Untangling Justice: The case of Aaron Swartz

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Commentary: I spent much of Saturday trying to reconcile two very different approaches to justice meted out by the Obama Administration. The first is old (mid-December) news: British bank HSBC launders money for at least a decade and is fined four weeks earnings. I learned about it Friday from The Daily Show. Blatant laundering, moving “tainted… Read More…

DOJ takes aim at Apple and publishers over e-book pricing

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Perhaps this is a sign of just how badly Apple wants to compete with Amazon.com in the electronic book business. Or, maybe it shows just how fearful the big book publishers are of the Seattle online retailer. According to The Wall Street Journal, The Department of Justice is investigating Apple and five other large book… Read More…

Verizon CEO: The merger of AT&T and T-Mobile ‘had to occur’

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A number of big technology companies, including Microsoft, Facebook and Oracle, have come out in support of AT&T’s $39 billion bid for T-Mobile.  But here’s one that might surprise you: Verizon Communications. Currently the biggest wireless carrier in the U.S. and the top rival to AT&T, one might think that they’d be at odds with… Read More…