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Government Employees Indicted for IT Collusion

Bruce Edward Walker
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October 28, 2011
Four men—including two senior employees of the U.S.

Kansas Independent Telcos Seek FCC Answers on USF Reforms

Krystle Russin
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October 27, 2011
The Kansas Rural Independent Telecommunications Companies organization has asked the Federal Communications Commission for a clearer explanation of the proposed changes for the $5.8 billion Univers

FCC Turns Down Permit to Test Potential Spectrum-Enhancing Technologies

Krystle Russin
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October 26, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission rejected a Portland, Oregon television station’s request for a Special Temporary Authority permit to test digital television transmissions that could free up v

NLRB: Facebook Comments ‘Protected Concerted Activity’

Alyssa Carducci
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October 25, 2011
A September National Labor Relations Board decision reversed the termination of five employees fired for posting on the Facebook social networking site negative comments regarding their workplace.

Pennsylvania County Says FCC Mandate Will Cost $100 Million

Krystle Russin
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October 25, 2011
Bucks County, Pennsylvania has joined a growing number of U.S. municipalities claiming the Federal Communications Commission’s narrowbanding mandate poses insurmountable financial hardships.

Senators Grill Google on Antitrust Charges

Alyssa Carducci
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October 24, 2011
Online search-engine giant Google has come under antitrust investigation by the U.S. Senate, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice.

Analysis: Internet Sales Tax Burdens Businesses and Consumers

Maureen Bader
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October 24, 2011
State governments are looking high and low for more ways to take your money. One way that pops up every few years is a tax on Internet retail sales.

Michigan Considers ‘Amazon Tax’

Tom Gantert
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October 20, 2011
Michigan legislators are considering a bill introduced in September that would force online retailers to collect the state’s 6 percent sales tax from Internet customers.

Steve Jobs and Occupy Wall Street

Sandy Ikeda
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October 19, 2011
In a way it’s not surprising that protesters involved in Occupy Wall Street have been, as far as I can tell, silent about Steve Jobs because his death was so recent.

Seven States Join DOJ Suit to Block AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

Bruce Edward Walker
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October 07, 2011
California and New York have joined five other states in supporting a suit by the U.S. Department of Justice to block the $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T.
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