OCT
16
2007

Oil price hits new record as US warns on economy

Tokyo shares drop and FTSE retreats after Ben Bernanke says sub-prime will be a significant drag on American economy.

OCT
16
2007

Lloyds TSB accused of money laundering in US

US prosecutors file civil charges accusing the bank of helping launder proceeds of large securities fraud.

OCT
16
2007

EU says you´re high and dry at 65

Europe-wide laws approved which will prevent anyone working beyond their country´s mandatory retirement age.

OCT
15
2007

Boot camp employees not guilty in boy´s death

Eight former boot camp workers were acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the death of a 14-year-old boy who was videotaped being punched and kicked. The scene sparked outrage and changes in the juvenile system, but it took jurors just 90 minutes to decide it was not a crime.

OCT
15
2007

Bush crusades for free trade as support cools

Alarmed by slipping support for free trade even among Republicans, President Bush is arguing that protectionism will cut Americans out of chances for more -- and better -- jobs.

OCT
15
2007

EU accused of bullying Britain to water down stance on treaty

Gordon Brown was urged last night to fight back against “bullying tactics” by nations determined to water down British sovereignty in the European Union treaty.

OCT
15
2007

‘Suicide bombers plot to kill Vladimir Putin’

A gang of suicide bombers were plotting to assassinate President Putin during his historic visit to Iran, it was alleged last night.

OCT
15
2007

Hu Jintao pledges to tackle wealth gap and corruption in China

President Hu Jintao pledged to narrow the widening gulf between rich and poor and stamp out corruption in China at a pivotal five-yearly gathering of the party faithful today.

OCT
11
2007

Al Gore’s inconvenient judgment

Al Gore’s award-winning climate change documentary was littered with nine inconvenient untruths, a judge ruled yesterday.

OCT
11
2007

Surveyors highlight deep cracks in housing market

Fresh evidence of a slowdown as the Royal Institute says that the market has fewer homes, falling prices and absent buyers.

OCT
11
2007

Government refuses to intervene, as wildcat postal strikes grow

The Government rejected widespread demands to intervene directly in the Post Office crisis today, as the dispute between workers and the Royal Mail continued and wildcat strikes intensified.

OCT
11
2007

Superbug hospital may face criminal charges

Hospital managers could face criminal prosecution for the worst ever recorded outbreaks of the superbug Clostridium difficile which killed at least 90 patients.

OCT
10
2007

Former Milberg lawyer Schulman pleads guilty

A former partner with a prestigious New York law firm that made an estimated $250 million by filing class action lawsuits against some of America´s largest corporations has pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge.

OCT
10
2007

Cameron attacks ´phoney´ Brown at PMQs

Gordon Brown was branded a phoney today as David Cameron launched a savage attack on the prime minister´s credibility in office.

OCT
10
2007

Sony to launch new PS3, price cuts

Sony Corp.´s game division said Tuesday it will slash prices of its PlayStation 3 game consoles in Japan by about ¥5,000 next week in step with the launch of a new model equipped with a 40-gigabyte hard disk ahead of the yearend shopping season.

OCT
10
2007

Chrysler, UAW contract talks near strike deadline

The United Auto Workers union and automaker Chrysler LLC remained locked in contract talks on Wednesday morning just hours before a strike deadline set by the union that could trigger the industry´s second major work stoppage in as many weeks.

OCT
10
2007

Postal workers stage unofficial walkouts after end of strike

The Prime Minister has urged striking mail workers to go back to work as post office employees staged unofficial walkouts this morning when they were due to return from 48-hour strike action over pay, pensions and working practices.

OCT
10
2007

Tough-talking Nicolas Sarkozy spells out terms of new relationship to Vladimir Putin

President Putin of Russia has made a big shift towards Western efforts to dissuade Iran from building nuclear weapons, President Sarkozy claimed in Moscow last night.

OCT
9
2007

Wall St opens higher on profit optimism

Stocks rose at the open on Tuesday, as investors speculated the earnings season could get off to a strong start when bellwether Alcoa Inc reports third-quarter results later in the day.

OCT
9
2007

Iraq wants Blackwater to pay $136 mln compensation

The Iraqi government wants U.S. security firm Blackwater to pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed in a shooting, a senior government source said on Tuesday.

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