UK pilots have claimed a "huge victory" after a European court ruled British Airways should base holiday pay on overall earnings not just basic pay.
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced the steel tycoon and former political power broker Ahmed Ezz to 10 years in prison and fined him the equivalent of about $11m for corruption on Thursday, satisfying one of the most visceral demands of the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
A federal appeals court on Thursday lifted an asset freeze imposed on a woman whose divorce proceeds derived in part from her former husband´s alleged $554m Ponzi scheme.
Four Washington-based law firms are among the top 50 law firms for women, according to new rankings by the National Association for Female Executives and Flex-Time Lawyers organization.
Sodexo Inc., announced today that it has agreed to drop its racketeering lawsuit against the Service Employees International Union, in exchange for the union ending its negative public campaign against the food services giant.
A man dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants was detained by police outside Grauman´s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
UBS AG, Switzerland´s biggest bank, may be unprofitable in the third quarter after a $2bn loss from unauthorized trading at its investment bank. London police arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of fraud.
European Commission president José Manuel Barroso left the door open for eurobonds on Wednesday, as he delivered a stark assessment of the eurozone described as "the most serious challenge of a generation".
A man was jailed yesterday for posting videos and messages mocking the deaths of teenagers including a girl who threw herself under a train.
A Dutch woman who called a man 65,000 times in the past year - an average of 178 calls a day - is to face charges of stalking.
"Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" henchman Joseph Hyuangmin Son has been sentenced to life in prison for his part in the gang rape of a woman on Christmas Eve 1990.
An armed gang posing as maintenance workers have carried out an audacious bank robbery reminiscent of a Hollywood heist film in Brazil, seizing cash, jewellery and watches valued at around £40m.
Three leaders of Universal Church of the Kingdom of God accused of laundering cash through offshore bank accounts.
Brazil´s president Dilma Rousseff has signed a law which is expected to shake up the market for paid television services and introduce more competition.
Europe´s top court has ruled that a ban by Lufthansa on pilots flying past the age of 60 is illegal, in a case brought by three flight captains.
Egyptian protesters´ recent attack on the Israeli Embassy has provoked the Egyptian government to reinstate emergency laws with expanded control over political demonstrations and media reporting.
A federal court in Brazil has ordered an immediate halt to work on a new terminal at the main international airport in Sao Paulo.
Five workers fired for complaining about their jobs on Facebook will go back to work after the National Labor Relations Board ruled in their favor, affirming workers can safely vent their frustrations about the workplace on social networks.
Former French president Jacques Chirac and his PM Dominique de Villepin have denied accusations by a one-time aide that they took millions of dollars in illicit cash handouts from African leaders.
The judge presiding over former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko´s trial unexpectedly postponed hearings Monday for a two-week period, following renewed pressure from the USA and the EU.
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