Apple asks U.S. appeals court to disqualify antitrust monitor

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday weighed Apple Inc's latest bid to disqualify a court-appointed antitrust monitor whose activities one judge sharply questioned. Members of the three-judge 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York heard arguments focused on the actions of Michael Bromwich, who was appointed as monitor after Apple was found liable for conspiring with publishers to raise e-book prices. Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs focused on Bromwich'