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This Parakey Is Sitting Pretty Right Now

On July 19, 2007, the second-largest social networking internet site, Facebook, announced the acquisition of Parakey, a startup founded by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt, two of the key developers behind the Firefox Internet Browser effort. You probably know Firefox, may even have it installed on your computer, and have a one in six chance [...]

The Price is Right (but only if I say so)

As many have expected, the new members of the Supreme Court are making big headlines, and their June 28th decision lifting the many-years-old “ban” on what are known as “price floors” (a form of price-fixing) is no exception. It is now legal, thanks to this ruling, for manufacturers to require resellers of their goods to [...]