Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has urged the Mexican Senate to change a law requiring those who file criminal complaints to verify their immigration status.
Several businesses caught Election ‘08 Fever and offered free items as a bonus to customers for partaking in their patriotic duties.
After listening to New Yorkers voice their concerns for hours, Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday signed a bill extending term limits and secured his bid to seek four more years.
On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a measure that would make white space available for wireless broadband. Under the proposal, these airwaves would be treated like Wi-Fi that is unlicensed and free to everybody.
Iran´s parliament voted Tuesday to impeach Interior Minister Ali Kordan for listing a fake doctorate degree on his resume.
Setting aside decades of animosity, Taiwan and China on Tuesday agreed to expand passenger and cargo flights and allow shipping links across the Taiwan Strait, an area that has long threatened to become a war zone.
Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have reportedly submitted a list of concessions that would deflate their proposed Internet advertising partnership to appease antitrust regulators threatening to block the alliance.
U.S. judge sentenced a former UBS AG executive to 6-1/2 years in prison on Monday for his role in what prosecutors called the most pervasive insider trading ring since the 1980s.
Beverage and snack maker PepsiCo Inc. said Monday it will invest $1 billion in China over the next four years to expand its manufacturing capability, research and development and sales force in the country.
Microsoft Corp. plans to invest $60 million in South Korea over the next three years, President Lee Myung-bak´s office said Monday.
A federal judge has ruled that shareholders of American International Group Inc. lost more than $500 million as a result of a scheme to manipulate the financial statements of the world´s largest insurance company.
The move is intended to put pressure on Israel to halt the expansion of the settlements through Palestinian land on the West Bank.
Ukraine´s Communist Party accused the government on Monday of burdening the nation with debt and filling the pockets of oligarchs by obtaining a $16.5 billion IMF loan, and announced plans for mass protests.
British banks Lloyds TSB and HBOS confirmed Monday that the planned takeover of HBOS by Lloyds is to go ahead, and added that they plan to raise £17 billion ($27.7 billion) of new capital with government help if necessary.
The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday called on Japan to abolish the death penalty, just days after the country executed two people taking the annual level of deaths to a 30-year high.
Bolivia said on Sunday it hopes to normalize relations with the next U.S. government, a day after accusing American anti-drug agents of spying and barring them from fighting cocaine traffickers until further notice.
The US government and federal regulators are zeroing in on a proposal to provide mortgage guarantees to lenders that agree to restructure home loans to ensure affordable monthly payments.
Electronic Arts Inc., the world´s second-largest video-game maker, lowered its forecast for the fiscal year and said it would cut jobs to reduce costs. The shares fell.
Nearly all of the 439 children taken from their polygamist parents in West Texas have been formally released from court oversight, but a child abuse investigation into their care slowly moves into its seventh month.
Increasing investments in small business, softening the property tax deadline and creating a special Web site for the jobless were among several proposals Mayor Michael Bloomberg detailed yesterday to help New Yorkers hold on to their homes and manage debt better.
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