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These Mass. tech companies are encouraging the Supreme Court to back gay marriage
2015-03-06 20:34:20| Electronics - Topix.net
Among the 379 companies around the country that signed on to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to support gay marriage were two Massachusetts-based technology companies: Cambridge-based Akamai Technologies Inc. and Woburn-based Skyworks Solutions.
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Nike Free Flyknit NSW "Court Purple"
2015-03-06 01:50:05| Footwear - Topix.net
Joining the "Pink Flash" edition of the in-line take on the HTM-designed Free Flyknit is a "Court Purple" colorway of the Free Flyknit NSW from Nike Sportswear . Echoing the build of the aforementioned Hiroshi Fujiwara x Tinker Hatfield x Mark Parker collab, this particular edition of the silhouette boasts predominately purple Flyknit construction, pairing the low-top upper with a white Free 5.0 sole and contrasting black accents throughout.
Supreme Court rules Alabama may justify railroad fuel tax
2015-03-05 21:49:22| Railroads - Topix.net
CSX Transporation, Inc. [opinion, PDF] that Alabama should be able to justify its decision to assess on railroads a fuel tax that it does not assess on motor carriers. The 7-2 ruling against CSX Transportation Inc. reversed the decision [opinion, PDF] of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [official website], remanding the case to consider "whether Alabama's fuel-excise tax is the rough equivalent of Alabama's sales tax as applied to diesel fuel," and would thus justify the motor carrier tax exemption.
Businesses back gay marriage, top U.S. court sets argument date
2015-03-05 21:30:51| Biotech - Topix.net
Big business rallied behind the gay marriage cause on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments for April 28 on the contentious social issue that promises to yield one of the justices' most important rulings of 2015. A total of 379 businesses and groups representing employers across various sectors, including Google Inc , American Airlines Group Inc , Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Johnson & Johnson , have signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief in support of gay marriage due to be filed later on Thursday.
Court Strikes Down Mass. Towns Attempt to Block Alternative Hauling Mode
2015-03-05 19:41:00| Waste Age
For 25 years the town of Yarmouth shipped solid waste by rail from its transfer station to a waste-to-energy facility in Rochester under a contract with Bay Colony Railway, but in 2007 Massachusetts put an end to that arrangement, triggering a complicated court battle over whether BCR could ship the waste by truck or another rail operator would step in. read more
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