JUL
23
2008

US wants quick approval of India nuclear pact

The U.S. ambassador to India said Wednesday he hoped a landmark deal on nuclear energy cooperation with the United States could be sent to Congress for approval in September, one day after India‘s government won a confidence vote that paves the way for the agreement to move forward.

JUL
23
2008

U.K. may let banks delay disclosure of emergency loan

U.K. regulators may allow lenders that get emergency loans from a central bank to delay public disclosure of the move to avoid sparking a panic such as last year´s run on Northern Rock Plc.

JUL
23
2008

Parmalat loses appeal of class-action case in New York Court

Parmalat SpA, Italy´s biggest dairy company, lost an appeal in the U.S. regarding a class-action lawsuit stemming from its bankruptcy in 2003.

JUL
23
2008

McAfee sues Wilmer Cutler for cost of ex-finance chief´s case

McAfee Inc., the second-biggest maker of anti-virus software, sued the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr over the cost of defending former Chief Financial Officer Prabhat Goyal.

JUL
22
2008

Regulators check Fannie, Freddie books

Bank examiners from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Comptroller of the Currency are inspecting the books of mortgage finance companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

JUL
22
2008

Amnesty International says Guantanamo trials do not serve justice

Amnesty International is calling for the United States to abandon its military trials in Guantanamo Bay and for the closure of the detention facility, that has been used to house terror suspects.

JUL
22
2008
JUL
22
2008

Singapore may allow sale of human kidneys: health minister

Singapore´s Minister for Health Khaw Boon Wan announced on Monday that the country is considering allowing donors to sell their kidneys to those seeking transplants.

JUL
22
2008

Council of Europe report urges nations to make human rights domestic policy issue

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg released a report on Monday emphasizing the need for European governments to critically examine their human rights records and patterns of discrimination.

JUL
22
2008
JUL
22
2008

Chavez set to spend big on Russian weapons

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Moscow Tuesday to discuss a deal to spend billions on Russia weapons.

JUL
22
2008

Korea development bank fined for improper support for affiliate

Korea Development Bank was fined 15.4 billion won ($15.1 million) for acquiring debts from its finance leasing affiliate at below market rates to prevent it from collapsing, the Fair Trade Commission said.

JUL
22
2008

European Commission has ‘doubts’ Italian Alitalia loan is legal

The European Union said a 300 million-euro ($478 million) loan to Alitalia SpA may be in violation of rules forbidding another government bailout of the unprofitable national carrier.

JUL
22
2008

Astellas, Boehringer sue Impax over urinary treatment

Astellas Pharma Inc., Japan´s second- largest drugmaker, and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH of Germany sued Impax Laboratories Inc., claiming a violation of the patent on the Flomax urinary-disorder treatment in the U.S.

JUL
21
2008

Europe offers huge tariff cut to seal trade deal

The European Union said Monday it would be willing to slash farm tariffs by 60 percent as part of a new global trade pact, the deepest cut it has ever offered.

JUL
21
2008

Roche offers $44B for Genentech

Roche Holding on Monday said it was offering $43.7 billion to take over the remaining shares of Genentech Inc. and create the seventh-largest pharmaceuticals company in the U.S.

JUL
21
2008

China, Russia sign border agreement

China and Russia have signed a border agreement that settles the demarcation of their 4,300-kilometer border. Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing.

JUL
21
2008

Zimbabwe president, rival agree to hold talks

Zimbabwe´s embattled president and his opposition rival have agreed to hold talks to resolve the country´s political and economic crisis within two weeks.

JUL
21
2008

India says peace process with Pakistan ´under stress´

India on Monday said its peace process with Pakistan was "under stress," repeating allegations that "elements" in Islamabad were behind this month´s suicide attack against its Kabul embassy.

JUL
21
2008

Sarkozy visits Dublin, seeks solution to EU impasse

French President Nicolas Sarkozy meets Irish supporters and opponents of the European Union´s proposed governing treaty in Dublin today, as he seeks to find a solution to the impasse created when Ireland voted to reject the rule book last month.

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