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New York mayor backs civil unions
Associated PressNEW YORK - The mayor of the nation's largest city says same-sex couples deserve the same rights in civil unions that straight couples enjoy in marriage, but he will continue to enforce New York state's ban on gay marriage. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's...Tags: San Francisco, Justice System, Weddings, George W. Bush, Civil Rights
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Corporate America's tarnished image
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterIt was an incredible year of news in American business--for all the wrong reasons. Scandals and shenanigans dominated the headlines. The venerable Andersen accounting firm, a Chicago business institution for 89 years, disintegrated after it was...Tags: Finance, Justice System, Television, General Electric Company, FBI
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What's ahead for technology in 2004?
The Wall Street JournalWhat is it about the start of a new year that encourages the making of predictions? The notion that the turn of the calendar wheel suddenly confers Delphic powers on wholly mortal scribes -- where did that come from? Rather than unleash another barrage...Tags: Finance, Antonin Scalia, Elizabeth II, Gaming, Companies and Corporations
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Taming the Internet frontier
The Wall Street JournalDon't look now, but the freewheeling days of the Internet are ending. Since its infancy, the Net has been seen as a place independent of the rules that governed the offline world. Borders could be transcended, new identities created, and old notions of...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Credit and Debt, Judges, U.S. Supreme Court, Computer Networking and Internet
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N.Y. official says gay marriages might be illegal
NewsdayStepping into the gay marriage fight for the first time since it erupted in New York a week ago, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer warned yesterday that state law does not permit same-sex unions and cautioned that ceremonies already performed there may be...Tags: San Francisco, Bill Lockyer, Justice System, Weddings, Laws
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Buffett denies knowledge of suspect deals with AIG
Los Angeles TimesNEW YORK - Uncharacteristically on the defensive, billionaire Warren E. Buffett denied yesterday having been briefed on suspect transactions between a unit of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and insurance giant American International Group Inc. Buffett, long...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Justice System, Los Angeles Times, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Companies and Corporations
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Greenberg quitting AIG post today or tomorrow
From Wire ReportsAmerican International Group Inc. is moving closer to resolving an accounting investigation as Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg relinquishes ties to the company that he spent more than 40 years building into the world's largest insurer. AIG shares rose 2.1...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Stock Market, Bloomberg L.P., Companies and Corporations
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New audit says AIG worth $1 billion less
Associated PressNEW YORK - American International Group Inc., one of the world's largest insurance companies, said yesterday that it will again delay filing its 2004 annual report and make accounting adjustments that will cut its value by about $2.7 billion - $1...Tags: Finance, Annual Reports, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Stock Market, Companies and Corporations
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A softer approach in Wall St. probes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn this season of white-collar scandal, the government has pursued corporate rogues with an unalloyed zeal, subjecting alleged wrongdoers to humiliating "perp walks" and rushing out criminal charges that could put them in prison. But when it comes to the...Tags: Ethics, Finance, Justice System, Boston, Heads of State
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AIG fires chief financial officer, VP for not aiding investigation
From Wire ReportsNEW YORK - American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer, has fired Chief Financial Officer Howard I. Smith and another executive for failing to cooperate with government investigations, a company spokesman said yesterday. The New York...Tags: Justice System, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Stock Market, Companies and Corporations, American International Group
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