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New York Gas Drillers Face Road Blocks Despite End of Drilling Ban

Marcellus shale exposure above Marcellus, N.Y.
The end of a drilling ban in New York was meant to be a new dawn for energy companies. After years of waiting, they would finally be able to exploit the richest deposit of natural gas in the country. But as companies delve into new regulations for drilling in New York, they're discovering a bitter reality: half the land they had leased for drilling may now be out of bounds.

Yahoo cross talk ban jolts bidders

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Some potential buyers of Yahoo Inc are balking at the Internet company's demands for confidentiality that would prevent them from discussing joint bids, according to several people close to the situation.
iPhone 4S

Samsung Seeking iPhone 4S Ban in Korea

Samsung Electronics now wants to file a motion to ban Apple's iPhone 4S in Korea. Earlier, Samsung had filed suits against Apple in Japan, Australia, France and Italy to stop sales of the iPhone 4S.
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Samsung Expands Sales Ban Requests Against Apple iPhone

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Monday that it has filed preliminary injunction motions in Australia and Japan requesting the courts stop the sale of Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone 4S in an escalating legal battle between the two technology giants.
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Samsung Expands Drive to Ban Apple iPhone 4S Sales

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday that it has filed preliminary injunction motions in Australia and Japan requesting the courts stop the sale of Apple Inc's iPhone 4S in an escalating legal battle between the two technology giants.
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Apple wins Samsung tablet ban in Australian court

A court slapped a temporary ban on the sale of Samsung Electronics' latest computer tablet in Australia on Thursday, handing rival Apple another legal victory in the two firms' global patent war.
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Samsung upgrades smartphones to avoid Dutch sales ban

Samsung Electronics Co said on Wednesday it will soon release upgraded versions of three Galaxy smartphones in Europe to get around temporary sales bans on earlier versions of products that violated an Apple patent.
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Greece Bailout: Latest Eurozone Move Not Enough to End Crisis

Two years into the Greek sovereign debt crisis, Eurozone countries are still finger-pointing and not working toward a long-term solution based on mutual interest. Further, the most recent $11 billion band-aid for Greece will buy no peace for stakeholders, nor any resolution to the crisis.
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U.S. reveals Volcker rule's murky ban on Wall St bets

U.S. regulators unveiled a ban on Wall Street banks' trading for their own profit, but the long-awaited Volcker rule proposal was so complex that banks blasted it as unworkable and consumer groups dismissed it as too weak.
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California bans use of tanning beds by minors

Minors in the state of California will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.
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Zambia lifts metal exports ban after two days

Zambia has lifted a ban on metal exports, just two days after imposing it to sort out irregularities and increase transparency in Africa's top cooper producer, a minerals ministry official said on Thursday.
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CAS Dismisses Olympic Ban on Doping Offenders

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cleared the way on Thursday for several dozen former doping offenders to compete at next year's Olympics after dismissing the validity of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) eligibility rule.
Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino

Samsung Targets iPhone 4S Sales Ban in France, Italy

Samsung Electronics said it will file patent-infringement claims in France and Italy to ban the sale of Apple's new iPhone less than a day after it was unveiled, intensifying a legal battle between the two top brands.
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California Governor Jerry Brown Prevents Ban on Male Circumcision

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill preventing local authorities from banning the practice of male circumcision. The bill, which takes effect immediately, comes in the wake of an effort by a San Francisco group opposed to male circumcision to enforce a city-wide ban of the practice in a November ballot measure.

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