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SAN FRANCISCO?? Apple's chief of security operations has left the company just months after the world's largest technology company faced criticism over the tracking down of what has been widely reported as a missing iPhone prototype.
The consumer device giant's vice president of global security, John Theriault, has retired, a person close to Apple said. Apple declined to comment.
Theriault joined Apple after a stint as chief of security at Pfizer, according to his LinkedIn profile. Prior to that, he was a special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Apple's security team was criticized after two of its members entered the house of a San Francisco resident in the summer to search for a "lost item", thought to to be a prototype of what eventually became the iPhone 4S.
The company's security staff was accompanied by San Francisco police, who said they did not enter the residence. The police said Apple had tracked the lost item to the house.
Apple did not find the item, but the company faced a backlash on the Internet and media after 22-year old Sergio Calderon came forward to say he had let the employees in thinking they were police officers.
An attorney for Calderon, David Monroe, said Friday that his client is in settlement negotiations with Apple and declined to comment further.
In 2010, Apple faced similar criticism when investigators raided a technology journalist's home to retrieve an iPhone prototype. The prototype, left by an Apple employee in a bar, had been sold to tech blog Gizmodo.
Dan Levine of Reuters also contributed to this report.
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Talk about drama. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou emerged from an emergency meeting on Wednesday evening with a bombshell: Greece will have to decide if it wants to remain in the European monetary union. Merkel and Sarkozy suspended all further bailout funds until that fateful choice is made.
What a shocker. The whole idea of a member of the euro zone bolting the union has been completely taboo, even as a debt crisis has raged through Europe for two years. There isn't even any mechanism in place through which a country can exit the monetary union. The fact that this possibility has even been mentioned is a major break with the past that leaves the future very uncertain. (See how the Greek referendum puts the E.U. deal in jeopardy.)
What happens now? Hard to say. It seemed that a referendum Papandreou had called for on Monday to seek public approval of Greece's participation in the latest euro zone bailout scheme, agreed to last week at a summit of European leaders, would be transformed into a vote on the country's continued membership in the monetary union itself. But events in Athens are changing rapidly and unpredictably. Papandreou may lose a confidence vote in parliament on Friday as his supporters melt away over his referendum plan. That raises the possibility of the Greek government falling and possibly a new election being held. Greece's future in the euro zone will remain an unknown as long as the country's domestic politics remain in turmoil.
Yet this whole amazing series of events has raised an important question: Would Greece be better off in or out of the monetary union? (See pictures of the protests in Greece.)
The conventional wisdom has always been that Greece's departure from the euro zone would be a complete calamity. If Greece bolted, it would lose its European bailout and most likely default, sending shockwaves through Europe's banking system and global financial markets. The Greek banking sector would likely collapse, while the government, frozen out of capital markets, might even be unable to pay its bills. For the euro zone, Greece's defection would raise the specter of a cascading series of departures if other weak economies, also suffering in the debt crisis, chose to follow Athens's example. To sum up, it could get ugly.
But there is another, less terrifying scenario. By leaving the euro, Greece would lose its bailout money ? but it would also regain control over its economic future. By returning to its own currency, Athens could depreciate its way to better competitiveness, something the country simply can't do as part of the euro zone. Rather than suffering under German-imposed reforms and retrenchment, Greece could press forward with a drastic restructuring of its national debt, a step the leaders of the euro zone have been anxious to avoid. None of this means the process won't be painful ? Greeks will have to endure years of austerity measures and reform whatever currency they use. But departing the euro zone might at the same time give the country a better shot at halting its economic free fall and returning to healthy growth, at least in a more reasonable period of time.
And the euro zone might gain from a Greek exit as well. Those tens of billions thrown at Greece in bailouts could then be redirected to recapitalize banks, shore up Italy and Spain and protect the core of the monetary union. How would global financial markets react? Hard to predict. The exodus of a country from the euro zone would be unprecedented and destabilizing. But then again, Greece's exit would not be surprising to anyone who hasn't been stranded on a South Pacific isle for the past two years. That suggests the impact might not be as dramatic as many fear, especially if Europe acts fast to back up its banks and defend the remaining euro zone member states. (See why there is no joy in Greece over the E.U. deal.)
In many ways, Greece is like a contestant on the old game show Let's Make a Deal. The country has a choice of two doors ? one that leads it out of the euro and on its own; one that keeps it a part of Europe and its great experiment in integration. We can only guess what is behind those doors, and there is no way of knowing for certain which door is best to open. Greece could end up with a shiny new Cadillac. Or a year's supply of canned tuna. It's not a choice I'd want to make. I wish them luck.
See the details of Europe's new debt-crisis agreement.
See TIME's photo-essay "Outrage in Athens."
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Maybe you think Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphies' marriage was a sham. Maybe you think they married for love. Maybe you couldn't care less. But there are some people who probably should be paying attention: Anyone who hopes to marry and not divorce.
No one really knows what's really behind Kim's decision to file for divorce just 72 days after marrying the 26-year-old pro basketball player, despite rumors that they couldn't agree where to settle down -- Minnesota, where Kris is from, or L.A., where Kim's family lives -- and that their marriage couldn't withstand the constant work and media pressures. Since most of those pressures were self-created (they're reality TV stars, after all) it's hard to be too sympathetic.
Still, Kim's claim of "irreconcilable differences" is all anyone really needs to know -- it means that the two most likely didn't have the essential long, hard discussions before they said "I do" in a splashy multimillion-dollar wedding. Even Kim admits she "got caught up with the hoopla and the filming of the TV show that when I probably should have ended my relationship, I didn't know how to and didn't want to disappoint a lot of people."
She sounds sincere, if somewhat misguided. In fact, she sounds a lot like the hundreds of women who admitted that they knew there were problems in their relationship but "by the time they made it to the ceremony, they felt it was too late to turn back."
So, where did Kim and Kris fail?
They didn't handle stress well as a couple. Beyond the media and TV pressure, Kris is 152-plus days into an NBA lockout. "Partners in healthy relationships know how to recognize stress, and they make allowances for it," says Dr. Thomas Bradbury, a professor of psychology at UCLA and co-director of the UCLA Relationship Institute. "Know the ways your partner shows stress, and when you see those signals cut him or her some slack."
They didn't think past the wedding. Few things prove how the priorities of brides-to-be are skewed more than buying a wedding gown a few sizes too small and then dieting to look good on the big day instead of wanting to diet to start off married life as fit and healthy as she can be. OK, that's not what Kim did -- or had to do -- but it sure seems clear that most of her three-month engagement was spent focused on planning the wedding day and not what comes after, like, say, where they might want to live.
They didn't compromise. Working on solvable problems together is key, says John Gottman, author of Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and co-founder of the famed Gottman Institute. If Kris truly wanted to live in Minnesota and Kim couldn't imagine leaving L.A., they could have easily bought a house in both cities and spent some time in each.
There were hints of contempt. Along with criticism, defensiveness and stonewalling, contempt is one of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," according to Gottman, who's pretty accurate in being able to predict which couples are headed for divorce. In a preview clip of the E! show Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Kim wonders how can she keep her career alive if she's in Minnesota and not L.A. Kris' response? "Baby, by the time you have kids and they're in school, no one will care about you." That may be true but, ouch!
They were too materialistic. A just-released study says focusing on money and possessions can hurt a couples' happiness and stability. Remember when Kim burst into tears after losing a $75,000 diamond earring after Kris playfully pushed her into the waters in Bora Bora? That was just one sign of many.
Still, if nothing else, the reality TV stars' whirlwind courtship and marriage has an important message for anyone who ever hopes to live happily-ever-after: Better to put a lot more thought into planning your life together than your "big day." Now, that's reality.
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NEW YORK -- Edmonton Oilers defenseman Andy Sutton was suspended five games on Tuesday for elbowing Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog.
The suspension was announced by NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan.
Sutton delivered an elbow to the head of the Avalanche rookie forward early in the third period of Edmonton's 3-1 victory Friday.
The Oilers' defenseman was assessed a minor penalty for elbowing on the play.
"At the moment of impact, it's clear that the head is the principal point of contact and has been recklessly targeted," Shanahan said in a video on NHL.com that explains the suspension. "Landeskog is looking back for the pass and rotates his head, but the position of his head does not dramatically change."
Shanahan and the department of player safety examined Sutton's disciplinary history while making its decision.
"We've also taken into consideration that although Sutton has played a physical game over his 14 years, he's been fined and suspended for various illegal checks," Shanahan said.
Sutton sat out Sunday's 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues while the NHL made its decision.
"I have been informed of and understand the league's decision, however, I had no intention of delivering an illegal check," Sutton said. "For 14 years, I've always played the game with respect and integrity and I will continue to do so when I return."
Sutton will forfeit more than $57,000 in salary.
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A LightSquared spokesman has threatened to launch a legal counteroffensive to assert the company's "legal rights," but it is unclear whom the company would sue and for what it would sue, writes John Sheridan at Aviation International News.
Frustrated by delays caused by?opposition to its plan for a nationwide broadband Internet project from the?GPS user community, various federal agencies,?members of Congress and, reportedly,?inside the?Federal Communications Commission?itself,?LightSquared's??Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy Jeffrey Carlisle said, "If it is impossible to get a decision on this that allows us to go forward, I think our way forward is pretty clear, that we then have to insist on our legal rights. If you have to be the bad guy, and go out and start...insisting on your property line, well, then that?s what we?ll do.?
LightSquared would find it difficult to bring legal action against the FCC, the GPS industry or individual members of the GPS user community; however,?if the company is unable to prevent GPS interference, it might?sue to be compensated for its loss of income anticipated from the contracts it has already signed with customers for its future services.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a G20 meeting in Cannes, Thursday, Nov.3, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama joined other world leaders in the south of France Thursday for a G20 meeting that is expected to focus on the Greek debt crisis and broader European financial troubles. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a G20 meeting in Cannes, Thursday, Nov.3, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama joined other world leaders in the south of France Thursday for a G20 meeting that is expected to focus on the Greek debt crisis and broader European financial troubles. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives for a G20 summit in Cannes, France on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. French President Nicolas Sarkozy will welcome Barack Obama of the U.S., Hu Jintao of China as well as the leaders of India, Brazil, Russia and the other members of the Group of 20 leading world economies in the city made famous by its annual film festival, but the event is far from the star turn the unpopular French leader had hoped to make six months before he faces a tough re-election vote. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives for a G20 summit in Cannes, France on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. French President Nicolas Sarkozy will welcome Barack Obama of the U.S., Hu Jintao of China as well as the leaders of India, Brazil, Russia and the other members of the Group of 20 leading world economies in the city made famous by its annual film festival, but the event is far from the star turn the unpopular French leader had hoped to make six months before he faces a tough re-election vote. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
MILAN (AP) ? Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government failed to come up with immediate growth measures to show a summit of world leaders, sending Italy's borrowing rates to dangerous new highs Thursday and igniting talk of a possible government collapse.
Italy's respected president, who would be responsible for choosing an interim government if Berlusconi's did fail, was holding talks with party leaders in a search for possible alternatives.
Berlusconi's weakening grip on his majority was evident in a Cabinet meeting that lasted late into the night Wednesday amid reports of discord with his finance minister, Giulio Tremonti. Berlusconi wanted the Cabinet to agree to enforce some emergency economic reforms as a decree, so they could take immediate effect, including selling government property and privatizing some local public services.
Instead, he headed Thursday to a summit in Cannes of the Group of 20 wealthy nations with only proposed legislation, requiring approval by a divided Parliament.
At Cannes, Berlusconi pledged to other eurozone leaders that he would put the measures to a vote of confidence within the next two weeks. If those measures fail, Berlusconi would be forced to step down.
Berlusconi has insisted that his government will survive its mandate until 2013, but even his coalition partners, the Northern League, have cast doubt on that.
"It is difficult to avoid the impression that this government's time is numbered in days, or weeks, and that the legislature will finish at the beginning of 2012," the Corriere della Sera newspaper wrote in a front page editorial.
"Berlusconi has become a puppet in the Italian political theater," the speaker of the lower house and former Berlusconi ally, Gianfranco Fini, told state TV.
He urged Berlusconi to show his leadership by seeking a broad alliance to see the country through the crisis.
Market reaction to Italy's political deadlock was withering. Italy is the eurozone's third largest economy, far too large to be bailed out like Greece, Portugal and Ireland have been. Yet Italy has a debt of euro1.9 trillion ($2.6 trillion), or 120 percent of GDP, second only to the debt ratio in extremely troubled Greece.
The yield on Italy's 10-year bonds jumped to 6.4 percent on the secondary market at one point Thursday, 4.62 percentage points higher than the rate on the German equivalent bund. Speculation that the European Central Bank was back in the markets buying up Italian bonds took the yield back down to 6.17 percent.
The ECB has been buying up Italian bonds for weeks in an attempt to keep borrowing rates at manageable levels. Borrowing costs of 7 percent or more are widely considered unsustainable, which could cause a default on public debt.
President Giorgio Napolitano met with leaders of Italian parties Thursday to gauge the political situation and seek alternatives. If the government falls, Napolitano would decide if a technical government or someone else in the center-right would run the country before new elections.
Napolitano sought to reassure Italy's partners and the markets, saying that both the majority and the opposition "are aware of the weight of the problems that Italy must confront with urgency." He said the next parliament vote would allow him to better evaluate the political situation.
The head of Berlusconi's party, Alfonso Alfano, insisted after meeting with Napolitano that Berlusconi has a majority to continue to 2013. But even he addressed the possibility of the government's failure, saying that new elections, and not a technical government, should be next.
Berlusconi's influence frayed further when six of his Party of Freedom (PDL) lawmakers signed a letter saying they would no longer support him in parliament if he did not seek to build a national unity government.
"The current government does not have the consensus in parliament to achieve the difficult agenda of commitments taken in front of European institutions, the parliament and the Italian people," they wrote.
Later, another two of his lawmakers defected to a centrist party.
The government has been further weakened by reports of discord on emergency measures between Berlusconi and his finance minister.
After raising expectations of a decree, the government announced legislation reportedly after Napolitano suggested they would enjoy more legitimacy if passed by parliament. They include divesting government-owned real estate, privatizing local public companies, encouraging investment in infrastructure and liberalizing the labor market.
The measures must be approved by the end of the year, the government said in a statement.
They were outlined to the European Union last week after Italy and Berlusconi came under pressure from other eurozone governments and financial markets to find ways to boost the country's anemic growth.
However, doubts have been growing that Berlusconi has the political muscle to push such reforms through.
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