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Experts debunk stock market myths
Everybody knows that January predicts the stock market's direction for the year and that the best time to sell stocks is at their spring peak. And among stock market experts, it's a sure bet that the market will soar in the year before an election.But what passes for stock market wisdom is suspect when given a closer look.Court: Private, In-Home Use of Video Poker Machines OK
Trisha [email protected] owners of video poker machines won what they wanted from a Fulton judge: an order that says in-home use of the games for pure personal enjoyment is perfectly legal.Elma McIntire and Ray Story, represented by Alan I. Begner, filed a complaint in Fulton County Superior Court June 26 that asked for the ruling.Conflict claim sours big firm's work with health giant
'Don't ask' ruling puts judge in spotlight
Federal Judge Virginia Phillips isn't happy. She surveys her crowded courtroom from behind round, black-frame glasses, and flips through the 78-page document in front of her. The lawyer for Peter Pocklington, the former owner of the Edmonton Oilers, filed pre-sentencing paperwork just 48 hours before his Oct. 14 sentencing.Jury selection begins Monday in boot camp case
PENSACOLA, Fla. AP - Martin Lee Anderson walked onto the exercise yard of a Panama City boot camp for troubled teens nearly two years ago. Within hours, a grainy camp surveillance tape showed, he was struck repeatedly by guards as a nurse watched and soon collapsed. The 14 year old was carried off on a stretcher and died the next day.Power Grab: Southern's 'Bama Firm Invades Ga.
R. Robin [email protected] a roster of power company clients and a host of influential political connections, Alabama's Balch Bingham is merging with Atlanta's Meadows, Ichter Bowers. The merger promises to create Atlanta's first purely Republican powerhouse law firm and has the potential to threaten Troutman Sanders' lock on its most significant clients, the Southern Co.Beware: Don't let staff cuts undermine diversity
A reduction in force RIF can be devastating to a company, its employees and its diversity efforts. Employers committed to diversity often wonder whether, and to what extent, they may legally consider their diversity initiatives in the context of a RIF. Indeed, many employers maintain voluntary affirmative action plans that expressly state that the plans apply in all aspects of employment, including layoffs.Idyllic Calif. town reels after creamery CEO quits
FRESNO, Calif. AP - As General Motors is to Detroit, Humboldt Creamery is to the northern California community of Ferndale, population 1,382.So when the homegrown CEO of 23 years abruptly resigned last month and his attorney warned of serious financial problems, the town went into economic convulsions.While Rich Ghilarducci retreated to his second home in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Simon Gourdine had lasting impact on NBA
When he was 4 years old, Simon Gourdine decided he wanted to be a lawyer.Sotomayor won't sell NY apartment in this economy
WASHINGTON AP - Not even Supreme Court justices are immune from the economy.Justice Sonia Sotomayor plans to keep her apartment in New York for the time being, even as she gets a place in Washington."Right now I - like many other Americans, it would not be wise for me to sell my home in New York because the market is so low," Sotomayor said in an interview with the C-SPAN network for a documentary on the court.Trending Stories
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