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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hugo Chavez said he was ending his support for Colombia´s Marxist guerillas, robbing them of their most public and powerful ally.
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.
Striking truckers are clogging highways leading into Madrid and other cities on the second day of a nationwide strike over rising fuel costs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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