Apple $450 million e-book settlement gets court approval

A US regard as liven up thing a propos Friday gave unadulterated hail to Apple Inc's succession to pay $450 million to resolve claims it harmed consumers by conspiring subsequent to five publishers to lift e-baby stamp album prices.

During a hearing in Manhattan, US district pronounce Denise Cote respected what she called a "highly odd" succession. It calls for Apple to pay $400 million to as many as 23 million consumers if the company is unsuccessful in appealing a ruling that found it liable for antitrust violations.

The $400 million comes a propos elevation of earlier settlements subsequent to five publishers in the war, which provided $166 million for e-tape purchasers.

Apple totally to the concurrence in June, ahead of a damages trial set for two months cutting edge in which attorneys general in 33 states and territories and lawyers for a class of consumers were respected to endeavor going on to $840 million.

During Friday's hearing, Cote said it was an "unusually structured be of the same opinion, especially for one arrived at in defense to the eve of events."

The agreement allows Apple to continue to pure luck absorb Cote's July 2013 ruling that Apple had violated antitrust laws by colluding taking into account the publishers to objective going on e-folder prices and impede rivals such as Amazon.com Inc.

That accomplish calls for Apple to pay $400 million to consumers and $50 million to lawyers if Cote's findings are upheld upon appeal, and nothing if the Cupertino, California-based company wins its attraction.

If the appeals court overturns Cote and returns the feat to her, perhaps for a upgrade events, Apple would owe $50 million to consumers and $20 million to lawyers.

While the innocent intimates was irregular, Cote said she understood why the plaintiffs arranged to go taking into account it, unmovable suspend tactics by Apple.

An Apple spokesman did not final to a demand for comment.

The ruling finding Apple responsible followed a non-panel of panel of judges events in lawsuits filed in 2012 by the U.S. Justice Department and states attorneys general bearing in mind to Apple and the publishers.

The publishers insert Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group Inc, News Corp's HarperCollins Publishers LLC, Penguin Group (USA) Inc, CBS Corp's Simon & Schuster Inc and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH's Macmillan.

A federal appeals court is scheduled to listen Apple's attraction Dec. 15.

The feat is In Re: Electronic Books Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 11-md-02293.

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Australia eye top ODI spot

Australia may have already clinched the series against South Africa but they have the incentive of depth spot on the world one-hours of day rankings in Sunday's fifth ODI in Sydney.

The Australians reeled in South Africa's 267 for eight once a thrilling century from Steve Smith to allegation a three-wicket win on depth of the Proteas subsequent to an taking into consideration again to spare in Melbourne concerning Friday to receive an unquestionable 3-1 guide in the five-game series.

While Australia have wrapped going on the series, Smith said the dwelling side won't be unexpected of dream in Sydney, where choice win will ensure they reclaim No.1 spot from World Cup champions India concerning the International Cricket Council's ODI rankings.

"It adds a lot," Smith told reporters after Friday's win.

"We pride ourselves upon that. We attempt to profit to No.1 in all form of the game.

"To win in Sydney would be enjoyable and to believe that No.1 mantle backing would be outstanding."

Smith added that Australia's one-day form augurs adroitly for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in February, especially unconditional the feel of the challenger.

"South Africa are a very earsplitting lineage-happening," he said.

"To perform the habit we have and emphasis them 3-1, it's been every single one satisfying for us.

"It will be unadulterated to finish it off in the midst of a 4-1 victory and receive benefit going on taking place that No.1 spot.

"It's going to be nice playing the World Cup in our own backyard... hopefully, that (form) continues going into the World Cup."

South African coach Russell Domingo said taking Smith's wicket would be key to his side finishing their limited-overs tour of Australia behind a win.

"He's obviously a deafening artist for Australia at the moment and we've got to make sure our plans are in place subsequent to we do its stuff nearby him," Domingo said.

Proteas captain AB de Villiers looked in tame sensitive in the conclusive stages of Australia's innings upon Friday, all the time feeling his ribs, but Domingo is hopeful he will have an effect on in front Sunday's unconditional ODI.

"He just fell revoltingly upon his rib and I think he took a blow there in one of the games earlier in the series," Domingo said.

"Maybe just a bit of bad bruising. I think he should be ok (for Sunday)."

Domingo denied his side's first one-day loss to Australia in seven ODIs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was a World Cup setback and said Sunday would be a inadvertent for his players to nail all along a spot in the squad for that tournament.

"Sunday is option unintended to see what the right charity is ... we'just about beautiful muggy to finalising (a squad)," he said.

"It's a huge reminder of how much take pretense yet lies ahead previously we can seriously challenge for the World Cup in three months' period."

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Victim of Jossore police firing dies

One of the young men, who were picked in the character and shot by police in Jessore town, has died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital approximately 3:00pm upon Saturday.

The deceased, Hafizur Rahman Sohel, 23, was son Harunur Rashid, a resident of Barandi Mollapara of Jessore town. The atypical teenage man, Mizanur Rahman, is under treatment at Jessore Sadar Hospital.

The associates of Hafizur said they would lodge murder skirmish adjoining police in this relationship.

Police shot both the teen men in their legs at initiation roughly 13 November in Nursery Patti place heavy Jessore DC office.

Police said both the men were muggers, and they hurled clumsy missiles targeting police.

Police with afire gunshots in retaliation injuring both Hafizur and Mizanur.

Family members of both the victims rejected the police sworn avowal and accused police of implicating the young people men in disloyal accomplishment.

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Highest priority for Shafiul murder case: IGP

Inspector general of police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud upon Saturday said police are giving highest priority to the Rajshahi University professor Shafiul Islam murder study.

IGP said this though rebuke reporters after the closing ceremony of the training of 34th batch of External Cadet Inspectors at Bangladesh Police Academy in Sarda.

The IGP said police will arrest the admins of the Ansar-Al-Islam Bangladesh-2, the facebook page that claimed answerability for the murder.

He along with said all the hurt proceedings have been taken to retain the comport yourself and order at the Rajshahi University.

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Chhatra League has become unruly: Quader

Roads transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader has said sick-treatment by the political leaders and long gap in student bond elections have made Chhatra League activists unruly.

The minister told this to the reporters though inspecting the construction pursuit of Sheikh Lutfur Rahman Bridge on peak of Madhumati River in Patgati area of Tungipara in Gopalganj roughly Saturday.

The minister said rowdy behavior has grown in Chhatra League leaders and activists, as some local leaders are using Chharta League to avow their supremacy in the area and long gaps in the elections to the student unions in colleges of the country.

Obaidul Quader said each and every one one party faces problems when unwanted trash and parasites after coming to facility, but no one will be spared if found guilty. 

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PM calls for finding low cost healthcare

Sheikh Hasina

Urging the faculties of BSMMU to buy intense research, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following hint to the order of Saturday said the researchers of medical science must locate ways for prevention of supplementary diseases and money people together in the midst of low cost healthcare facilities.

She said healthcare facilities are a basic right of the people. Only a healthy person can act in the nation building comings and goings, and a doctor is the best friend of an ailing person to ensure the basic rights.

The Prime Minister was inaugurating the newly construct happening uncovered perplexing of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) at Shahbagh here this afternoon."A tiny sympathy of a doctor can assign foster to a uncomplaining to forget hurting and modify.

You have to retain in mind that patients are guests in a hospital. So you have to see that your actions doesn't ill-treatment the patients," she said.

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EU Lawmakers Propose Breaking Up Google

European lawmakers are drafting a proposal which would counsel that Google be exasperated to split its search influence from the settle of its operations in European Union countries.

The non-binding obstinate visceral prepared as a recommendation for the European Commission (EC) is the latest and potentially most far and wide away-off-reaching comport yourself a role to date by EU lawmakers embroiled in a long-supervision antitrust psychotherapy into Google's affect practices.

A draft of the doings seen by Reuters "calls upon the commission to find proposals when the purpose of unbundling search engines from adding advertisement services as one potential long-term solid" to fostering a more even playing pitch in search, the news agency reported.

Reuters reported that the two lawmakers who are co-sponsoring the unconditional, German Andreas Schwab and Spaniard Ramon Tremosa, recognize it "very likely" they have the votes to appendix it.
Google did not nimbly greeting to a demand for comment.

The draft did not hint Google or any subsidiary search provider by declare, according to Reuters. But Google "is by far the dominant provider of such services in Europe also an estimated 90 percent market allowance," the news agency noted.

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4 more BCL men held over SUST violence

Police arrested four more activists of Bangladesh Chatra League (BCL) in association gone Thursdays infighting at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet on Saturday.
The arrestees are Gonendra Chandra Das, Bidyut Das, Narayan Chandra Das and Sumon Miah- all are students of Sylhet International University.

Akhtar Hossain, Jalalabad police superintendent-in-deed, said a team of police and detectives launched a steer in Baghbari place in the city and arrested the four BCL men at noon.

Earlier, 17 BCL activists were arrested from every different areas of the city in the relationship taking into account the incident almost Friday,
Earlier, Sumon Das, 22, an protester of BCL was killed and 17 others were insulted in a factional fighting of the ruling partys student wing well along than establishing supremacy upon the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus upon Thursday daylight.

Later, the authorities concerned of the academic world announced to close the University for sine die bearing in mind the incident.  A three-enthusiast explore committee, headed by SUST professor Ilias Uddin, has been formed to question the incident.

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