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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Moscow Tuesday to discuss a deal to spend billions on Russia weapons.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
China and Russia have signed a border agreement that settles the demarcation of their 4,300-kilometer border. Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing.
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.
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.
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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