• But News Corp. (nyse: NWS - news - people ) reportedly is hoarding cash in case EchoStar's (nasdaq: DISH - news - people ) problematical bid for DirecTV should fall short.

    FORBES: Dueling Billionaires In The Sky

  • And every few years comes the ultimate medical catastrophe: a miracle cure that turns out to be toxic--the latest case being Merck 's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) Vioxx.

    FORBES: Say No To Prescription Drugs

  • When it comes to new series, media buyers are forced to rely on differentiators like night of the week (Thursday nights, for instance, are more desirable than Friday nights, and are thus more expensive), expected demographic (shows that skew younger tend to be more attractive) and the newcomer's lead-in show (or shows, in the case of a programming block like Fox's Sunday-night animation domination).

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  • In England's Premier League, for example, at the end of each season when competition points have been accrued, the three bottom-ranked teams will be relegated (demoted) to the level below (in England's case the second-tier Championship).

    CNN: Explainer: How relegation works

  • P. privileges. (Exclusive Resorts, Case's luxury-residence club, will own and operate some of the units.) Since 30 percent of Miraval's guests are return customers, it seems a safe bet that there's a ready-made second-home market here.

    FORBES: Ballancing Act

  • Assume further that interest and dividends are earned in the activity and are either allocated to you on a Schedule K-1 (in the case of an S corporation or partnership) or reported by you on Schedule C (in the case of a sole proprietorship).

    FORBES: Overview Of The New 3.8% Investment Income Tax, Part 1

  • But it is not particularly true of his big opponents -- including the left-wing Democratic Party, which has its own scandals, its own selfish interests and, during the election campaign, its own evidence of the abuse of political power in the case of Italy's third-largest (and oldest) bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, whose business was allegedly run and distorted in the interests of local Democratic Party politicians in that area.

    CNN: , Special to

  • Richard Smith , an editor at the British Medical Journal (BMJ), writes of a case in which his journal published a study on Schering-Plough 's (nyse: SGP - news - people) drug, flutamide.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • And in yet another case, our action (DOT's modernized hours-of-service rule for truckers) was overturned by a federal court but then reinstated by Congressional action.

    WHITEHOUSE: Testimony of John D. Graham

  • In Welch's case, Byron contrasts the dying words of Reginald Jones (Welch's predecessor at GE)--"Leadership requires ethics, morals and values"--with Welch leaving the funeral "with his latest soul mate, " Suzy Wetlaufer , for whom Welch had left his second wife.

    FORBES: Boardroom Bad Boys

  • Despite never running out of charge, I now understand the car's real-world range (worst case: about 210 miles with three passengers plus camera gear, driving on and off the highway on a below-freezing day) and, rather than getting stranded by the road, I spent four productive days with the car getting a solid feel for it.

    ENGADGET: Tesla vs. The Times: What one review means for the future of auto news

  • In short, there's no way I'd consider using the iPhone if the only Google-made app in the iOS universe was a search program. (Yes, that's the case in Windows Phone -- just a single Google app.) The iPhone would still have sold millions, sure, but one has to wonder how much less impactful it would've been without Google pushing its apps into the App Store.

    ENGADGET: Editorial: Does Windows Phone even have a chance without Google?

  • In case Dell's convertible XPS 12 is too expensive (or weird-looking) for your tastes, the company's got a more traditional sort of Ultrabook on tap.

    ENGADGET: Dell unveils Inspiron 15z Ultrabook with optional touchscreen, prices start at $750

  • Dave Grohl has parlayed his drummer gig for one of the most influential rock bands of the last quarter-century (that's Nirvana, in case you forgot) into the front man role with perennial Grammy winner Foo Fighters and is now a sort of de facto spokesman for the world of rock.

    CNN: What to watch for at South by Southwest

  • In this case, Spamhaus's Domain Name System (DNS) servers were targeted - the infrastructure that joins domain names, such as bbc.co.uk, the website's numerical internet protocol address.

    BBC: Global internet slows after 'biggest attack in history'

  • Jeff Sessions (R-AL) says he hopes that's the case.

    NPR: Sentencing Panel Changes Crack Recommendation

  • Creating an Android app named "UltraReset" and using it in tandem with an NFC-enabled Android phone (a Nexus S, in this case), security researchers Corey Benninger and Max Sobell were able to reset and reuse -- free of charge -- transit access cards in both San Francisco's MUNI system and New Jersey's PATH system.

    ENGADGET: Security researchers identify transit system exploit in San Fran and New Jersey, create app to prove it

  • The case, however, speaks volumes about California's lax campaign-finance laws (surely it is a little absurd to allow insurance commissioners to raise money from insurers), and also about Mr Quackenbush's lack of judgment.

    ECONOMIST: Politics in California

  • And although both Spain and France have smaller deficits than the UK, they will have to borrow comparable amounts to the UK in total - more than Britain in the case of France (according to Bloomberg data) - because so much of Spain's and France's debt is short-term, and needs repaying next year.

    BBC: Why investors love lending to the UK government

  • She will deliver scores and stats, and as seen in an onstage demo can even tell you which basketball player is taller -- Kobe Bryant or LeBron James (it's LeBron, in case you're wondering).

    CNN: Apple announces high-res laptops, a smarter Siri

  • Elsewhere, the reshuffle ripples continue: several people across the blogosphere have noted the exodus of MPs from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, following promotions to the government or (in the case of Labour's Tom Watson) the end of the phone-hacking inquiry.

    BBC: Improving attitudes to mental health

  • Boies was the U.S. Justice Department's lead lawyer in its successful antitrust case against Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ).

    FORBES: SCO Sues IBM Over Linux

  • Org is filling up a 24-terabyte Sun Microsystems server with case law going back to 1754. (That's a lot of bytes, enough to type out 12 million novels.) Malamud bought some data from Fastcase while building his service, which is available for free on the Web.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Yes, we welcome our new Search Engine overlords and all that, so long as they've got our best interests at heart, but there's a certain irony in Google removing a backdoor exploit by using a backdoor of its own -- even one that (in this case) will email you to report what it's done.

    ENGADGET: Google flips Android kill switch, destroys a batch of malicious apps (update)

  • Org is filling up a 24-terabyte Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: JAVA - news - people ) server with case law going back to 1754. (That's a lot of bytes, enough to type out 12 million novels.) Malamud bought some data from Fastcase while building his service, which is available for free on the Web.

    FORBES: The Law Goes Open Source

  • Netscape soon fell victim to Microsoft's rival Internet Explorer browser (precipitating a long-running anti-trust case), but other companies in turn attracted investor attention.

    BBC: Internet cafe in Beijing

  • That's what a breast-feeding doctor -- an OB, pediatrician or family physician with a subspecialty in breast-feeding medicine -- would have done in Kelly's case: a complete physical and medical history (yes, in fact, it is relevant if your mother couldn't make milk) on mom and baby to see if any physical or anatomical factors were affecting supply.

    CNN: Is the medical community failing breast-feeding moms?

  • That happened in the case of L-1 and H-1B petitions at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

    FORBES: Over-Regulated America

  • The case for lasting inflation (in the 3% -to-4% range)--it's there!

    FORBES: Four Mice Of The Apocalypse

  • In Apple's case, its beloved iPod seems to be a globe-sized target for attacks (and lawsuits), and just a day after the company laid blame to Windows for "not being hardy enough against viruses" found on recently shipped 5.5G 'Pods, Microsoft is firing back with its own harsh criticisms.

    ENGADGET: Microsoft blames Apple's "quality checks" for iPod virus

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