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AOL CEO Tim Armstrong wants 2,500 staffers to quit voluntarily between December 4 and December 9 as part of a cost-cutting move prior to the company's IPO. That's one-third of the company, btw. If Armstrong doesn't see enough empty cubes, he's gonna have to do the volunteering for some people.

Submitted by Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager on 11-19-2009
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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court denied cert in a trademark case regarding the Washington Redskins. According to The Christian Science Monitor: "Lawyers for the native Americans say the name was disparaging and offensive in 1967 and that the trademark should never have been issued. They argued that the law permits them to bring a disparagement lawsuit at any time. An appeals board at the U.S. trademark office agreed with the native Americans that the term 'redskins' is today and has historically been a disparaging racial epithet. But that decision was...

Submitted by Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager on 11-17-2009
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The New Oxford American Dictionary has anointed "unfriend" as 2009's Word of the Year. Um ... OK. Beats "tramp stamp", I guess. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft and owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I wish him well. Lexis now has an iPhone app that allows you to search for a case by citation and review its Shepard’s Summary. (Link via
Submitted by Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager on 11-17-2009
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Or Sense and Sensibility. I dunno -- one of those Jane Austen novels in which everybody needs a kick in the pants to help them make up their minds. Anyway, Google and its partners, as agreed, submitted a revised settlement last Friday. Judge Denny Chin will again schedule a "fairness hearing" soon. As Jane woulda said, "It is...

Submitted by Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager on 11-17-2009
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Time Warner will say "So long and thanks for all the fish" to AOL on December 9. Shareholders will get 1 AOL share for every 11 TW share they own. AOL is now valued at around $3.5 billion, down from the $5 billion I reported 4 months ago.

Submitted by Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager on 11-17-2009
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By Fred S. Steingold
The 11th edition is revised to provide the latest regulations, tax numbers and business realities in a changing economy. It also provides a start-up checklist, an expanded discussion about choosing a business structure, updates to bankruptcy law -- and much more.

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