Starbucks Buys La Boulange, a Bay Area Bakery, for $100 Million
Starbucks has purchased a bakery chain for $100 million in cash. The bakery is La Boulange and its baked goods…
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Former Attorney Kluger Hit with History’s Harshest Sentence for Inside Trading
Former Attorney Matthew Kluger is serving the harshest sentence ever imposed for insider trading -- 12 years. And this despite…
Luka Rocco Magnotta, Porn Actor Accused of Murder, Arrested in Germany
Luka Rocco Magnotta, a suspected killer from Canada, was arrested in Germany at the end of a worldwide manhunt. Magnotta…
Filings Say Bank of America Hid Merrill’s Losses from Shareholders before 2008 Vote
Papers in a class-action litigation filed on Sunday night show that top executives at Bank of America Corp hid the…
New York Decriminalizing Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana
On Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced new legislation that would be decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of…
Man Who Has Pension Cut after Conviction Claims ‘Elder Abuse’
An official from a small town, accused of misusing $60,000 for golf and massages, has said that he is going…
George Zimmerman Returns to Jail
On Sunday, George Zimmerman returned to jail after his bond was revoked and ordered that he return to custody. Zimmerman…
Target Raising Money for Group Working to Defeat Minnesota Gay Marriage Ban
Target Corp. is selling shirts in an effort to raise money for a group that is trying to defeat a…
Twitter Subpoena Raises a Storm of Legal Questions
On Thursday, electronic privacy advocates argued that the subpoena to Twitter seeking the tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester…
Latest Challenge to Ban on Worship in NY Schools
On Friday, while presiding over a 16-year old dispute between religious groups and the city’s Board of Education, a federal…
NY Court of Appeals Rules Parents can be Kidnappers
On Thursday, a divided New York Court of Appeals held that in certain cases it is possible to convict custodial…
Wal-Mart Holds Annual Meeting in Arkansas
Mike Duke, the CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said on Friday that the company is committed to integrity despite the…