News tagged with monetary damages

Mall giant sues Indiana to tax Amazon.com sales

(AP) -- Shopping mall giant Simon Property Group sued the Indiana Department of Revenue on Thursday to try to force it to collect taxes from Amazon.com Inc. for all sales made in the state.

Technology / Business

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Woman who was assaulted settles Match.com lawsuit

(AP) -- A woman who sued Match.com after being sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating website settled her lawsuit on Tuesday when she saw proof that the site was screening its members for sexual predators.

Technology / Internet

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Expert: Ruling in private pension case could have implications for retirees

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could have a great deal of significance for employees and retirees with a private pension plan, a University of Illinois elder law expert says.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Judge restricts Facebook assets transfer pending suit: WSJ

A New York judge has issued a temporary restraining order restricting the transfer of Facebook's assets after a New York man filed suit claiming he owns an 84 percent stake in the social network, The Wall ...

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Is the Greek haircut a snip too far for investors?

Research from the University of Reading suggests that the recent bail-out for Greece could lead to decades of legal actions as disgruntled investors sue for compensation.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Environmental crunch 'worse than thought': OECD

Pressures on Earth's ecosystem are now so great that future generations could be doomed to falling living standards, the OECD said on Thursday in a report looking to the mid-century.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 13

Consumers in the middle of battle over Internet privacy

Google and Facebook might have finally gotten the average consumer riled up about privacy.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Debris from way out there

"Well, here it is," said aerospace engineer William Ailor as he paused next to the hulking metal shells arrayed along the plaza outside a visitor entrance at Aerospace Corp.'s El Segundo, Calif., headquarters.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A new year fir the Euro: What could happen and why Americans should be concerned

Despite a slowly improving U.S. economy, Americans have watched the stock market continue on its roller coaster ride, in large part because of uncertainty about the economic future of European countries, such as Greece, Portugal, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New report offers broad approach to assessing impacts of ecological damage

The magnitude and depth of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will require an unprecedented effort to determine the extent and severity of ecological damage and to develop restoration plans for affected areas in the Gulf of Mex ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

3 Questions: Roberto Rigobon on world markets

World markets produced a roller-coaster ride for investors in August. MIT News recently spoke to international economics expert Roberto Rigobon to hear his views about the chaos investors have been facing. Rigobon is the ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer hacking proliferating with highly networked society, expert says

Google, the International Monetary Fund and Sony represent major names in the world economy. But the three share another distinction -- recently disclosed attacks by computer hackers that have compromised sensitive information.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan economy, Toyota feel effects of disaster

The impact of Japan's earthquake and nuclear crisis rippled through the economy Wednesday as the government downgraded its outlook and Toyota announced more temporary plant shutdowns overseas.

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created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find similarities in brain activity for both habits and goals

A team of researchers has found that pursuing carefully planned goals and engaging in more automatic habits shows overlapping neurological mechanisms. Because the findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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