Author Archives: James Cannon
Regulators Keeping Keen Eye on Google as they Purchase Motorola Mobility
Google, the web-search giant, will be carefully scrutinized by US and European regulators as their bid to purchase Motorola Mobility is approved, giving Google possession of 17,000 patents and an additional 7,500 patent applications. The purchase price for Motorola was … Continue reading
Posted in Companies
Tagged European regulators, Google, Motorola Mobility, patents, US Justice Department
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Chinese Vice President Xi Visiting US for High Level Talks
High level talks are scheduled this Tuesday between President Obama and the up and coming leader of China, Vice President Xi Jinping. Xi is hoping that the talks will boost his international standing while he simultaneously tests Obama’s ability to … Continue reading
Controversial Ads on Homes Helping Pay Mortgage
On an otherwise quiet, ordinary street in a suburb of Los Angeles one house seems to have gone crazy. Painted in neon bright colors with several ads is the house of Scott and Beth Hostetler, a couple who are otherwise … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Real Estate
Tagged Bob Pancoast, Brainiacs from Mars, Charles Mclaughlin, foreclosures, housing crisis, Romeo Mendoza
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Insurers Will Pinch Hit for Religious Institutions to Pay for Contraceptive Care
In order to satisfy the needs of religious institutions that balked at the prospect of having to pay for birth control for their employees under the new Obama health care law, the Obama administration came up with a compromise proposal … Continue reading
Phone Therapy Helps Depressed Patients
Scientists at Northwestern University, led by psychologist David Mohr, are developing a smartphone which can detect depression in phone users and offer help to improve the user’s mood. David Mohr thinks of his phones as virtual therapists: “We’re trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Tech News
Tagged David Mohr, Northwestern University, phone therapy, smartphones
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