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  • CEO Pay 1,795-to-1 Multiple of Wages Skirts U.S. Law

    Former fashion jewelry saleswoman Rebecca Gonzales and former Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson have one thing in common: J.C. Penney Co. no longer employs either.

  • Securities, Brown Rudnick, Blank Rome: Business of Law

    Federal securities class-action filings decreased by about 10 percent last year from 2011, PricewaterhouseCoopers found in its 17th annual Securities Litigation Study published yesterday. There were 172 cases in 2012, compared with 191 cases in 2011, with a significant drop in the fourth quarter of 2012.

  • Securities Filings, Brown Rudnick, Blank Rome: Business of Law

    Federal securities class action filings decreased by about 10 percent last year from 2011, PricewaterhouseCoopers found in its 17th annual Securities Litigation Study published yesterday. There were 172 cases in 2012, compared to 191 cases in 2011, with a significant drop in the fourth quarter of 2012.

  • China’s Unlikely Rival: Japan

    Of all the nightmares Chinese President Xi Jinping figured he would have to face, a resurgent Japan Inc. surely wasn’t among them.

  • Tumors on Ice as Budget Impasse Freezes Medical Research

    Rebecca Riggins, a Georgetown University cancer researcher, has had to freeze her work amid federal funding cuts brought on by sequestration. Literally.

  • Novartis, Facebook, Vivendi, Aereo: Intellectual Property

    India’s Supreme Court denied Novartis AG’s request for patent protection for its Gleevec cancer treatment, allowing the nation’s generic-drug makers to continue to sell copies of the drug at a lower price.

  • Abe Seeks Closer Ties With Obama in U.S. to Counter Threats

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with President Barack Obama in the U.S. tomorrow, seeking to bolster his country’s key alliance as a bulwark against China’s territorial claims and North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.

  • Florida Gulf Coast Makes NCAA History as a 15th Seed in Final 16

    Florida Gulf Coast University made college basketball history as the first No. 15 regional seed to reach the final 16 at the National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s tournament, where the Eagles are joined by traditional powers Indiana, Kansas and Duke.

  • Japan to Join Trade Talks as Abe Defies Key Voting Bloc

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan will join negotiations on an American-led regional trade accord opposed by some of his core supporters as he seeks to boost growth and strengthen ties with the U.S.

  • America’s Dirtiest Coal Company

    If you go to the website of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Missouri, you can read more than 1,000 letters from retired coal miners and their widows.

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