaurant.
The suit, which seeks unspecified financial damages from Ed McFarland, chef and co-owner and the restaurant itself, charges that Ed's Lobster Bar copies "each and every element" of Pearl Oyster Bar, including the white marble bar, the gray paint on the wainscoting, the chairs and bar stools with their wheat-straw backs, the packets of oyster crackers placed at each table setting and the dressing on the Caesar salad."
Wow, that's some tasty IP.
"A lawsuit by the owner of Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan may be the most aggressive use of intellectual property concepts by the owner of a small restaurant.
The suit, which seeks unspecified financial damages from Ed McFarland, chef and co-owner and the restaurant itself, charges that Ed's Lobster Bar copies "each and every element" of Pearl Oyster Bar, including the white marble bar, the gray paint on the wainscoting, the chairs and bar stools with their wheat-straw backs, the packets of oyster crackers placed at each table setting and the dressing on the Caesar salad."
Wow, that's some tasty IP.
Submission + - Garry Betty, CEO of EarthLink - Dead at 49
homey of my owney writes: Garry Betty, a friend and mentor, has died at the age of 49.
Garry had a rare quality — regardless with whom he talked, he could make them feel at ease and walk away as though they'd known him their whole life. It's a loss for EarthLink and all of us that have know him.
