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The Rise And Fall Of Bitcoin: A Brief History

Jun 21, 2011 8:12 PM

Bitcoin, the virtual peer-to-peer currency that was launched last year, had a meteoric rise in the last few weeks—but after a hacking attack on the premier bitcoin exchange, the currency today appears to have had a near-death experience. What happened? How did one of the web’s boldest financial ideas spread…

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Posted In: Legal, Privacy, Money, bitcoin, chuck schumer, electronic frontier foundation

Schumer Grills Azoff At Hearings On Live Nation Merger

Feb 24, 2009 5:45 PM

Well, it doesn’t look like Chuck Schumer is going to be taking any long vacations with Irving Azoff this year. In his opening remarks during Senate hearings on the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger merger , Schumer “made no secret of my opposition to this merger,” saying it represented “monopolistic behavior plain…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Companies, IAC, chuck schumer, live nation, ticketmaster

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