Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
May 25th, 2010
Workers suing over disability and other benefits under the federal law known as ERISA may win attorney fees and costs if they achieve “some degree of success on the merits,” a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday. In Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. (pdf), the justices rejected a tougher standard imposed by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (pdf) on fee claimants under the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act. The lower appellate court had ruled that a claimant must be a “prevailing party” before seeking a fee award. MORE
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May 14th, 2010
An American man who branded his three children like cattle has walked free after they claimed they wanted him to do it.
Mark Seamands, 39, branded his 13- and 15-year-old sons and 18-year-old daughter with the letters ‘SK’ – for ‘Seamands’ Kids’.
His two sons told the court they wanted to be branded and were proud of it. MORE
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May 14th, 2010
Facebook says it has discovered the identity of “Kirllos,” the hacker who claimed to be selling 1.5 million Facebook logins on the black market last month. It turns out that Kirlios didn’t quite have as many accounts as he originally claimed, though he did manage to sell a number of credentials to third parties. Facebook has also updated its login system to make it more secure for users who want to make sure they maintain control of their accounts. MORE
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February 15th, 2010
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 14, 2010
The recession has unearthed another economic truism: Having a sound financial marriage is as romantic as roses and chocolate.
Money definitely matters for contemporary American marriages, according to “The State of Our Unions,” an annual survey by the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project and the Center for Marriage and MORE
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