OCT
4
2010

FTSE 100 companies sued 16% more often over a year, Sweet & Maxwell says

U.K. lawsuits against the country´s 100 biggest companies increased 16 percent in a year, suggesting an "inevitable flood" of litigation from the financial crisis hasn´t peaked, a legal publisher said.

OCT
4
2010

Fathers win right to breastfeeding leave in court

Mothers and fathers alike share the right to take breastfeeding leave, regardless of their respective employmentsituations, according to a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

OCT
4
2010

New Supreme Court term begins; Kagan to recuse from dozens of cases

Noisy protests at military funerals, immigration reform and violent video games are among the issues on the Supreme Court´s docket as the high court begins its new term Monday.

OCT
4
2010

EDC to lend Vale up to $1-billion

Export Development Canada is set to announce Monday one of the largest deals in the government agency´s 65-year history: up to $1-billion (U.S.) in financing to Brazilian miner Vale (VALE-N 31.40 -0.30- 0.95%).

OCT
4
2010

Motorcycle gunmen shoot dead judge in Philippines

Gunmen shot dead a judge in the Philippines today in an attack that could be related to his job, police said.

OCT
1
2010

NSW Education pays $38,000 for discriminating against man with criminal past

The NSW Department of Education has been told to pay a teaching applicant $38,000 in compensation after it refused to employ him because of his past criminal record.

OCT
1
2010

Mairead Maguire to be deported from Israel in 48 hours

Nobel peace laureate Mairead Maguire is to be deported from Israel within 48 hours after her appeal to overturn her entry refusal was rejected.

OCT
1
2010

BP pays record $15 million penalty for clean air act violations

In the biggest-ever civil penalty against a single facility for violating the Clean Air Act, BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve federal Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas petroleum refinery.

OCT
1
2010

Ukraine court boosts powers of President Yanukovych

Ukraine´s constitutional court has boosted the powers of President Viktor Yanukovych by reversing a reform introduced in 2004.

OCT
1
2010

Sinopec to invest $7.1 billion in Repsol´s Brazil unit

China Petrochemical Corp., the country´s second-largest oil and gas producer, will invest $7.1 billion in Repsol YPF SA´s Brazilian unit as the Spanish oil company raises funds to develop offshore projects.

OCT
1
2010

Insurer cuts health plans as new law takes hold

The Principal Financial Group announced on Thursday that it planned to stop selling health insurance, another sign of upheaval emerging among insurers as the new federal health law starts to take effect.

OCT
1
2010

Comedian wins legal battle to joke about divorce

A stand-up comedian is finally allowed to joke about his ex-wife on stage after winning a bitter legal dispute in which she tried to gag him.

OCT
1
2010

Koreas agree to resume reunions

In a sign of a possible easing of tensions between North and South Korea, the two countries agreed on Friday to hold a series of reunions of families separated by the Korean War, with 100 families from each side to be reunited at the Diamond Mountain resort in the North from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5.

OCT
1
2010

Judge to decide if Blagojevich lawyers can leave

The judge in Rod Blagojevich´s corruption case will rule on a request by the former Illinois governor´s lead attorneys to leave his defense team.

OCT
1
2010

Uganda rejects UN report on war crimes in Congo

Report also attacked by Rwanda and Burundi whose armies are accused of committing hundreds of atrocities from 1993 to 2003.

OCT
1
2010

MI SPECIAL REPORT - Elections Brazil 2010

Themes: Brazil, the country of the future; The cult of Lula; Risk and Reward; Racing for record stakes; The 2010 general elections.

OCT
1
2010

Novartis to pay $422.5 million to resolve U.S. Trileptal marketing probes

A U.S. unit of Novartis AG, the Swiss drugmaker, agreed to pay $422.5 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations into the marketing of its epilepsy drug Trileptal.

SEP
30
2010

Mattel recalls nearly 11 million toys

Toy manufacturing giant Mattel is voluntarily recalling nearly 11 million products in the U.S. and Canada, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada.

SEP
30
2010

Disputed India holy site to be divided, court rules

An Indian court ruled Thursday that a disputed holy site that sparked bloody riots in the past should now be divided between the Hindu and Muslim communities.

SEP
30
2010

U.N. warns states on illegal immigrant rights

The United Nations said on Thursday governments must respect the rights of all migrants, in a statement apparently targeting measures including Arizona´s crackdown on illegal immigrants and French expulsions of Roma.

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