JUN
11
2008

EU Commission starts probe of Alitalia loan

The European Commission has launched an investigation into a loan by the Italian government to struggling airline Alitalia, European Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.

JUN
11
2008

Yahoo investors seek July trial in Delaware lawsuit

Yahoo! Inc. investors asked a Delaware judge to set a July trial date for their lawsuit over the Internet company´s decision to rebuff buyout offers from Microsoft Corp.

JUN
11
2008

EU fines Arkema, other chemical makers in price-fixing cartel

French chemicals company Arkema was fined €59 million (US$91.6 million) by EU regulators on Wednesday for colluding with rivals to fix the price of bleach used by the paper industry.

JUN
10
2008

Tomatoes pulled off shelves amid salmonella scare

Federal officials hunted for the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and menus grew.

JUN
10
2008

MI5 chief speaks out over 42-day row

The head of MI5 has released a rare public statement to stress that his organisation is not arguing against the planned new 42-day detention limit for terrorism suspects.

JUN
10
2008

Scandal of disabled parking ´blue badges´ being sold on eBay for £5,000

Blue badges issued to disabled drivers are being sold for £5,000 each on the popular Internet auction site eBay. The badges allow motorists to park free-of-charge in disabled bays in town centres and leave their cars on yellow lines.

JUN
10
2008

Chavez ends support of Farc rebels

Hugo Chavez said he was ending his support for Colombia´s Marxist guerillas, robbing them of their most public and powerful ally.

JUN
10
2008

´Thousands´ protest South Africa crimewave

Organizers expect hundreds of thousands of people to converge on central Pretoria Tuesday as a part of the country´s so-called Million Man March against crime.

JUN
10
2008

Protest truckers bring Spain to standstill

Striking truckers are clogging highways leading into Madrid and other cities on the second day of a nationwide strike over rising fuel costs.

JUN
10
2008

Three men plead guilty in first U.K. criminal cartel conviction

Two former executives at Continental AG´s U.K. unit and another businessman already sentenced in the U.S. for price-fixing pleaded guilty to similar cartel-related offenses in London today.

JUN
10
2008

The game´s up: jurors playing Sudoku abort trial

After 105 witnesses and three months of evidence, a drug trial costing $1 million was aborted when it emerged that jurors had been playing Sudoku since the trial´s second week.

JUN
10
2008

Discover seeks $6 billion from MasterCard and Visa

Discover Financial Services is seeking $6 billion in damages from Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit accusing the bigger credit-card rivals of squashing competition.

JUN
10
2008

Altria gets High Court hearing on $79.5 million award

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments for the second time from Altria Group Inc.´s Philip Morris USA unit, the country´s largest cigarette maker, on a $79.5 million award in an Oregon smoker lawsuit.

JUN
9
2008

Czech Republic will pay $237 million to Nomura in settlement

The Czech Republic will pay 3.7 billion koruna ($237 million) in damages to Nomura Holdings Inc. to complete a settlement of an eight-year dispute with the Japanese investor over a collapsed bank.

JUN
9
2008

TNK-BP chief called in for questioning by Moscow prosecutors

TNK-BP Chief Executive Officer Robert Dudley was called in for questioning today by Moscow prosecutors examining whether the oil company is in breach of labor laws.

JUN
9
2008

HP settles Acer patent litigation

Top PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co said on Sunday it had settled patent litigation with smaller Taiwan rival Acer.The confidential settlement agreement resolves all claims asserted in three federal court lawsuits and two U.S. International Trade Commission investigations between the parties.

JUN
9
2008

India´s Top Court orders Central Bank to hear Sahara case again

India´s Supreme Court asked the nation´s central bank to reconsider a June 4 order barring Sahara India Financial Corp., nation´s largest finance firm by deposits, from accepting customers´ funds.

JUN
9
2008

Spain´s lost treasure battle in U.S. court

A battle royale over an estimated $500 million treasure that a Florida deep-sea salvage company found last year is due for a fresh round in court in Florida on Monday.

JUN
6
2008

Burmese junta claims media is making up horror stories

Burmese regime today accused the international media of fabricating stories about the aftermath of the deadly cyclone to tarnish the country´s image around the world.

JUN
6
2008

Zimbabwe in crisis: A catastrophic meltdown

Zimbabwe, the one-time breadbasket of the African continent, faces acute shortages of food, hard currency and basic goods including gasoline.

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