Posts Tagged united-states

14
Feb

Quick Take: Heartland Payment Systems Inc (HPY) (Guru Focus)

Heartland Payment Systems ( HPY ) is a bank card payment processor to many small merchants in the United States, mostly restaurants and retailers. By volume, Heartland is the 6th largest in the U.S., and one of the fastest growing. A credit card processor, for those unfamiliar, provides merchants with the ability to accept credit cards as payments, connecting the card terminal with the card …


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10
Feb

Stimulus plan gets Senate approval (Straits Times)

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama yesterday made significant strides in a double-tracked plan to revive the United States economy.


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10
Feb

A dire warning to Congress (Straits Times)

WASHINGTON: Hoping to end political bickering over an economic rescue plan, President Barack Obama warned that any delay in approving the Bill could turn the economic crisis in the United States into a ‘catastrophe’.


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02
Feb

IVF octuplets? Not likely here (Straits Times)

IT IS highly improbable for octuplets conceived through fertility treatment to be born in Singapore, unlike in the United States, according to a doctor here.


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02
Feb

E-Discovery Experience and Technology Supports Cost Reductions and Mitigates Risk Areas (INO News)

(AP:http://www.clearwellsystems.com/) Hosted at KPMG’s national processing center and remote forensic offices throughout the United States, and by KPMG International member firms in Europe, the Clearwell E-Discovery Platform may help lower the cost and risk of e-discovery related to litigation and regulatory inquiries.


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31
Jan

Roberts challenges ‘exclusionary’ ruling (Moldova.org)

Legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court has moved closer to ending a rule that says evidence obtained by police misconduct can’t be used against a defendant.The so-called exclusionary rule was handed down in a landmark 1961 decision regarding the protections afforded criminal defendants.This month, however, in Herring vs


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28
Jan

Data Privacy Day Seeks To Raise Awareness (CIO Today)

It’s the second annual Data Privacy Day. The United States, Canada and 27 European countries worked Wednesday to drive awareness and generate discussion about data-privacy practices and rights. In conjunction with the event, Microsoft commissioned focus-group research to determine which privacy issues are most important to consumers


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28
Jan

Data Privacy Day Seeks To Raise Awareness (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

It’s the second annual Data Privacy Day. The United States, Canada and 27 European countries worked Wednesday to drive awareness and generate discussion about data-privacy practices and rights.


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