MAY
18
2009

New Mood in Antitrust May Target Google

For decades, the nation’s biggest antitrust cases have centered on technology companies. And they have all been efforts by the government to deal with powerful companies with far-reaching influence, like AT&T, the telephone monopoly; I.B.M., the mainframe computer giant; and Microsoft, the powerhouse of personal computer software.

MAY
18
2009

EU budget chief wins Lithuania presidental election

European Union budget commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite decisively won election as Lithuania´s first woman president, the Baltic nation battling a deep recession, official results showed on Monday.

MAY
18
2009

FSA Hasn’t Audited Data Controls Since ‘Insufficient’ 2005 Test

The U.K. financial regulator, which has issued fines as high as 1.26 million pounds ($1.9 million) for data-security lapses, hasn’t audited its own processes since 2005, when a report found it had inadequate controls.

MAY
18
2009

Prosecutors Block Access to DNA Testing for Inmates

In an age of advanced forensic science, the first step toward ending Kenneth Reed’s prolonged series of legal appeals should be simple and quick: a DNA test, for which he has offered to pay, on evidence from the 1991 rape of which he was convicted.

MAY
18
2009

Brazil hopes to team up with China in biofuel-media

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will focus on renewable fuels during his visit to Beijing this week, hoping to team up with China to develop bio-fuels, the Caijing Magazine has reported.

MAY
15
2009

Justice Minister Shahid Malik steps down over expenses

Junior Justice Minister Shahid Malik stepped down on Friday pending an investigation of allegations that he paid below-market rent for a house, the highest profile casualty so far of a growing expenses scandal.

MAY
15
2009

Obama considering 6 for high court

Focusing on specific candidates for the nation´s highest court, President Barack Obama is considering a diverse list dominated by women and Hispanics.

MAY
15
2009

Two SEC Lawyers Investigated by FBI on Insider-Trading Concerns

U.S. prosecutors and the FBI are investigating whether two Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers illegally used nonpublic information from the agency to bet on stocks, SEC Inspector General David Kotz said in a report.

MAY
15
2009

Turkish-Brazilian Business Forum

The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will visit Turkey on 20-23 May 2009 to take part on an occasion "Turkish-Brazilian Business Forum"

MAY
14
2009

Obama’s 60-Day Chrysler Bankruptcy Goal Covers Only Asset Sale

Chrysler LLC’s bankruptcy might take years, not the 60 days President Obama’s administration has given as a target.

MAY
14
2009

Two Labour peers face suspension for offering to change law for money

Two Labour peers were today facing suspension from the House of Lords until the autumn after being found guilty of offering to try to change the law in return for money.

MAY
14
2009

Why the bankruptcy process that sorted out the mess when companies failed no longer works

Failure can be a beautiful thing. Maybe not if you work for General Motors (GM), which seems to be stumbling toward bankruptcy. But for the U.S. economy as a whole, the swift and clean disposition of weak companies is an essential part of the formula for getting growth back on track.

MAY
14
2009

MPs call for better data on "slave trade"

Efforts to curb human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Britain and Europe are being hindered by a lack of information about its true scale, a parliamentary committee said on Thursday.

MAY
14
2009

Testimony Accuses Merck of Paying for Scientific Journal Lookalikes for Vioxx

An ongoing class-action trial against Merck & Co has unearthed a series of controversial marketing techniques that have roiled the international science community -- including the creation of phony medical journals full of favorable studies of Merck´s drugs.

MAY
13
2009

Greenhouse gas cuts encouraging, hope for more-UN

Rich nations have outlined "encouraging" cuts in greenhouse gas emissions so far but the United States and others may be able to make tougher curbs, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Tuesday.

MAY
13
2009

Gordon Brown urges police to walk people home from cashpoint

Gordon Brown today urged police across England and Wales to offer to walk the last mile home with people who feel unsafe after they visit the cashpoint.

MAY
13
2009

Phil Hope returning money because of ´massive blow´ to his reputation

Phil Hope, the junior health minister, today announced that he will repay nearly £42,000 to the Commons authorities to cover money he claimed on expenses for furniture, fittings and household items.

MAY
13
2009

India´s marathon election ends

The fifth and final phase of India´s marathon general election to choose a federal government ended Wednesday.

MAY
13
2009

US elected to UN rights council seat for first time

The US was elected to a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the first time Tuesday. The US received 90 percent of the votes from the UN General Assembly.

MAY
13
2009

Labour exploitation costs migrants $21 bln a year-ILO

Governments should crack down on unscrupulous recruitment practices that condemn up to 8 million construction workers, farm hands, and nannies to a contemporary form of slavery.

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