MAY
30
2008
MAY
30
2008
MAY
30
2008
MAY
27
2008

Need to pressure Iran on nuclear issue

The U.N. nuclear watchdog´s report on Iran this week showed the international community must push for a faster response from Tehran over its nuclear program, Germany said on Tuesday.

MAY
27
2008

China urges progress in North Korea nuclear talks

China urged all sides trying to rein in communist North Korea´s nuclear weapons program on Tuesday to engage fully to achieve results sooner rather than later.

MAY
27
2008

Yahoo starts lawsuit against spammers

Yahoo is taking legal action against spammers for sending emails purporting to be from the internet company telling recipients they have won a lottery in a scam designed to get personal information from web users.

MAY
27
2008

YouTube defends its activity in front of copyright accusations

Google has hit back at accusations from Viacom that copyright infringement is the bedrock of its YouTube business model. Viacom is suing Google for $1 billion, after claiming that several of its popular shows - including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, South Park and MTV Unplugged - are illegally shown on YouTube.

MAY
27
2008

Lenders want single rule on liquidity

U.K. lenders said they want one concrete measure of how much cash they must keep in reserve, and they would prefer the nation´s financial-markets regulator to be more like its counterparts in other countries, the agency said.

MAY
27
2008

Porsche files lawsuit in battle for control of Volkswagen

Porsche SE, Volkswagen AG´s largest shareholder, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a vote by VW investors that upheld the German state of Lower Saxony´s ability to block decisions.

MAY
27
2008

BCE may rise after Supreme Court agrees to expedite appeal

BCE Inc. may gain on the Toronto Stock Exchange today after Canada´s highest court agreed to expedite an appeal of a Quebec court ruling that blocked the Canadian phone company´s record C$52 billion ($52 billion) leveraged buyout.

MAY
26
2008

G8 call to cut emissions by 2050

Environment chiefs from top industrial countries have called for an agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, declaring that developed nations should take the lead in battling global warming.

MAY
26
2008

Myanmar constitutional referendum continues in cyclone-devastated areas

Myanmar´s military junta continued its controversial referendum on a draft constitution Saturday in areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis earlier this month that left some 130,000 people dead or missing according to the latest estimates.

MAY
26
2008

OPEC antitrust bill “projection of US economic problems”

National Iranian Oil Co. Director of International Affairs Hojatollah Ghanimi Fard derided US bill HR 6074 on Saturday, calling it "inexpert" and "a projection of US economic problems"

MAY
26
2008

Centro Properties falls after second disclosure lawsuit lodged

Centro Properties Group declined in Sydney trading after the company said it will “vigorously defend” the second class action claim filed alleging the company misled investors.

MAY
26
2008

Siemens ex-manager says he organized slush funds for bribes

A former manager at Siemens AG, Europe´s biggest engineering company, admitted to organizing a system of slush funds at a corporate unit to conceal that company money was used for bribes.

MAY
21
2008

White House influenced EPA in emission waiver rejection

The White House played a "significant role" in a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject California´s request for a waiver allowing the state to impose stricter greenhouse gas emissions standards on cars and light duty trucks.

MAY
21
2008

Merck to pay $58 million in Vioxx deceptive advertising settlement

Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. agreed to pay $58 million to settle lawsuits brought by 29 states and the District of Columbia regarding Merck´s allegedly deceptive advertising for the painkiller Vioxx.

MAY
21
2008

House passes bill to sue OPEC over oil prices

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on allowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices, but the White House threatened to veto the measure.

MAY
21
2008

AIG´s U.K. unit fined $1.3 million over call centers

A U.K. unit of American International Group Inc., the world´s largest insurer by assets, was fined 640,000 pounds ($1.26 million) by the Financial Services Authority for poor oversight of its call centers.

MAY
21
2008

European Union backs fining, jailing for environment offenses

The European Union endorsed imposing fines and prison sentences for “serious” environmental offenses, ensuring EU-wide criminal penalties to fight pollution.

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