Aegon NV, the Dutch owner of U.S. insurer Transamerica, said Tuesday it has signed up with the U.S. federal government´s financial rescue program but added it did not yet plan to ask for funds.
United Airlines said on Tuesday that a federal judge has barred its pilot union and four pilots from activities that disrupt the airline´s activities.
Belgium´s InBev NV completed its acquisition of U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc, making it the world´s largest brewer and sending its shares up 2.8 percent.
Croatia won the right Tuesday to sue Serbia for genocide after the United Nations´ highest court ruled it has the legal power to decide the case.
Eastman Kodak Co., which has increasingly turned to its patent portfolio in search of profit, said it sued Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Co., accusing them of infringing Kodak patents in the design of camera phones.
Nebraska lawmakers are proposing an age limit of 30 days for children who may be legally abandoned under the state´s safe haven law.
The state attorney general and sponsors of the ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California urged its Supreme Court to hear a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn the ban, saying the matter is too urgent to be unsettled.
Iceland moved to secure $6 billion in loans to refloat its collapsed financial system as Britain said Monday it would welcome a government promise to guarantee its citizens´ deposits in collapsed Internet bank Icesave.
Google Inc. will pay $125 million to resolve claims over its book-scanning project under a settlement that won preliminary approval in copyright lawsuits brought by publishers and authors.
Japan’s lower house approved an amendment to the country’s nationality law that may allow thousands of mixed-race children to become citizens.
The Ontario government is expected to introduce tough new legislation tomorrow that will further restrict the privileges of young drivers.
Iraq´s cabinet endorsed a security agreement with the U.S. that would allow an American military presence in the nation until 2011, a government spokesman said.
Mark Papermaster, who is facing a lawsuit from his former employer IBM after assuming a senior position in Apple last month, has responded by filing a countersuit against the company.
Facebook said on Friday it had removed several pages from its site used by Italian neo-Nazis to incite violence after European politicians accused the Internet social networking site of allowing a platform to racists.
Interpol seized more than $6.65 million of counterfeit medicines against malaria, HIV and tuberculosis in Southeast Asia and made 27 arrests, disrupting the region´s fake drug trade for the second time in three years.
Starting next year, net neutrality legislation is likely to become a reality, now that a new Congress will be in place. During a conference held at the University of Nebraska College of Law, the net neutrality legislation was a center piece for discussions.
Leaders of the Group of 20 richest economies and emerging economic heavyweights will hold their first meeting in Washington on Friday to craft a joint strategy to deal with the rapidly spreading global financial crisis.
Citigroup Inc is cutting at least 10,000 jobs in its investment bank and other divisions throughout the world, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
The Food and Drug Administration has begun blocking the import of milk products from China in an effort to ensure that products contaminated with melamine do not enter the U.S. market.
The 15 countries that share the single European currency are officially in a recession -- the first time in the ten year history of the eurozone, the European Union said Friday.
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