2006-07
08 05:25:38Coke re-evaluates trade secret protection
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It wasn't locked up in a bank vault like the recipe for its flagship soda brand. Instead, prosecutors say a new product sample at the heart of a corporate espionage case that erupted this week at The Coca-Cola Co. was accessible to a secretary.
2006-07
08 05:23:29Dow ends down 134, Nasdaq closes down 25
NEW YORK (AFX) - Corporate profit warnings and record oil prices overshadowed a benign jobs creation report and sent stocks sharply lower Friday as investors worried that the economy was cooling too quickly. The Dow Jones industrials shed 134 points as stocks ended the week with a loss.
2006-07
08 00:44:39Hearing delayed in Nacchio trading case
DENVER (AFX) - A motions hearing was delayed Friday in the insider-trading case against Joe Nacchio to give the court time to complete security clearances and set up procedures for handling classified government information that may become part of the former Qwest chief's defense strategy.
2006-07
07 23:12:24Cingular disputes claims in lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) - Cingular Wireless LLC Friday rebutted allegations, made in a lawsuit, that it misled and overcharged millions of cell-phone users when it bought AT&T Wireless. For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com