The News Review:
- US to Auction Slots Soon at New York City Airports
- Groups protest drilling-lease auction in US
- Microsoft Targets Auctions in Counterfeit Crackdown
US to Auction Slots Soon at New York City Airports
New York Times United States
The Transportation Department held a three-hour meeting on Thursday with about 80 airline executives and lawyers to explain how it would determine how many slots would be taken from current users and put up for auction. On Friday about the same number of people are to attend a seminar on how to bid. The administration describes the auction as a way to use market principles — mainly money — to ration a scarce commodity the right to land in the New York area. It has already capped operations at all three airports in an effort to reduce delays. But the airlines which are asserting that they own the slots in question hate the idea of an auction. Delta said in a statement: “The last thing the administration should do in its final days — especially in light of the flagging economy — is inconvenience passengers who have already booked flights raise their fares threaten jobs and undermine the hundreds of millions in investments airlines have made in the New York-area market. ”Sarah Echols a Transportation Department spokeswoman said the flight caps combined with auctions would “reduce congestion keep air fares competitive and increase travel options in the New York aviation market.
Groups protest drilling-lease auction in US
International Herald Tribune France
The Sierra Club The Wilderness Society and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance filed their objections to drilling in 100000 acres (40469 hectares) of wild land in eastern Utah. The BLM has already pulled nearly 100000 acres (40469 hectares) from the Dec. 19 auction leaving more than 276000 acres (111695 hectares) up for bid. The BLM has been under intense pressure — first from the National Park Service and now from conservation groups — to cull a list of auction parcels in Utah's final oil-and-gas lease sale of President George W. Bush's administration. Last week the BLM pulled drilling leases that were located on and around the borders of Arches National Park Dinosaur National Monument and Canyonlands National Park all in Utah.
Microsoft Targets Auctions in Counterfeit Crackdown
PC World
On Thursday the company will add another 63 legal filings in 12 countries against individuals who it says are selling counterfeit Microsoft products. The 63 actions are against people allegedly selling counterfeit versions of Microsoft Office Windows XP and other products at online auction sites said Matt Lundy senior attorney with Microsoft’s anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting team. Of the cases being filed 16 are against defendants in the U. 12 each in Germany and France and seven in the U.
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