Starting in 2015, every egg sold in California will have to comply with strict hen-rights rules. Cages will have to be large enough for the birds to stand up, lie down and spread their wings without touching each other or the sides of the cage.
British Airways and Iberia on Wednesday won the European Union´s regulatory approval to merge and to team up with American Airlines to share more of their lucrative trans-Atlantic routes.
Online auction giant eBay Inc. was hit with a $3.8 billion patent infringement lawsuit on Tuesday.
People already grapple with complicated information when they buy mobile devices. But San Francisco consumers soon will face one more consideration — cellphone radiation — as the result of a precedent-setting law that delights public health advocates and enrages the wireless industry.
EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton held talks in Istanbul on the country´s stalled membership bid and Turkey´s growing regional diplomatic role. The visit is seen as a first step in a new cooperation with Turkey.
Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday its investigation of nearly 2,000 cases of unintended acceleration had found no problem with its electronic throttle system, and that driver error was to blame in some cases.
State agencies are investigating whether any of their employees leaked Social Security numbers and other personal information after a list of 1,300 people who an anonymous group claims are illegal immigrants was circulated around Utah.
Hong Kong lawmakers resumed debate Wednesday on a bill that may result in the region´s first statutory minimum wage.
Swiss officials have said that the tactics of lawyers for the director Roman Polanski were partly responsible for the amount of time needed to decide on the U.S. application for his extradition, but one official said Tuesday Mr. Polanski may still be entitled to compensation for his period of house arrest.
Regulators are moving to oversee credit rating agencies in Canada, widening the mandate of the watchdogs and slapping national rules on the sector for the first time.
The details of the law underlying the case of Saeedi are complex – but its message is simple. Under EU law, member states have to provide minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers.
O´Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 million in unpaid legal fees related to the company´s long-running legal dispute with Mattel over ownership of the popular Bratz line of fashion dolls.
Lawsuits over gay marriage have escalated on the nation´s two coasts, energizing advocates on both sides and bringing the legal battle over same-sex marriage closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The former head of German lender IKB Deutsche Industreibank, Stefan Ortseifen, was found guilty on Wednesday of manipulating the bank´s share price at the start of sub-prime crisis. He was given a 10-month suspended sentence.
A controversial cull of around 1,500 badgers in south-west Wales has been halted after protesters won their legal challenge to stop it.
One woman said children as young as 10 working in the fields developed red rashes on their stomachs and necks as they harvested tobacco for use in cigarettes made by Philip Morris.
American legislators have moved closer to shielding US authors, journalists and publishers from libel tourism in foreign courts.
Already known for having one of the most gay-friendly capitals in the world, Argentina is in the throes of a debate this week over granting the broadest marital protections to gay people in Latin America.
Article posted by BabyBarista blog on Guardian newspaper.
And so to 2014. Three years ago, when Brazil was unveiled as the host of the next World Cup, the country´s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, promised a tournament so well organised that even his country´s greatest rivals – the Argentinians – would be unable to criticise it.
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