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Archives for July 2005

Lunch for Friday, July 29

July 29, 2005
By Michael Cader

More on CIA BookBreaker In court documents filed earlier this week by former CIA officer Gary Berntsen against the agency, he asserts that: “This case presents a threat to the vitality of First Amendment rights among former and current employees of the government arising from Defendant’s effective imposition of a prior restraint on publication.… Having […]

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Lunch for Thursday, July 28

July 28, 2005
By Michael Cader

Anonymous former CIA Author Reveals Himself, As He Sues Agency Former CIA officer Gary Berntsen filed suit papers yesterday in Federal court (just after the court closed for the day) against the agency, claiming they are over-classifying material covered in his book manuscript about battles that Bernsten led in Afghanistan prior to Osama Bin Laden’s […]

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Lunch for Wednesday, July 27

July 27, 2005
By Michael Cader

It’s All About the Expectations Sales were up 26 percent at Amazon for their second quarter, to $1.75 billion, but net income dropped to $52 million from $76 million a year ago. But the fall in profits was better than Wall Street expected and was due mostly to income tax changes, so shares were bid […]

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Lunch for Tuesday, July 26

July 26, 2005
By Michael Cader

The Rise of FSU’s Writing Program The Palm Beach Post looks at how Florida State University’s creative writing program “has become during the past five years what some believe to be the best in the country.” They add: “It did it with the help of patent money from the cancer drug Taxol, developed by an […]

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Lunch for Monday, July 25

July 25, 2005
By Michael Cader

Improvement at Penguin and Pearson Pearson’s earnings report for the first six months of their fiscal year is filled with palpable signs of relief. The big Pearson Education division has started to deliver the strong results that were expected (and promised) for this year, with sales up 14 percent overall, driven by an even larger […]

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Lunch for Thursday, July 21

July 21, 2005
By Michael Cader

Norton Announces 9/11 Gifts One year after publishing the authorized, royalty-free editions of the 9/11 Commission Report — following long-promised intentions to donate “any extraordinary profits” to charity (and a declaration in late-January that an announcement would be made “before long”) — Norton has announced in a press release they will make three gifts of […]

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