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SEC Press Release - SEC Action Returns Former Gemstar CEO's Pending Severance Payment to Company and Shareholders -  The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a court ruling that successfully concludes its effort to stop a $29.5 million severance package from being paid to the former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International ....  (see also LATimes here)

Wall Street Jrl (AP) - Hung Jury in Boeing Leak Trial

Heritage Foundation - The Foundry - -NYT's Latest Catty Swipe at the Justice Department

Liz Coffy  - Medill Reports - Savvy and Sorry: Web Fraud on the Rise

DOJ - US Attorney's Office New Jersey  - Press Release - "The former chief financial officer of defunct cheese manufacturer Suprema Specialties, Inc. was sentenced ... to eight years in prison for his conviction on charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and making false statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission...."

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