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MetroPCS Follows Verizon in Filing Appeal Against FCC

MetroPCS is the second U.S. carrier to file an appeal against the FCCs net neutrality rulings. Like Verizon, it filed with a court that previously ruled in favor of Comcast. – MetroPCS has filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals
in the District of Columbia, challenging the Federal Communications
Commissions most recent rulings on net neutrality.

The nations fifth largest carrier behind Verizon
Wireless, AT amp;T, Sprint and T-Mobile, respectively i…


Austrian court turns down Sanader appeal

The High Regional Court in the Austrian city of Linz has turned down the appeal against a previous decision to keep Ivo Sander in jail. This means that the former Croatian prime minister and leader of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) will have to remain in prison until March 18.

Mumbai attack: Court reserves order on Kasab’s appeal

Mumbai terror attacksThe Bombay High Court Monday reserved till Feb 7 its order on the appeal filed by Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab against the death sentence awarded to him for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. “The arguments undertaken by lawyers of (other accused) Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed concluded today (Monday), following which [...]

Wesley Snipes” lawyers file fresh appeal against his 3-year prison term

Incarcerated Wesley Snipes” lawyer has filed a fresh appeal against the star’s three-year prison term for tax evasion. The lawyer is requesting the officials to free the actor so that he can fight his case in the U.S. Supreme Court. ‘The Blade’ star spent two years fighting his 2008 conviction for failing to file tax [...]

Rabobank wins Singapore appeal in Motorola contract dispute

Rabobank International won a $5.2 million award in a contract dispute with the Singapore unit of Motorola Inc., a U.S. mobile phone maker.

The Singapore Court of Appeal overturned an earlier ruling that said the bank wasn’t entitled to payments from Motorola, according to a decision released publicly today.

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Microsoft Appeal in i4i Case Gets Supreme Court Hearing

Microsoft will have its appeal in a long-running patent-infringement case with Canadian firm i4i heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Microsoft’s appeal in its long-running
patent case with Canadian firm i4i. That decision not only gives Microsoft yet
another shot at overturning a substantial monetary judgment, but gives the Supreme
Court a chance to leave its mark on the escalating patent-infri…


McAfee Loses Finjan Patent Infringement Appeal, Owes Damages

Federal judges deny McAfees appeal to overturn the verdict in the patent infringement lawsuit with Finjan which would require it to pay more than $13 million in damages. – A federal appeals court has rejected McAfees appeal to
overturn the verdict in Finjan Softwares patent infringement suit.
On Nov. 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit in Washington upheld the finding that Secure Computings Webwasher
security line infringed on Finjans se…


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Sinwa unit granted leave by the Court of Appeal to act against JV partner for breach of …

Mainboard-listed logistics player, Sinwa, says the Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by its subsidiary, Sinwa SS (HK) Co, and granted leave for the latter to start a derivative action in the name of Nordic International Limited (NIL) against Morten Innhaug (Morten) for breaches of fiduciary duties.

NIL is a joint venture between Sinwa and Morten. The breaches of fiduciary duties arose from a purported assignment of a 2D seismic survey vessel to an entity controlled by Morten.

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Kosovo minister in fresh appeal to EULEX

Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović has called on EULEX to react to the threatening statements given by the interior minister of the PriÅ¡tina government. “(Bajram) Redzepi is using the phantom declaration of independence of Serb municipalities, the authors of which are unknown, to send his old threats to Serbs in northern Kosovo,” Bogdanović stated.

UN to launch Pakistan flood appeal

The UN is to launch an appeal to help Pakistan tackle the country’s worst flooding in 80 years. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued an urgent plea for donors to “generously support Pakistan at this difficult time”.

Wesley Snipes’ appeal against tax evasion sentence denied

‘Blade’ star Wesley Snipes’ appeal against his 3-year prison sentence for tax evasion has been denied. Snipes, 47, was found guilty in 2008 of not filing tax returns from 1999 to 2001, and consequently failing to pay the government nearly 12,000,000 dollars, TMZ.com reported. He was sentenced to 36 months in prison, but he made [...]

OCBC’s appeal catching up with UOB’s: Phillip Securities

UOB (U11.SG) deserves to trade at premium to other Singapore banks given its stronger balance sheet, net interest margins, return on assets, lower cost-to-income ratio, but value starting to emerge from OCBC (O39.SG), says Phillip Securities, according to Dow Jones.

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DRI appeal after minister’s acquittal

A Belgrade court has acquitted Trade Minister Slobodan Milosavljević in the procedure initiated by the State Audit Institution (DRI). This was announced on Monday by Acting President of the Belgrade Misdemeanor Court Milan Marinović.

UN launches appeal for Kyrgyzstan refugee crisis

The UN has announced a USD 71mn flash appeal for Kyrgyzstan, where it says some 400,000 people have been displaced by inter-ethnic fighting. The Central Asian state’s interim leader believes the number of people killed since violence erupted just over a week ago may be as high as 2,000.

Windows Phone 7 Sacrifices Business Features for Consumer Appeal

Windows Phone 7 delivers more business-class features than expected at first glance, but enterprise IT shouldn’t expect to deploy the forthcoming OS, only support it. –

The funniest thing I heard at TechEd 2010 was uttered by an
earnest Microsoft employee who took other mobile operating systems to task for
their user interface designs held back by their adherence to old models.
Paul Bryan,
Microsofts senior director of Business Experience Product…


Pamela Anderson in Putin seal appeal

Hollywood’s Pamela Anderson has written to Russian PM Vladimir Putin, seeking a Kremlin ally for her campaign to stop the slaughter of baby seals in Canada. Anderson has appealed on Putin to ban the import of baby seal skins from her native country.

Microsoft’s Week Involved Apple, Shakeup, Alcatel Appeal

Microsoft’s week involved a number of shakeups. First, the departures of two top executives from the Entertainment and Devices Division sparked questions among analysts about Microsofts consumer product lines and need to compete more heartily against the likes of Google and Apple in that area. Then Apple’s market capitalization, based on stock price, passed Microsoft’s, sparking another round of outside analysis. Despite a tough week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insisted that his company remains the most profitable technology concern on the planet. – Microsofts week involved some major shakeups: in addition
to the departures of two top executives from its Entertainment and Devices
Division, responsible for consumer products such as the Xbox and Zune, the
company also saw its market capitalization briefly surpassed by that of Apple.
Both thos…


Microsoft’s Week Involved Apple, Shakeup, Alcatel Appeal

Microsoft’s week involved a number of shakeups. First, the departures of two top executives from the Entertainment and Devices Division sparked questions among analysts about Microsofts consumer product lines and need to compete more heartily against the likes of Google and Apple in that area. Then Apple’s market capitalization, based on stock price, passed Microsoft’s, sparking another round of outside analysis. Despite a tough week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insisted that his company remains the most profitable technology concern on the planet. – Microsofts week involved some major shakeups: in addition
to the departures of two top executives from its Entertainment and Devices
Division, responsible for consumer products such as the Xbox and Zune, the
company also saw its market capitalization briefly surpassed by that of Apple.
Both thos…


Microsoft’s Alcatel Appeal Denied by U.S. Supreme Court

Microsoft finds its appeal in a patent-infringement case with Alcatel-Lucent turned down by the Supreme Court. A previous ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had upheld the verdict against Microsoft but overturned a $358 million judgment. Alcatel-Lucent says it intends to continue the legal battle in San Diego district court, where it hopes to secure a sizable monetary judgment. – Microsoft suffered a setback May 24 in its long-running
patent-infringement dispute with Alcatel-Lucent, when the Supreme Court
declined to hear the software giant’s appeal. A previous ruling, delivered by
the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, had upheld the verdict against
Microsoft bu…