NEW YORK  — In a court case that has all sides seeing red, a judge said Wednesday that a French maker of luxury shoes worn by stars such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Scarlett Johansson and Halle Berry will likely fail ...

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ANNAPOLIS — If the dispute between the White House and Congress over lifting the U.S. debt ceiling is not resolved soon, the state may put off its scheduled bond sale for upwards of $500 million set for July 27, the ...

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HONOLULU — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a dispute over whether to identify students challenging a private school system’s admissions policy that gives preference to those of Hawaiian ancestry. The court on Monday left in place lower ...

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Drugmakers Merck & Co. and Johnson & Johnson agreed Friday to split billions of dollars in annual revenue to end a two-year drama of arbitration and verbal wrangling over the rights to two blockbuster biotech medicines. Analysts have been predicting ...

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The Baltimore jury that will decide whether Sian James murdered Detective Brian Stevenson or acted in self-defense during a dispute over a parking place in Canton last October heard from the eyewitnesses Thursday as trial got under way in Baltimore ...

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NEW YORK — Sinclair Broadcast Group and Time Warner Cable agreed to another extension in their negotiations over programming fees. The companies are wrangling over how much Time Warner Cable Inc. will pay Sinclair for the rights to include Sinclair’s ...

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Come Jan. 1, fans of WBAL-TV who watch via satellite provider DirecTV could find themselves without the station in the latest series of spats over fees that have also embroiled Time Warner Cable Systems and Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group. ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not get involved in a dispute over whether state officials can curb some law firm television commercials. The high court refused to hear an appeal from New York officials who passed rules that would ...

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WASHINGTON — If a summary of pension-plan benefits fails to notify employees of a benefit reduction, what relief can those employees seek? And must they prove detrimental reliance? Those were the issues the Supreme Court justices grappled with during Tuesday’s ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to referee a $290 million dispute between Microsoft Corp. and a Canadian technology company over complaints that a tool used in the popular Microsoft Word program violated patent protections. The high court on ...

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