E-Commerce Company Custom Wristbands Admits to Price-Fixing

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division recently announced that California-based Custom Wristbands Inc. and its top executive Christopher Angeles agreed to plead guilty for conspiring to fix prices for wristbands and other customized novelty products sold online. Earlier this month, DOJ secured a guilty plea from Zaappaaz Inc. , a Texas e-commerce company, and its founder, Azim Makanojiya, who admitted to taking part in a price-fixing conspiracy.

Miramar Marine museum marks 75th anniversary of Navajo code talkers

On National Navajo Code Talkers Day, here's a look back at the unique Navajo military team that formed up and trained at Camp Pendleton. Military leaders have said that the United States wouldn't have won the Battle of Iwo Jima without the uncrackable code of the Code Talkers.

South Dakota seeks overturn of high court sales tax decision

South Dakota officials, seeking a path for states to collect billions of dollars each year in sales taxes from internet retailers, will ask the state's highest court Tuesday for a speedy defeat in pursuit of their true goal: an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. South Dakota is the furthest along of several states attempting to overturn a 25-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision that bans states from forcing retailers to collect taxes if the businesses lack a physical presence in their borders.

George Will: Donald Trump, the novice protectionist

Sooner or later, and the later the better, the president's wandering attention will flit, however briefly, to the subject of trade. So, let us try to think about the problem as he seems to: Wily cosmopolitans beyond our borders are insinuating across our borders goods that Americans, perhaps misled by British economist David Ricardo, persist in purchasing.

Garuda Unit Set for Indonesia’s Biggest Share Sale in a Year

PT Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia, a unit of national carrier PT Garuda Indonesia, plans to raise as much as $300 million in an initial share sale to fund setting up of a new unit in an island near Singapore and expand overseas. GMF AeroAsia, which conducts maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft for 170 customers, will offer between 20 percent and 30 percent of its equity to investors and is targeting an October listing on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, said President Director Iwan Joeniarto.

Graham: The machines are coming –

US Senator Lindsey Graham says that the rapid advance of technology in the form of the increasing use of robots in not only manufacturing but also in the service industry combined with the rise of shopping online will radically transform the American economy and the nation must prepare to successfully adapt to that transformation. Graham visited Union Wednesday afternoon for a meeting with local officials at Main Street Junction on Main Street in downtown Union.

US court jails Nigerian hacker Obinna Obioha

Obinna Obioha, a Nigerian hacker has been jailed for 51 months by a New York federal judge for operating a fraud scheme that swindled $6.5 million from businesses in the U.S. and elsewhere. U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd sentenced Obinna Obioha, 31, for running a scheme in which he instructed hackers to hack into computers and email accounts of individuals around the world using malicious software.

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High-tech U.S. plants offer jobs even as the laid-off struggle

NORWOOD, Ohio - Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows - in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company's plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a 3M supervisor, praising Mays as "a GREAT employee." Mays' last day at 3M was in March.

Trump Warns of Potential `Military Option’ by U.S. in Venezuela

President Donald Trump said he's considering a military option in response to the political and economic crisis in Venezuela, raising the specter of an U.S. intervention in Latin America that could spread turmoil in the region. Trump's statement suggested the U.S. may get more deeply involved in Venezuela, which has been subject to increasing sanctions since President Nicolas Maduro convened a national assembly designed to rewrite the country's constitution and consolidate his power.

Army study reveals new findings on human-autonomy interaction

A team of Army scientists and engineers have challenged long-held views in the area of human-autonomy interaction to change the way science involves people, especially in developing advanced technical systems that involve artificial intelligence and autonomy. A team of Army scientists, including Dr. Amar Marathe, have challenged long-held views in the area of human-autonomy interaction to change the way science involves people, especially in developing advanced technical systems that involve artificial intelligence and autonomy.

Could voting fraud panel create an easy target for hackers?

In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler presents arguments at the testimony table in favor of HB209, in the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. A voter fraud commission established by President Donald Trump could make it easier for hackers to get voter registration information.