Letter Counters Hacking Avowals From News Corp.
Date: 16 August 2011
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
The disclosures threatened to push the scandal back to the forefront of public concern, raising questions for Rupert Murdoch and the British prime minister, David Cameron.
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Wholesale Costs Increased More Than Expected in July
Date: 17 August 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hints of inflation as the Labor Department’s producer price index rose 0.4 percent, exceeding forecasts.
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Lawyer Convicted of Tax Evasion Seeks New Trial
Date: 16 August 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Paul Daugerdas, a former lawyer at the defunct law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist, and three other defendants convicted in a 10-year tax shelter scheme have asked a judge for a new trial.
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Espionage in the Government and Shenanigans at Work
Date: 16 August 2011
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
“The Hour,” a BBC America series starting on Wednesday, is a thriller that blends the Suez crisis in Britain with a more intimate look at sex, ambition and espionage in the workplace, around 1956.
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The New York Times/CBS News Poll, August 2011
Date: 16 August 2011
The results of a poll conducted in August, 2011.
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Managing social-media overload; the Flame Index; augmented reality; tech news.
Date: 17 August 2011
Stephanie Rosenbloom of The Times offers tips for wrangling personal time back from multiple social-media Web sites. John Jones of The Flame Index explains how the site ranks companies that are battling negative events in the news. The weekly discussion of technology news includes a look at Google’s deal for Motorola Mobility and a new blog about Windows 8.
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Letter Raises New Questions About Internal Inquiry at Tabloid
Date: 16 August 2011
By Robert Mackey
Robert Mackey
In a 2007 letter, a News of the World reporter complained that he should not have been fired for phone hacking because the “practice was widely discussed in the daily editorial conference, until explicit reference to it was banned by the editor.”
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Parliamentary Documents Released in Tabloid Hacking Case
Date: 16 August 2011
Documents from the Home Affairs Committee’s investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid. The documents include a letter from former royal correspondent Clive Goodman, who claims the practice was “widely discussed”in daily meetings and approved by senior editors.
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Testimony Challenged in the Phone Hacking Scandal
Date: 16 August 2011
Documents released recently appeared to contradict News Corporation executives’ statements in July and previous claims about the phone hacking at The News of the World. On Tuesday, a letter written in 2007 by a former reporter, Clive Goodman, challenging his dismissal was released, with redactions, by lawmakers.
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That Remake of AOL? It’s Still Being Written
Date: 17 August 2011
By Verne G. Kopytoff
Verne Kopytoff
AOL’s chief executive, Tim Armstrong, is confident that his company can regain some of its former glory.
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