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Google Inc (GOOG) May Do What Apple Inc. (AAPL) Couldn’t

In my book, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is the Robin Hood of the tech industry. It stole all the spoils of the rich, which is of course Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), and redistributed these said spoils to the entire industry, save for Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) BlackBerry, and few other fringe players. Oh, did I [...]

On J.J. Watt, The NFL’s Robin Hood And Providing A Positive NFL Image In 2013

By all means, take the stance saying JJ Watt did this only for personal and selfish reasons. The guy at least gets the “glass half full” from these parts until [...]

City sues "Robin Hood" group that prevents parking tickets

Officials in Keene, N.H. say members of group that refills meters before time runs out are interfering with, intimidating parking officers

Team Of ‘Robin Hoods’ Feeds Parking Meters, Gets Sued

The city of Keene, New Hampshire claims that the problem isn’t the “Robin Hood” brigade of people who feed parking meters in the city in order to save drivers from tickets. No, they can fill meters with coins all day long and the city government claims that it won’t mind. The problem, claims the city, is that the merry band … [More]

Disney Anniversary Blu-ray Releases Include The Sword In The Stone, Robin Hood And Oliver And Company

For the first time on Blu-ray!

Keene, N.H., Sues ‘Robin Hooders’ for Alleged Harassment

A group of friends who call themselves the “Robin Hood of Keene” and put their name into action by feeding parking meters for strangers are now facing something much more serious than a parking ticket. The group, part of the “Free Keene” movement in the...

'Robin Hoods' who feed parking meters are hit with lawsuit in New Hampshire

A group of self-styled Robin Hoods who scamper around the streets of a New Hampshire city and feed expired parking meters for strangers has been hit with a harassment lawsuit.

Report: New Hampshire town suing "Robin Hood" group for filling strangers' parking meters [w/poll]

A lawsuit in New Hampshire, a state where they take their slogan - Live Free or Die - seriously, is setting the city of Keene against a group of citizens fighting "the violent monopoly" by putting money in the about-to-expire parking meters of strangers. Show More Summary

Colleges now pulling a reverse Robin Hood: Giving to the rich, screwing the poor

Guest Post: Bernanke's Neofeudal Rentier Economy

Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, The Fed has directly created a neofeudal rentier economy and society. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke is a Reverse Robin Hood, robbing from the lower 95% and giving to the financier class. Show More Summary

Enchanting Robin Hood Inspired Woodsy Wedding Inspiration

Is there anything more awesome than a bride with a bow and arrow? Actually, yes. Throw in a noble steed, a gorgeous lace gown, thistle flower crowns and a sumptuous astilbe bouquet that doubles up as a floral bracelet. (Kick ass brides can’t carry their bow, arrow and a bouquet, after all!) I adore this styled [...]Show More Summary

Paul Tudor Jones Gave An Impassioned Interview About Poverty On 60 Minutes Last Night

Hedge fund legend and billionaire Paul Tudor Jones rarely gives interviews, but last night he appeared on 60 Minutes to discuss his charity, The Robin Hood Foundation. The organization funds charter schools, job training, food programs and more. Show More Summary

Campaign Spotlight: Charity Promotes a New York State of Mind

An antipoverty campaign by the Robin Hood Foundation celebrates archetypal Big Apple behaviors like avoiding being hit by bicycle messengers.

Zach Braff’s new role: the reverse Robin Hood who kickstarts a new culture of celebrity crowdsourcing

Clive Standen Promises a "Roller Coaster" on Vikings and Talks Staying True to History

Clive Standen is no stranger to historical dramas, having starred in the Camelot miniseries, the BBC show Robin Hood, and now, History's Vikings. The actor stopped by our LA studios recently to talk about his early start doing stuntwork as a child in his native England and the roundabout way he came to be an actor. Show More Summary

Americans Suffer While Finance Tax Waits For Congress’ Attention

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law The Financial Transaction Tax, or Robin Hood Tax, would generate more than $300 billion a year in revenue and therefore do away with the need for the sequester currently forcing across-the-board budget cuts.

Exablox plays Robin Hood, makes previously costly and complex storage tech available to the masses

The last half decade has seen data creation grow at astronomical rates. As a result, there have been incredible advances in data storage technology, particularly as it relates to the storage and manipulation of unstructured data. The bulk of these advances, however, have on been available only to large, resource-laden companies. Show More Summary

Sotheby's star auctioneer Henry Wyndham to walk 'coast-to-coast', 190 miles across Britain

Henry Wyndham, Sotheby?s Senior auctioneer and European Chairman, will swap the rostrum for some of Britain?s toughest terrain in May, as he undertakes the 190 mile Coast to Coast walk from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood?s Bay in Yorkshire in aid of the charity ORBIS. Show More Summary

We Are Going to Be Everywhere!

The U.S. Treasury was today renamed “A Citigroup Subsidiary, Jack Lew, Inc. CEO,” as Robin Hood and a merry band of 2,000 hoisted a banner with the Treasury building as backdrop on the corner of 15th St. NW in Washington, D.C. “Who does...Show More Summary

Footloose in Washington: State taxes dancing instead of taxing Microsoft

It's like "Footloose" meets "Chinatown" with a twist of "Robin Hood."