BRIEFCASE.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Employers Direct cutting premiums AGOURA HILLS - Further pushing its workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. insurance costs down, Employers Direct Insurance Co. announced it will cut premiums by 18 percent Friday. The carrier said SB 899, signed into law last April, allowed it to pass along cost savings to consumers. The company's rates have fallen 46 percent since mid-2003. Microsoft loses infringement suit SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. - A federal jury has slapped Microsoft Corp. with a nearly $9 million judgment in a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by a Guatemalan inventor INVENTOR. One who invents or finds out something. 2. The patent laws of the United States authorize a patent to be issued to the original inventor; if the invention is suggested by another, he is not the inventor within the meaning of those laws; but in that . Carlos Amado, 50, sued the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker in March 2003, saying Microsoft infringed on a patent he received in 1994 for software linking the company's Excel spreadsheet and Access database programs. Amado developed the program in 1990 and offered to sell it to Microsoft two years later, but the company declined, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, which represented Amado. Partner benefits more prevalent WASHINGTON - Gay and transgender transgender or transgendered adj. Transsexual. workers were more likely than ever to receive domestic-partner health benefits last year, and more companies are adopting nondiscrimination non·dis·crim·i·na·tion n. 1. Absence of discrimination. 2. The practice or policy of refraining from discrimination. non policies to protect them, a leading gay-activist group reported Monday. But gays' workplace gains have slowed since the 1990s, according to figures that the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign compiled for its annual State of the Workplace report. That's probably because of the rising costs of health benefits. ProLogis will buy rival firm Catellus DENVER - ProLogis has agreed to buy rival real-estate investment trust Catellus Development Corp. for $3.6 billion in a cash and stock deal that will create the world's largest network of warehouses and distribution services. The combined company will control more than 2,250 facilities with 350 million square feet in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Asia and Europe. |
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