“It seems that while people are joining the micro-blogging site in droves, a whole lot of them aren’t sticking around for long. A Nielsen Co. report released yesterday shows that 60% of Twitter users do not return to the microblogging site the next month. ”
Archive for April, 2009
Suit: Home Depot not paying promised rebates
April 30, 2009“Home Depot refused to pay “thousands” of rebates it offered, of up to $1,000 apiece, or shortchanged customers after the administrator of the rebate programs declared bankruptcy, a class action claims in Federal Court.
Named plaintiff Loretta Alkalay says the store has not paid her $1,000 rebate for special order kitchen countertops and major appliances (“the Kraftmaid/Thomasville Rebate Offer”).”
Lewis out as Bank of America CEO
April 30, 2009“Ken Lewis was voted out as chairman of Bank of America but remains president and CEO, because shareholders voted to have an independent chairman.”
No tear shed here.
Norton anti-virus class action settlement
April 30, 2009“If you purchased a Norton Anti-virus product between December 2001 and October of last year, you may be entitled to some money. Symantec has agreed to give those users a $15 voucher for a future purchase or $2.50 in cash. A class action suit alleged the company unlawfully terminated subscription time when consumers purchase upgrades. The plaintiffs demanded a credit or refund for that unused time, and there has been no admission of guilt.”
Builder takes drastic measure against drywall
April 30, 2009“Lennar Homes is moving Florida families out of homes built with tainted Chinese drywall. According to a report on abcactionnews.com the builder is planning to gut the homes and replace the defective material.”
Facebook takes German knock-off to court
April 30, 2009“According to Facebook, which filed for an injunction with the Cologne regional court, StudiVZ violated copyright laws by mimicking its logo, features and service. The company also claimed that StudiVZ secretly used Facebook code in order to copy the site.
A spokesperson for the German website, which launched about one year after Facebook in 2005, told the paper that the case was groundless. But the two sites do indeed look and function very similarly – with a few minor style differences. Facebook, which has some 2 million users within Germany, features blue as its main colour, meanwhile StudiVZ, with 5.5 million users in German-speaking countries, uses red. ”
Lawsuit: Western Union holding onto unclaimed $
April 29, 2009“Western Union makes millions of dollars from money transfers by failing to inform senders if their money is not claimed, or waiting for “several years” before telling them, keeping the interest, and charging extra for holding the money all that time, a class action claims in Federal Court.”
Reading Tea Leaves by Randy Wilson 