APR
17
2008

Bush reverses climate policy

President George W. Bush set a new national goal of stopping the rise of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by 2025.

APR
17
2008

Prosecutors charge Samsung chief

The chairman of South Korean firm Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, has been indicted for tax evasion and breach of trust, prosecutors say.

APR
16
2008

US court backs lethal injection

The US Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the use of lethal injections to execute prisoners.

APR
16
2008

Government plans to help UK banks

The Bank of England is poised to launch a new lending programme for UK banks in an effort to break the logjam in the credit market, the BBC has learned.

APR
16
2008

Electric car maker Tesla sues designer

Electric car maker Tesla Motors has sued a well-known automotive designer it hired to style the body and interior of its electric-hybrid four-door sedan, after the man announced plans for a competing vehicle.

APR
16
2008

Iran says open for talks on nuclear and other issues

Iran is ready for negotiations on nuclear and other issues provided such talks do not violate the country´s rights, the president said on Wednesday.

APR
16
2008

Macintosh clone debuts amid questions over software rights

Psystar Inc., a Miami company, has begun selling a $400 computer based on Apple Inc. (AAPL) software. The move, as brief as it may last, hints at what life would be like if Apple made its software available to other computer makers.

APR
16
2008

Parmalat falls after most Citigroup claims dismissed

Parmalat SpA fell for a second day in Milan trading after Citigroup Inc. won dismissal of most of the claims in a New Jersey lawsuit that sought billions of dollars in damages over the 2003 collapse of the dairy company.

APR
16
2008

Citigroup wins EU Court case over “Citi” trademark

Citigroup Inc., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, won a European Union court decision barring a Spanish company from getting an EU-wide trademark on “Citi.´´

APR
15
2008

Carrefour faces China boycott bid

Chinese activists are urging shoppers to stay away from French retailer Carrefour, following the Olympic torch´s troubled passage through Paris.

APR
15
2008

Wal-Mart tightens controls on gun sales

J.P. Suarez, the chief compliance officer for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., appeared with outspoken gun control advocate Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York to announce the changes at a gathering of Bloomberg´s group Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

APR
15
2008

Democrats sue over John McCain campaign financing

The Democratic National Committee wants a ruling on whether it was legal for him to reject public financing in his primary effort after indicating he´d take the money.

APR
15
2008

Big law firms lose female managing partners, raising pipeline issues

A number of large law firms have recently lost their female managing partners, leading some to wonder whether women’s gains are slipping.

APR
15
2008

Bush angered over Colombian deal

A proposed free trade agreement between the US and Colombia will be "dead" unless Congress considers it soon, President George W. Bush has warned.

APR
15
2008

Google tackles child pornography

Google engineers have adapted a software program to help track child sex predators and search for patterns in images of abuse on the web.

APR
15
2008

Seagate has filed a lawsuit against STEC

Seagate Technology LLC has filed a lawsuit against STEC Inc on Monday for violating patents related to various Seagate technologies, including solid-state memory storage and memory backup systems.

APR
15
2008

IMF Australia will open Dublin office to fund European lawsuits

IMF Australia Ltd., the world´s biggest fund that invests in lawsuits, will open a Dublin office to finance European litigation and benefit from an increase in lawsuits in the wake of the global credit crunch.

APR
14
2008

China Mobile: no formal talks with Apple

According to Xinhua, during a conference held on Saturday in China´s Hainan Province, Wang Jianzhou, the chairman of China Mobile, admitted that the company has not started formal talks with Apple regarding the distribution of iPhone.

APR
14
2008

Civil rights leader sexually abused teen daughter in 1990s

A famed civil rights leader who was present when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated almost exactly 40 years ago has been convicted of sexually abusing his daughter during the 1990s, when she was a teenager.

APR
14
2008

Bosses to spy on email users

The Federal Government has defended moves to give bosses new powers to monitor their workers´ email and internet traffic.

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