| New US Online Gambling Law Dominates
Mainstream and industry media and the message boards remained dominated today (Tuesday) by debate, speculation and not a little panic regarding the weekend passing of US legislation designed to disrupt financial channels used by American online players (see previous Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa reports).
By the end of the day, losses in terms of company value through share price declines were said to have topped GBP 3.5 billion as online gambling companies tried to figure out the business consequences, official company positions and probably any loopholes in the new legislation.
Among the losers in an investment sense will be pension fund managers who bought into the online gaming sector because they run tracker funds that must invest in FTSE 100 constituents, such as PartyGaming.
The cost of freedom in the digital age
In common with many IT users, I do not buy original printer cartridges. I prefer instead to exchange my empty printer cartridge for a recycled one at one of the many cartridge shops that have opened up in Britain. The invitation to save both my wallet and the planet is too tempting to ignore. Last week, however, my local branch put an end to these green shoots of environmentalism. The reason is that new printers come with electronic-chips that will stop a device from working with unbranded cartridges. A third-party reseller who tries to copy the chips could be liable to patent infringement. This single development may well send the cartridge-recycling business to the wall. Also last week, I trundled off to the local locksmith to see if he would make an extra set of keys to my car.
Courier News Online - ROSELLE PARK: Mom admits killing daughter
ELIZABETH -- A Roselle Park mother stood in court this morning and admitted she beat her 14-year-old daughter to death while she slept in the home they shared with the victims grandmother. Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow said he was grateful that the other surviving family members of the dead girl, Nicole Giovanni, were spared the ordeal of a trial.
The admission by Lynn Giovanni to first-degree murder this morning may begin the closure process in this tragic case, said Assistant Prosecutor Ann Luvera. She said the victims father was in agreement with the guilty plea, which carries a 30-year sentence..
Giovanni, 46, stood in an Elizabeth courtroom Tuesday and told Superior Court Judge Scott J. Moynihan that in February 2005 she struck her daughter in the head with a hammer repeatedly until she stopped breathing.
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