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Miscalculation by Goldman Sachs Sale of Sanyo Stocks -- Three financial groups couldn?t move in lockstep

Panasonic Corp. has decided to launch a tender bid to acquire Sanyo Electric Co.¡Çs common stock for 131 yen per share. Three major financial groups -- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Daiwa Securities SMBC Group and Goldman Sachs (GS) Group -- had agreed to take part in the takeover bid. The three groups together hold 70% of Sanyo¡Çs preferred shares in terms of outstanding common stock. At first, GS rejected the price proposed by Panasonic and even pretended to break away from the negotiations. The end came disappointingly fast.

Groups Press Obama for Tighter Online Privacy Rules

A number of privacy rights groups met with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team Tuesday to press for stricter online privacy laws at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Groups Press Obama for Tighter Online Privacy Rules

A number of privacy rights groups met with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team Tuesday to press for stricter online privacy laws at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Groups Press Obama for Tighter Online Privacy Rules

A number of privacy rights groups met with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team Tuesday to press for stricter online privacy laws at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Groups Fight to Save the Endangered Species Act

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 17, 2008) – Environmentalists and commercial fishermen are fighting to protect the Endangered Species Act regulations from last-minute changes by the Bush administration that will dramatically weaken and limit the use of the landmark wildlife protection law, according to legal experts and scientists. The Bush plan has been roundly panned for eliminating science from federal agency decision making and ignoring objections from hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens across the country. In an effort to maintain protection for wildlife, a coalition of groups filed suit today to halt the last-minute rules.

Privacy groups ask Obama for stronger FTC

About a dozen leading privacy and consumer groups met with members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team Tuesday to discuss the Federal Trade Commission's role in protecting consumer privacy.

Privacy groups meet with Obama FTC review team

About a dozen leading privacy and consumer groups met with members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team Tuesday to discuss the Federal Trade Commission's role in protecting consumer privacy.

Canadian Groups Call For Massive Net Regulation

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist is reporting that Canadian cultural groups including ACTRA and SOCAN have called on Canada's telecom regulator to implement a massive new Internet regulation framework. This includes a new three-percent tax on ISPs to pay for new media creation, Canadian content requirements for commercial websites, and licensing requirements for new media broadcasters, including for user-generated content."

Governments and Wildlife Groups Take Soundings on Noise Pollution and Ship Strike Threats to Whales and Dolphins

Governments and Wildlife Groups Take Soundings on Noise Pollution and Ship Strike Threats to Whales and Dolphins

California joins groups in species-act suit

(12-30) 16:42 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- State Attorney General Jerry Brown is challenging the Bush administration's attempt to narrow scientific review of development that might hurt endangered species, joining environmental groups that have sued in San Francisco over the government's hotly disputed regulatory changes.

Yahoo bows to consumer groups, to tighten policy on privacy

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday said it's adopting new procedures to protect the privacy of customers in a bow to consumer groups and regulators.

GM Foundation cuts aid to Detroit arts groups

(AP) -- The charitable foundation of struggling General Motors Corp. has told the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony and other cultural groups not to expect annual support in 2009.

Appeals Court Slams Qualcomm, Clarifies Law on Disclosing Patents to Standards Groups

A federal appellate court agreed that San Diego’s Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) should be punished for hiding its work from industry groups developing a new video technology standard. But the three-judge panel ruled that a San Diego trial judge went a step too far by invalidating Qualcomm’s patents on the video compression technology it had concealed.

Guitar Hero Goes on European Tour

Activision today announced that they will be offering track packs from various European groups. The three-song offerings will come from groups like Germany's Sportfreunde Stiller, France's BB Brunes and Spain's Fito Y Fitipaldis. The two track packs will retail for $5.49 each on PS3 and Xbox 360, with each individual track will be available for $1.99 on PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

Tech Firms Oppose Union Organizing

cedarhillbilly passes along a piece from TheHill.com on the chilly reception that tech firms and lobbying groups are giving to a bill promoting union formation, which has a chance of passing in a more strongly Democratic congress and with a Democratic president. "Up to now, large tech groups have been on the sidelines in what is likely to be one of the roughest fights in Congress next year. A few, however, are preparing to weigh in. That makes other tech lobbyists nervous that, by doing so, the industry could sacrifice relatively good relationships with Democrats and, therefore, jeopardize some of their other legislative priorities."

The MPAA's Wishlist For The Obama Presidency - Filters, three strikes and you're out anti-piracy policies...

The transition team of President-elect Barack Obama, in an interesting effort at transparency, has been publicizing all of their meetings with interest groups to their website, and that includes any material being presented by those groups (with public feedback). Whether that accomplishes anything remains to be seen, but it does allow us to see, oh, things like what the MPAA's demands from the Obama Presidency will be. Within the MPAA's wish list (pdf) are requests for "automated detection and removal of infringing content" (ISP filters) and a desire to see the U.S. adopt efforts similar to those recently implemented in the UK and France ("three strikes" polices where your broadband connection is terminated upon the receipt of three DMCA warnings).

Study: Half of Americans Play Video Games

Computers are the dominant machines for games among American adults, though consoles, cell phones, and other portable devices enter the mix for other demographic groups. A report released by Pew Internet & American Life Project, "Adults and Video Games," details the age groups, household income, and other factors determining likelihood and frequency of play.

Councillor to move against Ottawa arts cuts after hundreds protest

Arts supporters held a rally outside Ottawa City Hall on Monday afternoon shortly after hearing from speakers such as Francis Beaulieu, foreground, head of Muséoparc Vanier and spokesman for a coalition of francophone cultural groups. Arts supporters held a rally outside Ottawa City Hall on Monday afternoon shortly after hearing from speakers such as Francis Beaulieu, foreground, head of Muséoparc Vanier and spokesman for a coalition of francophone cultural groups.

Councillor moves against Ottawa arts cuts after hundreds protest

Arts supporters held a rally outside Ottawa City Hall on Monday afternoon shortly after hearing from speakers such as Francis Beaulieu, foreground, head of Muséoparc Vanier and spokesman for a coalition of francophone cultural groups. Arts supporters held a rally outside Ottawa City Hall on Monday afternoon shortly after hearing from speakers such as Francis Beaulieu, foreground, head of Muséoparc Vanier and spokesman for a coalition of francophone cultural groups.

Aluminium containers turned into art

Collecting aluminium for art. For once, used aluminium containers are to be transformed into works of art instead of being recycled. The IGORA Cooperative for Aluminium Recycling is organising the Alu-Creative Competition for the twelfth time this year. It is open to people of all ages, be they children, schools, leisure groups, individual artists, or groups of artists. This year's theme is "fairy tales". There are hundreds of magical ideas for works, of course, from fairies to witches and princes to brave little tailors. Artist Rolf Knie and the rest of the jury will select 49 winners from the entries submitted. The closing date for entries is 15 May 2009.

Energy policy wish lists and pieces of the pie (Power Lines blog)

President-elect Barack Obama said last weekend that the stimulus package due in January should make "down payments on making our economy more energy-efficient." He also said that shaping the stimulus package or packages would not be lobbying-business-as-usual, not pork-barrel politics. Indeed, influential groups' wish lists do seem to indicate that some real energy-efficiency vision is underlying the agendas. But there certainly is lobbying, and lots of it. It would actually be impossible to make the package without groups' input, and that qualifies as lobbying. How much pork-barrel stuff gets through remains to be seen.

Pocket Informant debuts for iPhone/iPod touch

Mobile PDA and WebIS (booth 1438) announced Pocket Informant for the iPhone/iPod touch. Available previously only for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices, the iPhone/iPod touch version offers an integrated calendar with tasks and search options, customizable settings, and sync capabilities for Google Calendar and ToodleDo through a network connection. The software also enables full task management, customizable smart groups, and smart groups for filtering overdue, completed, and due today.

Search for SEO eBooks and PDF Tutorials

1. Scribd (already mentioned at SEJ) is a huge user-generated database of eBooks and community of writers. Due to the huge volume of eBooks it contains and also being user-generated (and thus used for self-promotion most of the time) in nature, it is not so easy to find something valuable there. You can try to browse its groups. There are several really cool groups there found for [SEO] search each containing really good books.

Ottawa School of Art adopts Orleans group

Jeff Stellick, executive director of the Ottawa School of Art; Nadia Laham, chair of the school's board; Kim Strydonck, former member of the board of the Visual Arts Centre Orleans; and Steve Noble, former chair of the centre's board, announced the merger of the two groups Tuesday.Jeff Stellick, executive director of the Ottawa School of Art; Nadia Laham, chair of the school's board; Kim Strydonck, former member of the board of the Visual Arts Centre Orleans; and Steve Noble, former chair of the centre's board, announced the merger of the two groups Tuesday.

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