AUG
18
2008

Qwest reaches tentative agreement with union

Phone company Qwest Communications International Inc said it reached tentative agreements with labor unions which have been in talks with the company over wages and health care issues.

AUG
18
2008

New Bush administration proposal poses threats to endangered species

The Bush administration has issued a proposal that paves the way for federal agencies not to require any approval from agencies that look after endangered species when starting a new project. The proposal does not need congressional approval, and taking this decision back might be a thing that would take the new administration a rather large amount of time to do.

AUG
18
2008

PAI, Goldman win EU approval to buy Xella International

PAI Partners and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.´s private equity fund secured European antitrust approval to buy Xella International GmbH, the German maker of Ytong building blocks and Fermacell fiberboard, for about 2 billion euros ($2.9 billion.)

AUG
18
2008

Countrywide seeks to combine state lawsuits in California

Home mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., sued by states and consumers for alleged deceptive business practices, asked a federal judicial panel to consolidate six of those cases in one U.S. court in Los Angeles.

AUG
18
2008

Microsoft under antitrust probe in Taiwan over Vista

Microsoft Corp., the world´s largest software maker, is being probed by Taiwan´s Fair Trade Commission after an activist group filed a complaint saying consumers are being forced to buy its Windows Vista operating system.

AUG
15
2008

Facebook Beacon tracking program draws privacy lawsuit

Facebook and its advertising partners are facing a federal class action lawsuit targeting its Beacon program launched last fall, which alleges that Facebook violated federal wiretap law when it began monitoring and publishing what Facebook users were doing on sites like Blockbuster.com and Zappos.com.

AUG
15
2008

Open Source copyrights legally enforceable, appeals court rules

The federal appeals court said open source users that do not comply with the software´s strict licensing terms can be sued for copyright infringement -- even if the software is free.

AUG
15
2008

Liechtenstein plans more tax cooperation

Liechtenstein plans to take more steps to facilitate cooperation with other countries on tax evasion, Crown Prince Alois said.

AUG
14
2008

California prison receiver asks court to order $8b for prison health facilities

California´s court-appointed prison medical overseer J. Clark Kelso has asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California to force the state to pay $8 billion over the next five years to improve prison hospitals, according to court papers filed Wednesday.

AUG
14
2008

U.S. calls on Russia to end operations in Georgia

The Bush administration demanded Wednesday that Russia end all military activities in neighboring Georgia and dispatched U.S. aid to devastated Georgians.

AUG
14
2008

No decision on Exxon Valdez interest payments

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay interest on punitive damages awarded in the nation´s worst oil spill.

AUG
13
2008

Navy agrees to low-frequency sonar restrictions for mammals’ sake

The U.S. District Court in San Francisco approved on Tuesday an agreement between the U.S. Navy and conservation groups regarding the use of low-frequency sonar for training.

AUG
13
2008

US Homeland Security to settle suit alleging naturalization delays

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday reached a settlement agreement in a federal class action suit brought by two pro-immigration advocacy groups seeking to force the government to rule on the naturalization applications of over 350 immigrants living in Washington state.

AUG
13
2008

SemGroup bankruptcy investigation sought by U.S.

The U.S. Justice Department asked that a court examiner investigate SemGroup LP, the oil transporter pushed into bankruptcy by $2.4 billion in energy- trading losses.

AUG
13
2008

FSA fines Credit Suisse for pricing flaws

The financial services regulator has fined the UK arm of Credit Suisse 5.6 million pounds over the pricing of asset-backed securities held within its investment banking division.

AUG
12
2008

ATF says most illegal guns in Mexico come from US

Nearly all illegal guns seized in Mexico come from the United States, the head of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday.

AUG
12
2008

Feds descend on New Orleans nonprofit facing probe

Federal agents descended Monday on a nonprofit hired by the city to run a home cleanup program after Hurricane Katrina and were photographed carting off boxes, days after a U.S. attorney announced an investigation involving the organization.

AUG
12
2008

Atlanta: Judge rules against guns in airport

Monday, a federal judge decided that people would not be allowed to carry guns in Atlanta´s international airport, even if they have licenses for carrying firearms.

AUG
12
2008

Bush administration wants changes to Endangered Species Act

The administration of US President George W. Bush has proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) so that the law can not be used to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases.

AUG
8
2008

US official urges nuclear suppliers to back US-India pact

A senior US official on Friday urgednuclear supplier states, including Japan, to support the nuclear deal between India and the United States.

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