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Best Buy to Close 50 Stores
Best Buy will be shutting 50 stores nationwide, despite better-than-expected quarterly profits. Recently, Best Buy started to acknowledge that its "big box" business model is no longer working. Best Buy will test out new store formats in San Antonio and Minneapolis. Click here for more.
Spammers Start Fake iPhone 5 Scam
If you get a text message that says "Apple is looking for iPhone 5 testers," ignore it!
Text message spammers are targeting cell phone users with an "offer" to the first "1,000" to register. Do not give away your information. Protect yourself against text spammers and scammers! Click here for more.
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For the Lawyers
Car manufacturer cannot compel arbitration. A U.S. District Court in California held that Toyota can’t compel the arbitration of class claims brought by customers who seek damages for diminution in the market value of their vehicles as a result of alleged defects that lead to incidents of sudden, unintended acceleration. The court found that as to some plaintiffs Toyota has waived the right to compel arbitration, and that as a non-signatory to the agreement it could not enforce the arbitration as to all plaintiffs. Click here for more.