AUG
30
2011

´Friends of Libya´ to meet in Paris to secure rebel victory

Senior officials from around 60 countries will meet in Paris on Thursday as the "friends of Libya" to secure financial and diplomatic support for the fledgling revolutionary regime.

AUG
29
2011

Why merger lawsuits don´t pay

Attention, shareholders! Is your company is considering a merger? It´s a great time to sue! If you get such a solicitation, think twice.

AUG
29
2011

Online defamation cases in England and Wales ´double´

The number of court cases brought by people who say they have been defamed online has more than doubled in a year, experts have said.

AUG
29
2011

Brazil urged to revoke amnesty law

Amnesty International on Friday urged the Brazilian government to revoke the 1979 Amnesty Law, which shields military officials from prosecution for crimes committed during the country´s 1964-1985 military dictatorship.

AUG
26
2011

Doing business in Brazil

Rio or São Paulo? Last year Paulo Rezende, a Brazilian private-equity investor, and two partners decided to set up a fund investing in suppliers to oil and gas companies.

AUG
26
2011

Brazil´s freedom of information law under threat

President Dilma Rousseff has not been shy about sacking ministers accused of corruption, but with no freedom of information law, progress will be limited.

AUG
25
2011

Facebook adds new privacy controls

Facebook said it would roll out new controls for sharing personal information on the social network on Thursday, giving its more than 750 million users new tools to manage who can see information about them.

AUG
25
2011

The world´s 100 most powerful women

The women who matter most are politicians, CEOs, bankers, cultural icons, billionaires and entrepreneurs. A fresh look at power as reach and influence.

AUG
25
2011

Apple ruling hits Samsung

In patent case, sales of Korean company´s gadgets are barred in European hub, marking a victory for Apple Inc.

AUG
24
2011

UBS to cut 3,500 jobs

Swiss bank UBS said Tuesday that it is reducing its staff by 3,500 jobs, including some reductions in the United States, through a mixture of layoffs and "natural attrition."

AUG
24
2011

Google settles pharmacy ad probe for $500m

Google Inc. has reached a $500m legal settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to avoid prosecution over allegations that it knowingly accepted hundreds of millions of dollars in ads from Canadian online pharmacies.

AUG
24
2011

Federal asset seizures rise, netting innocent with guilty

New York businessman James Lieto was an innocent bystander in a fraud investigation last year. Federal agents seized $392,000 of his cash anyway.

AUG
23
2011

UN Rapporteur calls on Brazil for immediate protection of judges and magistrates

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, urged the Brazilian authorities to take immediate action to provide judges, magistrates, prosecutors, public defenders and lawyers with effective and adequate measures of protection.

AUG
23
2011

Foreign students in work visa program stage walkout at plant

Hundreds of foreign students, waving their fists and shouting defiantly in many languages, walked off their jobs on Wednesday at a plant here that packs Hershey´s chocolates, saying a summer program that was supposed to be a cultural exchange had instead turned them into underpaid labor.

AUG
23
2011

Douglas Peterson to become president of S&P

Standard & Poor´s, the ratings company that downgraded the U.S. AAA credit ranking for the first time, will replace president Deven Sharma with Citibank NA COO Douglas Peterson.

AUG
23
2011

U.S. issues new deportation policy´s first reprieves

The call came in the morning to the lawyer representing Manuel Guerra, an illegal immigrant from Mexico living in Florida who had been caught in a tortuous and seemingly failing five-year court fight against deportation.

AUG
22
2011

DA filing to reveal new ´bombshells´ about DSK accuser´s credibility

She lied about sex. She lied about money. She even lied about lying. That´s the conclusion of Manhattan prosecutors, who promise they´ll drop "bombshells" in detailing new credibility issues for the hotel maid at the center of the Strauss-Kahn sex-assault case.

AUG
22
2011

Google begins Amazon river Street View project

Google is expanding its Street View service into some of the world´s most remote places.

AUG
19
2011

Brazil´s economy goes from "great" to "good"

After several dynamic years that saw it earn a reputation among some Western investors as "the near China," Brazil now looks to be downshifting into a pattern of economic growth of around 3 percent to 4% for the foreseeable future.

AUG
19
2011

S&P faces inquiry over mortgage security ratings

The Justice Department is investigating whether Standard & Poor´s improperly boosted ratings on mortgage securities that later turned out to be toxic, helping trigger the worst financial crisis in decades.

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