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News Commission officials argue that French courts have ordered compensation for creditors when companies have gone bankrupt after local officials had given assurances about the companies which they later failed to honour. [12 May 2004]
Google pet shop lawsuit gets go ahead
News A federal judge in New York has rejected requests from Google and Overture Services to throw out a lawsuit that claimed the two search firms unlawfully sold advertising based on a pet store owner's registered trademark. [07 Apr 2004]
Ask Jeeves for a $343m acquisition
News Search engine Ask Jeeves announced today that it is acquiring Interactive Search Holdings - which counts bankrupt site excite.com and web-sweepstakes company iWon.com among its stable of websites - for the princely sum... [04 Mar 2004]
Amazon sued over shopping carts
News Open Market was bought in 2001 by Divine Inc.an enterprise application integration tools and services vendor, which subsequently went bankrupt. Amazon is being sued for allegedly violating three infamous patents for... [27 Feb 2004]
Playboy sues AOL with the breast lawyers in town
News The man with a girlfriend for everyday of the week and a fondness for silk smoking jackets is also suing Excite for similar offences, despite the fact the ISP has since gone bankrupt. It looks like AOL is facing a hefty... [16 Jan 2004]
Linux fan to run against Arnie in California election
News An unlikely contender in the bizarre race for governor of California that has seen Arnold Schwarzenegger, bankrupt child actor Gary Coleman and porn publisher Larry Flynt throw their hats into the ring is a young female... [05 Sep 2003]
IT contract disputes on the rise
News Software firms going bankrupt is also likely to be an increasing source of legal dispute for users, although Moody said customers are generally becoming more technology savvy about what they expect of vendors. [29 Jul 2003]
WorldCom hammers out $500m settlement
News But because of its bankrupt status, the disgraced company will only have to pony up a third of it. The company formerly known as WorldCom took another step toward corporate normalcy with the filing of a $500 million... [20 May 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Taking risks
Comment Fujitsu is, of course, a very large Japanese company that is not in the slightest risk of becoming bankrupt. Can private companies shoulder the burden for large and complex IT projects? Still not sure? [03 Mar 2003]
In the spotlight: Sun
Comment I've been hearing Sun's strategy is now bankrupt and will be outstripped by X or Y since the 1980s," Eunice said. Sun Microsystems will overhaul most its server line and cut prices from today in an effort to show it has... [10 Feb 2003]
Broadcom in for bankrupt Gadzoox
News Chip-maker Broadcom has made a bid to acquire the assets of troubled storage networking maker Gadzoox Networks, a Gadzoox representative said on Thursday. The maker of communications chips has made a bid in bankruptcy court to acquire... [31 Jan 2003]
ITV Digital customers told 'you can keep your set-top box'
News The liquidators for ITV Digital have said former customers of the bankrupt broadcaster will be allowed to keep their set-top boxes, which can now be used to view channels broadcast by Freeview - the BBC-backed digital... [20 Jan 2003]
Global Crossing loses its head
News Bankrupt telco Global Crossing has accepted the resignation of its board chairman and appointed two directors to take his place. Gary Winnick resigned his chairmanship following complaints that he sold hundreds of... [02 Jan 2003]
Re:Viewing 2002 - Whatever happened to the dot-coms?
News If you were looking for signs that the web was beginning to eat itself in early 2002 then look no further than eBay which started the year getting fat by auctioning off bankrupt company memorabilia. By 2002 everybody was... [23 Dec 2002]
Will Colt be declared bankrupt on Friday?
News Three days of hearings have closed, in which a US-based hedge fund, Highberry, has claimed Colt should be declared bankrupt because it will be unable to meet its debts after 2005. A high court judge will decide the... [18 Dec 2002]
