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Microsoft offers patent troll defense for cloud customers
February 8, 2017 by elegant · Leave a Comment
Companies new to the cloud are vulnerable to non-practicing entities, which do not make any products themselves but use their arsenal of broad technology patents to sue other firms in order to extract royalties or a cash settlement. The new offering could appeal to companies new to the cloud arena, needing a service such as Microsoft's Azure to store their data or…
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Harry Potter spinoff helps Time Warner top estimates
February 8, 2017 by elegant · Leave a Comment
The New York-based media company, which is set to become part of AT&T Inc in an $85.4 billion deal, reported an 11.5-percent rise in quarterly revenue and said the merger remained on track to close later this year. U.S. President Donald Trump opposed AT&T's bid for Time Warner during his election campaign. AT&T, which has also said it expects the deal to be approved, is looking …
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Exclusive: White House eying executive order targeting ‘conflict minerals’ rule – sources
February 8, 2017 by publisher · Leave a Comment
By Sarah N. Lynch and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is planning to issue an executive order targeting a controversial Dodd-Frank rule that requires companies to disclose whether their products contain “conflict minerals” from a war-torn part of Africa, according to sources familiar with the administration's thinking. The plan for the executive order comes on the heels of another order issued by the White House last week that takes aim more broadly at the
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Controversial Dakota pipeline to go ahead after Army approval
February 8, 2017 by admin · Leave a Comment
By Valerie Volcovici and Ernest Scheyder WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army will grant the final permit for the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline after an order from President Donald Trump to expedite the project despite opposition from Native American tribes and climate activists. In a court filing on Tuesday, the Army said that it would allow the final section of the line to tunnel under North Dakota's Lake Oahe, part of the Missouri River system. Energy Transfer …
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