Germany appears to be the stage where the theater of the absurd known as “the patent wars” is going to play out – at least for the time being. was forced by a German court today to pull older model iPhone and iPad inventory from the shelves of its online store in Germany for a […]
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A German court refused ‘s request to ban Samsung’s altered Galaxy Tab 10.1N Wednesday saying that the tablet had been altered enough to skirt Germany’s unfair competition law. “Samsung has shown that it is more likely than not that the patent will be revoked because of a technology that was already on the market before […]
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It’s impossible to say exactly what might happen if the Euro collapses. The death of one of the most important currencies in the global economy is too disastrous a scenario for any of us to wrap our brains around. Debate over what’s to be done to save Europe and waylay whatever short-term collapse is in […]
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The leaders of Germany, France and Italy are set for a debate about the European Central Bank’s role in region debt crisis and on how to align eurozone economic policies. It’s difficult to be thankful of the global economy this Thanksgiving, and nowhere is that more true than in the parts of the world that […]
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Brian Palmer has an interesting piece in Slate making the case for cheap wine. It turns out that in Germany, the average wine drinker only spends about $1.79 on a bottle of wine, whereas here in the states an “everyday” bottle runs about $15. This is despite the fact that basically nobody can tell the difference between […]
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That’s what Wall Street trader Alessio Rastani says in this extraordinarily candid interview on the BBC. “This economic crisis is like a cancer,” he tells the host. “If you just wait and wait hoping it is going to go away, just like a cancer it is going to grow and it will be too late.” People are going […]
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The history of America’s attempt to bring about some semblance of universal healthcare is fraught with controversy and contradiction. Matt Yglesias posts this Kaiser Family Foundation poll on the recent healthcare legislation which shows that the bill’s parts are much more popular than the whole: As Matt points out, “mandate is super-unpopular among Republican voters, […]
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