MAR
17
2010

Forbidden Fruit: Microsoft Workers Hide Their iPhones

Microsoft Corp. employees are passionate users of the latest tech toys. But there is one gadget love that many at the company dare not name: the iPhone.

MAR
15
2010

Sarkozy´s party battered in French elections

French President Nicolas Sarkozy´s center-right party emerged badly battered after regional elections on Sunday, Interior Ministry figures showed Monday. Sarkozy´s UMP party took just over a quarter of the vote, putting it in second place behind the Socialist Party, which took 29 percent.

MAR
15
2010

Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants

Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.

MAR
12
2010

Brazil Threatens Retaliation in Dispute on Cotton Subsidies

Brazil detailed its planned retaliation against the United States over American cotton subsidies on Monday, but said that Washington still had a chance to settle the trade dispute through negotiations.

MAR
12
2010

Chinese Consumer Prices Rise 2.7%

Consumer prices in China rose 2.7 percent in February over the year-earlier period, according to data released on Thursday, partly attributable to the Lunar New Year holiday but also to rising inflationary pressures in China’s economy.

MAR
11
2010

Maliki Holds Edge in Iraq, but Results Are Challenged

Early results in Iraq’s parliamentary elections on Thursday indicated that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s coalition was likely to win a plurality in an exceedingly close race, according to Western and Iraqi officials, as a fractured account of the first results and allegations of fraud threw the political process into chaos.

MAR
10
2010

Supreme Court upholds bankruptcy law provisions applied to attorneys

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz v. United States that attorneys are considered debt relief agencies under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) when they provide qualifying services.

MAR
10
2010

UN rights experts urge civilian trials for 9/11 suspects

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to hold civilian trials for accused 9/11 conspirators, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

MAR
5
2010

Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects broad abortion law

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma ruled Tuesday that a state law imposing broad restrictions on abortion violates the state constitution.

MAR
5
2010

Washington becomes second state to adopt single-drug lethal injection protocol

Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna filed a motion with the state Supreme Court Tuesday announcing the adoption of a single-drug execution method.

MAR
3
2010

Apple sues HTC over iPhone patents

Apple is suing phone maker HTC and has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, alleging that the Taiwanese company is infringing 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone.

MAR
3
2010

Supreme Court rules federal courts have jurisdiction over copyright settlements

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick that a federal law requiring copyright holders to register their works before suing for copyright infringement does not remove federal court jurisdiction if the copyright holder failed to register.

MAR
3
2010

Supreme Court rules in oil franchise dispute

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Mac´s Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co. that a service station operator cannot recover for constructive termination under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA) when the operator continues to run the franchise with the same trademark, fuel, and premises.

MAR
3
2010

Supreme Court hears arguments in gun rights case

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in McDonald v. City of Chicago on whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is incorporated as against the states by the Fourteenth Amendment´s Privileges or Immunities or Due Process Clauses.

MAR
1
2010

Congress approves Patriot Act extension absent new privacy measures

The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a measure to extend expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act with no new privacy measures.

MAR
1
2010

UK´s Prudential buys AIG Asian unit for $35.5B

British insurer Prudential PLC said Monday it will buy the Asian unit of American International Group Inc. in a deal worth $35.5 billion that will allow AIG to pay back some of the money it owes U.S. taxpayers.

MAR
1
2010

Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Foiling E.P.A.

Thousands of the nation’s largest water polluters are outside the Clean Water Act’s reach because the Supreme Court has left uncertain which waterways are protected by that law, according to interviews with regulators.

FEB
26
2010

Documents reveal CIA briefed lawmakers on enhanced interrogation techniques

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) briefed lawmakers between 2001 and 2007 on the specifics of enhanced interrogation techniques, according to declassified documents made public by Judicial Watch on Tuesday.

FEB
24
2010

US, Brazil defense chiefs talk trust, fighter jets

Defense chiefs from Brazil and the United States met in Washington on Tuesday where they discussed efforts to build trust in a region long wary of U.S. motives and a potential arms deal U.S. officials say could deepen ties.

FEB
24
2010

EU launches antitrust inquiry into Google ´dominance´

The European Commission has launched a preliminary antitrust inquiry into Google after three companies complained that the US giant´s dominant search engine penalises potential competitors and keeps advertising prices artificially high.

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