Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is expected to testify in a New York court on Monday in a bid to stop the publication of a fan´s unofficial encyclopedic companion to the boy wizard series.
Delta Air Lines and Northwest could seal a deal imminently, to create the world´s largest airline, reports say.
Movie rental chain operator Blockbuster Inc. said early Monday it will take its unsolicited $1 billion-plus bid for Circuit City Stores Inc. directly to shareholders, saying the consumer electronics chain is dragging its feet on the deal.
Wachovia, the fourth-largest bank in the US, has slumped to a quarterly loss and written down the value of its mortgage-backed assets by $2bn (£1bn).
The G7* group of most industrialised nations has approved a plan aimed at easing the continuing crisis in the global credit markets.
Including calls for more oversight of financial firms and greater financial transparency, G7 members have committed themselves to its implementation.
China, the world´s fastest growing major economy, will join a global network of antitrust regulators as the Asian nation bolsters its power to scrutinize mergers and acquisitions, the U.K.´s antitrust chief said.
Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but unlike other airlines filing for bankruptcy in recent weeks, it plans to keep running while it reorganizes.
The US House of Representatives has defied the White House and voted to indefinitely delay action on a free trade deal with Colombia.
The White House´s interpretation of executive privilege to shield former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and current White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten from Congressional subpoenas represents the broadest construction of the doctrine since Watergate
A Spanish judge who failed to release an acquitted man from jail because an oversight has been fined $162,000 and suspended for a year.
TomTom NV, the world´s largest car- navigation equipment maker, declined to offer concessions to resolve European Union antitrust concerns as part of an EU review of its proposed acquisition of digital-map maker Tele Atlas NV.
Wal-Mart, the world´s largest retailer, faces embarrassment and potential lawsuits after its corporate video archive was made public.
Hyundai Motor Co.´s Chairman Chung Mong Koo will be retried for embezzlement and breach of duty after South Korea´s Supreme Court granted an appeal made by the prosecutor´s office.
The G7 group of industrialised nations is to address ways of tackling recent global financial turmoil, stemming from the continuing credit crisis.
The German parliament has voted to ease restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, which is controversial on ethical grounds.
Yahoo, after years of battling Internet rival Google for online advertising, has said it will launch a limited test of Google´s AdSense for Search service.
Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe´s biggest phone company, lost an appeals-court bid to overturn a 12.6 million-euro ($19.9 million) European Union antitrust fine for abusing its dominant market position in Germany.
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun Hee will be questioned tomorrow for the second time in a week by South Korean prosecutors as part of a bribery investigation.
Germany may face renewed legal action for failing to abide by the European Union court decision overturning state control at Volkswagen AG, Europe´s largest automaker, EU regulators warned.
A former director of the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) faces jail after admitting fraud linked to commodities trading.
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