But Apple is big enough to be targeted by just about every group, activist and media organization for morally ambiguous business practices.

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All this anecdotal information, while often more ambiguous than government statistics, is more timely and thus just as valuable.

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The news cycle largely seems done with the subject, at least for now, but the steady stream of stories about Apple and some ambiguous wrong doing of a non-legal sort is just picking up steam.

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"We just want to lay Damien to rest, give him back some dignity and put this ambiguous grieving to rest, " she said.

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For years, ambiguous dashboard lights have clued motorists in on internal issues, but driving to a body shop just to borrow a data port reader is so last decade.

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But if the decision is ambiguous, the company may be asked to prove that it didn't lay off the employee just because he was away.

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