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Industry sector of next company to be sued for having a web site that blind people can't read?
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Target Corp. has agreed to pay $6 million in damages for plaintiffs in California unable to use its online site as part of a class action settlement with the National Federation of the Blind.
In which industry sector will the next law suit be filed for a large corporation (over 30B capitalization) for having a web site that blind people cannot read?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/27/BAG212JF6N.DTL
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080827/target_class_action_suit.html?.v=5
For a description of the market sectors, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GICS
I grouped Energy and Utilities together, assuming that they probably would not be a likely target seperately, and added an "any other" category for anything that may not be covered, although the list looks fairly comprehensive.
In which industry sector will the next law suit be filed for a large corporation (over 30B capitalization) for having a web site that blind people cannot read?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/27/BAG212JF6N.DTL
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080827/target_class_action_suit.html?.v=5
For a description of the market sectors, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GICS
I grouped Energy and Utilities together, assuming that they probably would not be a likely target seperately, and added an "any other" category for anything that may not be covered, although the list looks fairly comprehensive.
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Initial likelihoods: Utilities or Energy: 15%, Materials: 10%, Industrials: 10%, Consumer Discretionary: 10%, Consumer Staples: 10%, Health Care: 10%, Financials: 10%, Information Technology: 10%, Telecommunication Services: 10%, Any other: 5%
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Unfortunately, Hubdub does not yet have more than 30B capitalization, so it would not qualify for this question. (In the second sentence of the details.)
I saw this news & thought it was scary (from back in December of 2006):
Texas legislator introduces bill to allow blind people to hunt http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16157202/
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