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  • Druckenmiller Donation Helps Masters Charity Reach $6.8 Million

    Stanley Druckenmiller, one of the best-performing hedge-fund managers of the past three decades and an avid golfer, is among those who gave a total of $6.8 million to the Masters Tournament Foundation in 2011.

  • Politico's John Harris on U.S. Presidential Debate

    Charlie Rose on BTV- Thursday, October 18, 2012 (Full Show For Mobile - Part1) Politico editor-in-chief John Harris on the most recent US presidential debate and the outlook for the weeks leading up to the election.

  • Medtronic, Sequenom, Pfizer: Intellectual Property

    Medtronic Inc. will lose its bid for a permanent injunction barring NuVasive Inc. from selling spinal surgery devices that were found to infringe patents held by a Medtronic unit, a federal judge in San Diego said in a tentative ruling.

  • Ex-Blagojevich Aide Admits Role in Senate Seat Sale

    Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich ’s former chief of staff, John Harris , pleaded guilty to a single criminal conspiracy count, telling a federal judge that he aided Blagojevich in a plan to trade his right to appoint a U.S. Senate replacement for then President-elect Barack Obama , for something of value to the governor.

  • Blagojevich Bets Wiretap Tapes Will Lead to Acquittal of Corruption Charge

    Rod Blagojevich , the impeached former governor of Illinois, is betting he will be acquitted of corruption charges if jurors are allowed to hear unedited versions of federal wiretaps of his conversations.

  • What Does Politico’s Editor Really Think of the Stimulus?

    I recently finished reading Michael Grunwald's excellent book, The New New Deal. Grunwald, a Time magazine correspondent, is not only a crisp and engaging writer, he is also a blunt one. He offers a detailed case that the much-maligned stimulus signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2009 has been an enormous success for the economy, employment and the future of energy in the U.S.

  • Barclays, Apple, Nokia, Wachovia, Bayer's Trasylol Settlement: Court News

    Robert Moffat, the former International Business Machines Corp. executive who pleaded guilty in the Galleon Group LLC insider-trading scheme, said accused tipster Danielle Chiesi “played him” to obtain tips.

  • Blagojevich Used Office to Benefit Self, U.S. Says as Bribery Trial Opens

    Rod Blagojevich , the ex-governor of Illinois, tried to use his office to benefit himself, a U.S. prosecutor told a jury of his former constituents in federal court in Chicago.

  • Blagojevich Portrayed as Talker, Betrayer, as Retrial Opens

    Rod Blagojevich , the ex-Illinois governor, went on trial again in Chicago on charges he tried to trade an appointment to the U.S. senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama for campaign cash and personal favors.

  • Raytheon Dodges Budget Ax With `Avatar' 3-D Training

    Raytheon Co. , the world’s biggest missile maker, is girding for slower growth in the U.S. weapons budget by training soldiers with technology from the movie “Avatar” and helping educate General Motors Co. mechanics.

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