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FILE – This combination of April 30, 2018, file photos shows signage for a Sprint store in New York’s Herald Square, top, and signage at a T-Mobile store in New York. T-Mobile CEO John Legere said if his company’s $26.5 billion deal to buy Sprint fails, it may have to raise prices to slow user growth and relieve stress on the T-Mobile network. He said that would be his Ã¢â‚¬Å“worst nightmare.Ã¢â‚¬Â (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) NYSH206 NYSH206

December 13, 2019 at 9:54 am

Legere says Sprint is in worse shape than T-Mobile ever was

T-Mobile CEO John Legere tells skeptical judge his company's formerly dire situation was 'nothing compared to the distress that Sprint is in at this point...

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Cody Wilson with the first completely 3D-printed handgun, The Liberator, at his home in Austin, Texas on Friday May 10, 2013. (Jay Janner/Austin American-State/TNS) 1237006 1237006

November 12, 2019 at 2:37 pm

Trump’s deal allowing 3D-printed guns online deemed illegal, Seattle-based federal judge rules

The Trump administration broke a federal law when it reached a settlement allowing a gun-technology company to post online the digital blueprints for making weapons...

August 23, 2019 at 12:03 pm

Accused Capital One hacker is denied bail over past threats

Paige A. Thompson, 33, who has been jailed since her arrest in Seattle in July, is a danger to herself and others and must stay...

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FILE — A T-Mobile sign at Time Square in New York, April 28, 2018. The merger between Sprint and T-Mobile has faced harsher scrutiny in recent weeks, as Democratic lawmakers, empowered by their House majority, have amplified their criticism of the deal. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
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July 15, 2019 at 12:37 pm

States ask judge to delay trial over T-Mobile, Sprint deal

T-Mobile has said the $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint would speed deployment of the next generation of wireless technology known as 5G and lower prices...

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Stormy Daniels arrives at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) CAMW131

March 8, 2018 at 5:20 am

Experts: Porn star’s case against Trump is a weak one

Not only could it be tricky for Stormy Daniels to prevail, according to several legal experts, the suit could also expose her to accusations that...

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December 28, 2017 at 6:11 pm

GM favored as key cases over ignition flaw tossed

The plaintiffs failed to provide evidence that the specific type of flaw alleged to have occurred in two Texas car wrecks, the U.S. District judge...

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October 17, 2016 at 6:58 pm

Ace Hotel founder’s estate accuses company president of fraud

An executive of the hipster-friendly Ace Hotel Group was sued for allegedly trying to defraud the estate of late founder Alex Calderwood out of a...

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August 19, 2015 at 6:02 pm

Costco sued over claims shrimp is harvested with slave labor

A California woman filed what may be the first such lawsuit against the retailer over liability for the Thai fishing industry.

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November 21, 2014 at 4:36 pm

Madoff bankruptcy costs top $1 billion

Unwinding the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history hasn’t been cheap. Six years after Bernard Madoff’s fraud collapsed, the cost of liquidating his defunct investment-advisory...

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April 11, 2014 at 5:35 pm

Coldwater Creek plans liquidation sales before Mother’s Day

Coldwater Creek, the women’s clothing retailer that hasn’t posted an annual profit since 2007, filed for bankruptcy protection with a plan to start going-out-of-business sales...

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