U.S. Opens Probe Of Diebold Unit Sale: Report

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The U.S. Department of Justice and 14 states have opened investigations into the sale of Diebold Inc's voting machines business to Election Systems & Software that could lead to the unwinding of the September sale, the New York Post said on Saturday.

The deal was too small to require government approval at the time, but it gave ES&S a 70 percent share of the voting machine market, the newspaper said.

However, now the Justice Department could file a lawsuit to unwind the deal and New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer was planning to hold hearings on the matter next month, the paper said, citing a source with direct knowledge of the process who was not identified.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/19/business/business-us-diebold.html

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1. Yatty, Yatty, Yatty! Let Me KNOW When Something Gets Done! WORDS

ARE ONLY WORDS! Another deflection from what's front & center!

FOOLED NO MORE!! Schumer voted against the bill to allow drug re-negotiation, and they think WE DON'T KNOW!!

Tweety is WRONG about "net roots" WE ARE the people who stay connected AND we have a brain!!