The companies targeted by the U.S. Attorney in Baltimore engaged in more than just online poker operations, however, offering customers the opportunity to bet on sporting events, an activity that is clearly in violation of U.S. law.
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The companies being targeted with sanctions: FaraTech, the Neda Industrial Group, Aria Nikan Marine Industry, Towled Abzar Boreshi, Iran Pouya, Terjerat Gostar and Tarh O Palayesh.
Among the 38 companies targeted by activists in 2011, only 10 resulted in proxy fights.
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For decades, we now know from their own documents, the tobacco companies targeted children.
The commissioner disclosed Thursday that he expected the same fire companies that the department targeted for closure last year to be on the chopping block later this year.
Pledges to trim corporation tax had been reneged on and had instead risen to 25% from 24% last year he complained, pointing to a further rise to taxes due on share dividend payouts as more evidence the companies were being targeted.
Richard Bejtlich, chief security officer at Mandiant, a computer-security company, said that in cases handled by his firm where intrusions were traced back to Chinese hackers, 94% of the targeted companies didn't realize they had been breached until someone else told them.
Mark Schonfeld, director of the New York office, said his group wanted to make a "broad sweep" of the companies that seem to be targeted in the e-mails and heighten public awareness.
Some analysts expect an exodus of U.S. investment in the companies named as having dealings with the targeted regimes.
Apparently, from June 1, 2005, through December 14, 2010, Kuc attempted to persuade the targeted computer companies that he had defective computer equipment covered under replacement warranty.
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First, Eircom examined the businesses, capabilities and cultures of 15 companies and targeted two small Irish companies to take over its construction activities and the Eircom employees.
Unlike Google and Microsoft, most of the remaining companies in the smart-grid space have targeted large electric utilities like Duke Energy and Consolidated Edison of New York with services and products that most consumers have no idea exist.
For companies, the specific, targeted nature of a StreetID search can also be far preferable to posting a job listing on a site like eFinancialCareers.com.
Google's concluded that it was important to tackle the piracy problem at source by targeted companies which advertise on piracy sites - as well as payment providers that enable the collection of subscription money.
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The extensive exploration costs incurred by these companies annually is targeted at ensuring enough reserve capacity to cater to the global fuel demand.
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The decisions by the court seem to indicate a growing trend in favor of companies that are frequently targeted for infringing on the patents of others.
Those companies targeted will see the most obvious benefit due the high premium typically paid.
Last week a virus called Shamoon, which targeted companies in the energy industry, was reported by security experts.
The App Center is targeted at companies like mine: small businesses looking for better software to run their business, particularly in the cloud.
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In addition, Toshiba is also debuting Mobile Broadband-ready versions of the recently unveiled professional laptops targeted at small offices and companies, medium businesses and large enterprises: the Tecra M11, A11 and S11, and the ultra-slim Satellite Pro T110 and Satellite Pro T130.
For CMR, we interviewed potential clients and found that French, British and Chinese companies were the ones most likely to increase their spending, along with companies that targeted Chinese consumers.
Such traders in recent years have targeted the shares issued by companies including Netflix Inc.
But whether the two vote yes, or merely abstain, they will work to keep UN sanctions narrowly targeted on the individuals, companies and banks most directly involved in Iran's nuclear and missile programmes.
The more aggressive and widespread the compliance communication, the better chance such companies have to stay out of the prosecutorial crosshairs should foreign partners get targeted in a corruption probe.
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The company makes money from sponsors, mainly video game companies, who, it says value its targeted community and the relatively high advertisement click-through rates it sees.
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Interest rates could come down as early as the first quarter of 2012, with the new leadership offering up targeted fiscal incentives for small and mid-sized companies to encourage job growth as the economy slows from 10%-plus growth to around 9% next year, according to International Monetary Fund GDP forecasts.
Rare diseases were long relegated to the backwaters of the drug business, targeted by tiny biotech companies, if at all, and often ignored by drug giants in their search for billion-dollar franchises.
Given all that, Obama and Congress at most seem willing to throw corporations some targeted tax relief in the belief that companies will hire someone.
The EU also tightened its arms embargo and targeted three companies including Syria's flagship airline.
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