The firm said it planned to appeal against the ruling, but its share price fell by more than 25% after the announcement.

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He said he would not accept the ruling scrapping recent 10% price cuts and would instead submit a new proposal to lower prices even further.

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It only took four days for Amazon to take advantage of the ruling on the e-book price-fixing settlement.

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And why Thursday's results, as strong as they may be, won't be as important to Qualcomm's stock price as the next major court ruling.

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The price of domestic sugar is going up, thanks to a recent federal district court ruling that threatens to severely limit the supply of genetically modified beet sugar, which accounts for some 95% of all planted sugar in the United States.

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