Microsoft Contempt Bid Ties to Windows IE Order
The Justice Department seeks contempt of an injunction against Microsoft for offering allegedly worthless options to computer makers. Judge Jackson had ordered Microsoft to stop conditioning Windows PC sales on Internet Explorer. Microsoft appealed the ruling, while the government presses the breach claim.
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Washington
Justice Department
Microsoft Corp
Windows
Microsoft
U.S
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Japan's Hashimoto pledges bold income tax cut
Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto proposed a $15.38 billion income tax break to boost domestic demand, aiming for February rebates and a 15 percent average payer reduction. The move lifted the Nikkei and strengthened the yen, with US approval cited by White House officials.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Hashimoto
Tokyo Stock Exchange
New York
United States
White House
Mike McCurry
Clinton
Study says younger doctors lack skills for house calls
An AP analysis notes house calls are vanishing in the United States as doctors rely on modern tech. Medicare payments rose but not enough to halt declines. few elderly patients still receive home visits, and experts urge medical schools to reteach low tech bedside skills.
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Associated Press
United States
New England Journal of Medicine
Gregg Meyer
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda
Meyer
Thomas Cullen
Gilford
N.H
Cullen
Edward Campion
The
New England Journal
Key historic dates reveal 1940 invasion directive and early nuclear power
The record notes Adolf Hitler signing a secret 1940 directive to prepare for a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. It also recalls the 1957 launch of Shippingport Atomic Power Station as the first U.S. nuclear plant, later retired in 1982 and the 1987 sentencing of Ivan Boesky to three years for insider trading.
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Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Shippingport
Pennsylvania
United States
Ivan Boesky
Wall Street
Associated Press
New Jersey settlement lets gay and unmarried couples jointly adopt
A New Jersey settlement grants joint adoption rights to gay and unmarried couples, the first nationwide to place such families on equal footing with married pairs. It applies to children in state custody and aims to speed adoptions and provide stable homes, with courts judging couples by their ability to love and support a child.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Lenora Lapidus
State Chapter
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Tary
Marion Crecco
Assembly
Robert Knight
Family Research Council
Washington
ACLU
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