Big Video Game Producer Receives More Subpoenas
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Take-Two Interactive Software said it received additional grand jury subpoenas seeking information about its financial activities.
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Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK The New York Times has received two more subpoenas from prosecutors investigating who leaked the identity of former CIA officer Valerie Plame to the press, E&P has learned.
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The New York State attorney general issued a wide-ranging subpoena as part of an investigation into whether the Intel Corporation violated federal or state antitrust laws.
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The subpoenas seek information on nontraditional insurance and transactions that some companies have used to improve the appearance of their financial statements.
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By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 21--Excessive video game playing sure can be a problem.
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The record industry got a surprise when it subpoenaed the University of Oregon in September, asking it to identify 17 students who had made available songs on a file-sharing network.
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Video game developer is moving in the right direction, despite an "unprofitable" image it needs to shake.
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The family of Ron Goldman has issued subpoenas to Hollywood groups in order to get records of O.J. Simpson's residual earnings
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WASHINGTON, Aug 20  - Regulators investigating Fannie Mae&#39;s accounting practices have sent subpoenas to the No. 1 US mortgage finance company in connection with the probe, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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The New York state attorney general's office served a wide-ranging subpoena on Intel today as part of an antitrust investigation of the chip maker.
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The company said that federal regulators have intensified their inquiry into the company&#39;s business practices from an informal to a formal investigation, raising the possibility of embarrassing and expensive penalties down the line.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The state has issued 19 subpoenas as part of an investigation into the botulism poisoning case in South Florida.
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Fresenius Medical Care, the world's leading supplier of dialysis products and services, said that it had been subpoenaed by the US Justice Deparment in New York to provide a &quot;broad range of documents&quot; relating to its operations.
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The work may have been subcontracted to another firm.
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Gabe: I know we don't talk about our game much. We really don't want to beat you guys over the head with it. Honestly we handle most of our big projects that way. We try to make coming here "easy" and I don't want you guys to feel like you're constantly being pitched something. Balancing that against the fact that if we don't tell you about things like new shirts and books you are less likely to purchase them is tricky. another reason for the lack of coverage is that we really weren't sure the game was going to be any good. We're doing a lot of the art and all the writing but the reality is that this was a collaboration with the Hothead guys and until very recently I wasn't convinced making the game was a good idea.Tycho said it best in a couple interviews "games look like shit until they look awesome." it's really more than that though because they also play like shit until they are fun. I remember getting the first build months ago and telling Tycho we should scrap the entire thing. The builds kept coming though and they kept getting better and better. I understand now that that's just how game development works. It wasn't until the most recent build that I finally saw something genuinely fun. The Hothead guys obviously knew what they were making but for me it was like looking at a sketch and not understanding how it could ever be a finished painting. I've played through it multiple times now and I can tell you truthfully that it's funny and it's fun to play. If you like PA I believe you will enjoy it. If you don't know about PA I think you will still laugh and If you hate us you'll hate our game. The game just hit beta and Hothead is polishing it more and more every day. I can tell you that what I see right now I'm honestly proud of. Tycho has written some of his best stuff for this game. Like me, he hates himself and hates the things he makes so he would never link you to this, but I feel like he deserves it. A while back Tycho spent a week at the Hothead studio writing non stop for the game. Ron Gilbert was up there as well and he posted this on his blog shortly after."Jerry from PA is up here as well doing the writing and it's a thrill to see him work.He's a top-shelf writer, right up there with Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman."I'm sure when Tycho sees I linked that he'll go right for his wrists, but it's true. An early build of the game recently made its way through the media digestive system. The result is that you will see coverage of it popping up at many of your favorite game news sites. Everything I've seen so far has been very positive but I guess that's the way it is with previews. I think the best place to go is Gametrailers as they simply post high quality video of the game being played. You can make your own decisions based on what you see. If you want more you can watch the 1up show where a narcoleptic Jedi will tell you that the game is "like not really like PA but also like totally like PA." Maybe that's helpful to someone? The Gamelife blog over at Wired also has a very complete write up of the game if you want more than just raw footage. It's funny, before the game I never would have thought twice about calling someone a narcoleptic Jedi. After I had typed it out though I paused. Am I Derek Smart now? Will this effect our PR persons relationship with 1Up and other media outlets? Will they savage us in their review and will that hurt sales? Should I not talk about the coverage at all?Even if all of that is true should I care?Obviously the answer is no. -Gabe out
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(InfoWorld) - Nvidia became the second major chip maker subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over an antitrust investigation into the market for graphics chips and cards, the company said Friday.Â Advanced Micro Devices was subpoenaedÂ a day earlier. Nvidia, one of the world's largest graphics processor makers, said no specific allegations have been made against it, and that it plans to cooperate with the DOJ in the investigation. The DOJ has not said specifically what it is investigating, but it has taken a hard line on price fixing in the chip industry in recent years. As of mid-November, the DOJ had charged four companies and 17 people in aÂ DRAM price fixing investigation, securing fines totaling more than $731 million. In October, the DOJ began anÂ investigation into the SRAMÂ market. AMD recently entered the graphics chip business with itsÂ acquisition of ATI Technologies, which was finalized in October. The company also said the DOJ has not made any allegations against AMD or ATI, and that it intends to cooperate with the investigation.
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Genentech Inc. , the world's second-biggest biotechnology company, received a subpoena from the US attorney's office in Philadelphia as part of a criminal and civil probe into marketing of Rituxan, its top-selling drug.