AUG
5
2008

Italy deploys troops to fight street crime

The Defense Ministry says hundreds of soldiers have been deployed in cities across Italy as part of government measures to fight street crime.

AUG
5
2008

Italy regulator renews Total jet fuel cartel probe

Italy´s antitrust regulator said on Monday it has renewed an inquiry to determine the size of a fine that Total Italia must pay for participating in a jet fuel price agreement with other energy companies.

AUG
5
2008

US warns of further sanctions against Iran

The United States says major world powers will have no choice but to pursue new sanctions against Iran in the absence of a positive reply to their offer of incentives for it to halt uranium enrichment. The State Department says a written response to the offer is expected Tuesday.

AUG
5
2008

BA talks to American Airlines about alliance

British Airways, which is already in talks with Spain´s Iberia SA over a merger, said Monday it hopes to seal an alliance with its U.S. partner American Airlines within weeks.

AUG
5
2008

Fake companies approved by Medicare to supply medical equipment

The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fake companies that sell wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims, congressional investigators said, according to the Associated Press.

AUG
5
2008

Lawmakers seek data on targeted online ads

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is expanding its inquiry into potential privacy violations of online advertising that is targeted based on consumers´ Web-surfing activities.

AUG
5
2008

Court of Appeals says network DVR don´t infringe copyrights

A U.S. Court of appeals has ruled that Cablevision can, in fact, offer DVRs in the cloud, eliminating the hardware necessary in the viewers´ homes. That technology, strongly opposed by the media companies, removes a significant cost and hardware burden for the cable companies and also gives them a competitive advantage against satellite providers. The case may go to the Supreme Court.

AUG
5
2008

China Court rejects Danone appeal application in Wahaha dispute

Group Danone SA lost its application to appeal a Chinese arbitration commission´s ruling in favor of estranged China partner Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co. in a trademark ownership dispute, both companies said today.

AUG
4
2008

German authorities receive data that may prompt new tax probes

German authorities received documents with possible data on Liechtenstein bank accounts used by tax evaders, a development that may spawn new criminal probes and widen a scandal that has spread to the U.S. and other countries.

AUG
4
2008

UBS wins U.K. Court order in legal dispute with Vestra Wealth

UBS AG, Europe´s biggest bank by assets, won a court order stopping a company set up by former employees from its London-based wealth management unit from soliciting UBS staff and clients.

AUG
1
2008

California threatens to sue EPA over creation of emissions regulations

California Attorney General Jerry Brown formally notified the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday that the state would file a lawsuit against the agency if it refused to issue rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions from ships, aircraft, industrial and agricultural machinery, and other vehicles.

AUG
1
2008

IndyMac Bancorp files for liquidation after seizure

IndyMac Bancorp Inc., the second-largest U.S. independent mortgage lender before it was seized by federal bank regulators three weeks ago, filed to liquidate its remaining assets under bankruptcy protection.

JUL
31
2008

Bush signs new rules, roles for spy agencies

President Bush approved an order that rewrites the rules governing spying by U.S. intelligence agencies, both in the United States and abroad, and strengthens the authority of the national intelligence director, according to a U.S. official and government documents.

JUL
31
2008

Senate votes against ´media shield´ law

Senate Republicans Wednesday successfully voted down an effort to pass a bipartisan "media shield" law that would protect reporters from being forced to reveal their sources in court.

JUL
31
2008

House votes to let FDA regulate tobacco products

According to the New York Times, the House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday that would give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco industry.

JUL
30
2008

Rice urges Iran to accept incentives package

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Tuesday urged Iran to prove its interest in better relations by accepting the big-power offer of incentives for Tehran to stop uranium enrichment. Rice was responding to interview remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Iran wants to seek "common ground" with Washington on the nuclear issue.

JUL
30
2008

China, India blamed over trade talks

France´s agriculture minister said Wednesday that "big emerging countries" were to blame for the collapse of World Trade Organization talks on opening up the global economy.

JUL
29
2008

Russia resumes racketeering lawsuit against US bank

The Basmany Court in Moscow resumed proceedings Monday in a lawsuit filed by the Russian Federal Customs Service against the Bank of New York Mellon (BNYMellon) under the US Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute.

JUL
29
2008

UK military may have used banned interrogation tactics in Iraq

The armed forces of the United Kingdom may have used officially-banned tactics to interrogate detainees in Iraq, according to a report released Sunday by Parliament´s Joint Committee on Human Rights.

JUL
29
2008

Group sues EPA to force insecticide ban

An environmental group has sued to force the Environmental Protection Agency to ban an insecticide widely used on fruit and vegetable crops in the Central Valley.

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