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Verizon To Unwrap 4G Plans Today, Shares Up
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Congress Eyes Do Not Track Law
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Metropolitan Museum of Art explores work of Jan Gossart
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Drillers might be forced to reveal chemicals used in fracking
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Law firms ring in holiday season with big bonuses for associates
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Davis Polk banks on Paul Chow to beef up Hong Kong team
Global law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has strengthened its Hong Kong office by appointing Paul Chow, a leading M&A lawyer, as a partner and head of the regional office.
Cravath kicks off BigLaw bonus season
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Rep. King calls for Wikileaks to be classified 'terrorist organization'
Wikileaks, the website that was responsible for leaking thousands of documents related to U.S. diplomacy, should be classified as a terrorist organization, according to U.S. Representative Peter King, CNet News reported.
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The Pentagon on Sunday condemned the latest publication of hundreds of thousands of sensitive classified documents by WikiLeaks and unveiled various measures to stop future disclosures of secret files.
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The much-awaited release of 2.8 million documents by whistleblower website Wikileaks contains 251,287 cables and 8,000 diplomatic directives which are classifed secret and not 'top Secret' says a leak that briefly appeared on German newspaper website Der Spiegel, according to WLcentral.org which is tracking the Wikileaks news.
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