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Bloomberg reported that former Anglo Irish Bank executives Pat Whelan and Willie McAteer will be handed out their sentences today for their involvement in a scheme loaning 450 million euros or $623 million to property developers to buy back the bank's shares from a shareholder.

Bloomberg said that the final arguments tomorrow on the second US patent infringement trial could determine whether Apple Inc's intention all along was to mar the position of Google Inc as the top supplier of mobile smartphone software.

According to an April 25 filing, it made sense to wait for the US Supreme Court decision on whether the appearances and images are covered under the US Constitution's First Amendment under free speech.