SoCal law firm opens in Oakland

A southern California law firm is expanding its Bay Area presence with the hire of 12 attorneys in Oakland from McDonough Holland & Allen P.C., which is disbanding.
Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP said it will bring on the 12 Oakland lawyers who specialize in public law, which involves counseling cities, counties or taxpayer-funded districts.
Burke Williams […]

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Wireless access now free at Philadelphia International Airport

Philadelphia International Airport now offers free, wireless Internet access to all travelers everyday.
The airport had been offering free Wi-Fi to college students and weekend travelers since 2007, through a partnership with AT&T.
Prior to the program’s roll out, charges for wireless Internet access at the airport ranged from $7.95 for a 24-hour connection to $39.95 for […]

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Arizona secures $15.7 million broadband grants

Three Arizona entities secured $15.7 million in stimulus funding to expand the reach of broadband Internet services into rural communities.
The money was from about $795 million in grants announced today through programs at the U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Agriculture.
The Arizona Office of Economic Recovery was given a $1.6 million grant to be […]

Consumer prices up 2% for the year

A key index of consumer prices fell in May, but it was up 2% over the past 12 months, the government said Thursday.
The Consumer Price Index, the Labor Department’s key measure of inflation, fell by 0.2% in May on a monthly basis. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com expected a 0.1% drop.
The government report attributed most […]

SR One leads investment in NeuroTherapeutics Pharma

SR One, the venture investment arm of pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline plc, has co-led a $43 million second-round, venture-capital financing of NeuroTherapeutics Pharma Inc.
Fidelity Biosciences, a Cambridge, Mass., division of Fidelity Investments, and MPM Capital, a Boston-based VC firm, co-led the round, according to NeuroTherapeutics Pharma, which announced the financing Thursday.
New York-based biopharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. […]

ESPN outbids Fox for ACC television rights

ESPN won the TV rights to ACC football and basketball in a bidding competition with Fox Sports that was surprisingly close, industry sources say, and as a result made the conference several million more dollars.
The back-and-forth bidding, which reached its final stages last week at the league’s spring meetings in Amelia Island, Fla., drove up […]

Can’t afford health care? Wait ’til June

For millions of uninsured or underinsured Americans, health reform legislation will soon remove some of the barriers preventing them from getting the coverage they need.
The most immediate changes affecting those who don’t have health insurance, or are not buying enough insurance to meet their needs, start in about 81 days.
Many other longer term measures […]

Trusting science on climate change

Those beating the global warming drum have sure taken a few lumps lately.
First there were the hacked e-mails from climate scientists, which critics say show an effort to massage some data and keep some scientists out of the debate.
Then there was an admission from the Untied Nations’ top climate body saying that it […]

Jobs says no to tethered iPad

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly quashed the hopes of prospective iPad buyers who thought they might be able to access the Internet with the new devices using their iPhone data plan.
Swedish record producer Jezper Soderlund reports that he asked Jobs about the practice known as tethering in an e-mail:
"I'll keep it short.
I'm Jezper […]

Student loan provider offers online savings

Students can now pay their college loans and save with Sallie Mae.
The largest U.S. student loan company took its first steps into retail banking Tuesday with the launch of two new online savings accounts.
The Reston, Va.-based company said it will offer high-yield savings accounts with a 1.35% interest rate and certificates of deposit […]