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Apple asks U.S. Supreme Court to toss e-books antitrust decision

October 29, 2015 publisher 2014-settlement, 502-million, asked-the-high, entrance, increase-e-book, maker-conspired, manhattan, mountain, said-it-now, state-attorneys

Apple Inc has asked the U.S.

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Apple conspired to fix e-book prices: U.S. appeals court

June 30, 2015 creative 2014-settlement, adnan-syed, affidavit-she, circuit-court, convict, increase-e-book, legal-counsel, maryland-court, pay-consumers, york

By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judge's ruling that Apple Inc had conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices, in a win for the U.S. Justice Department

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Obama touts overtime pay proposal as ‘fair’ on Twitter

June 30, 2015 publisher affidavit-she, convict, defending, editing, increase-e-book, julia-edwards, legal-counsel, obama, president, president-barack, retirement, safety, york

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama touted his new proposal to increase the number of workers eligible for overtime pay on Monday, saying on Twitter “a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay.” The Department of Labor proposal would make nearly 5 million more workers eligible for overtime pay, a move that could face legal challenges. (Reporting By Julia Edwards; Editing by Bill Trott)

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Amazon launches one-hour delivery service in London

June 30, 2015 publisher amazon, amazon-com, belt-at-amazon, defending, increase-e-book, london, obama, parcel-travels, president, president-barack, retirement, same-day-window, york

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc launched its one-hour order delivery service, Prime Now, for some areas of London on Tuesday, about six months after introducing the service in the United States. Amazon Prime members can have orders worth 20 pounds ($31.43) or more delivered in one hour for a fee of 6.99 pounds, the company said on its UK website on Tuesday.