BRIEFCASE.Byline: -- Staff and Wire Services Mattel withdraws `secrets' lawsuit Mattel Inc. on Wednesday withdrew its lawsuit against Ronald Brawer, a former employee who went to work for rival toy-maker MGA Entertainment in Van Nuys. MGA's Bratz line has challenged Mattel's Barbie doll. The withdrawal came after Brawer agreed he was bound by Mattel's code of conduct, which requires employees to keep the company's proprietary information secret, according to a statement from Mattel. El Segundo-based Mattel had said Brawer, a former senior vice president and general manager at the company, had stockpiled the firm's secrets. ``Now that Mr. Brawer has agreed to the fundamental obligations that were at issue in our lawsuit, Mattel decided to voluntarily dismiss the action,'' spokeswoman Lisa Marie Bongiovanni said in a statement. Mattel withdrew the suit last week. Hunted Comverse ex-CEO captured NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- After a two-month international manhunt man·hunt n. An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal. manhunt Noun an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive Noun 1. , the indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. former chief executive of leading voice mail-software maker Comverse Technology Inc. was captured Wednesday in southwest Africa, U.S. officials announced Wednesday. Authorities in the Republic of Namibia, acting on information from the FBI, arrested Jacob ``Kobi'' Alexander in the country's capital of Windhoek, where he was living as a fugitive with his family. U.S. officials were expected to ask for his extradition at a hearing today so he could face charges in Brooklyn alleging that he hatched a scheme to pocket millions of dollars by secretly manipulating stock options. GM is unhappy with alliance plan PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- General Motors toughened its public stance on proposals that the U.S. carmaker join an alliance with Renault and its sister company, Nissan, adding to uncertainties weighing on the industry as the Paris Motor Show opens its doors today. For the first time, Detroit-based GM said clearly that it was unhappy with the plan on the table, as Chief Executive Rick Wagoner met for talks with Renault and Nissan CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Carlos Ghosn on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the show. GM sees a smaller payoff for its own shareholders than for those of Renault and Nissan, spokesman Brian Akre said, and is seeking compensation for that imbalance as part of any deal. Judge drops bulk of AMD's lawsuit SAN JOSE -- A federal judge dismissed a major portion of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s antitrust lawsuit against archrival arch·ri·val n. A principal rival. Intel Corp., ruling that AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. cannot sue in the U.S. for Intel's alleged monopolistic tactics overseas. The judge also set a trial date of April 27, 2009, for AMD to argue that Intel forced major customers into exclusive deals and offered secret rebates to undercut AMD in the market for microprocessors that act as the brains of computers. U.S. District Judge Joseph J. Farnan Jr. set the 2009 trial date Wednesday, a day after stripping a key component from AMD's lawsuit, which alleges anticompetitive an·ti·com·pet·i·tive adj. That discourages competition among businesses: anticompetitive foreign trade restrictions. practices in several countries including Britain, Germany and Japan. On Tuesday, the Delaware-based judge ruled that AMD failed to prove that Intel's alleged strong-arm tactics abroad had ``direct, substantial and foreseeable effects'' on AMD's operations in the United States. |
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