SEP
29
2011

Google wants business data protected in AT&T antitrust case

Google Inc. said this evening in Washington the company is concerned confidential business information could be widely released without notice in the government´s antitrust enforcement action against AT&T.

SEP
29
2011

Coca-Cola chief criticises US tax rules

Coca-Cola now sees the US becoming a less friendly business environment than China, its chief executive has revealed, citing political gridlock and an antiquated tax structure as reasons its home market has become less competitive.

SEP
29
2011

FTC orders Reebok to pay $25m over toning shoe ads

FTC has ordered Reebok to pay $25m in consumer refunds.

SEP
28
2011

As federal crime list grows, threshold of guilt declines

For centuries, a bedrock principle of criminal law has held that people must know they are doing something wrong before they can be found guilty. The concept is known as mens rea, Latin for a "guilty mind."

SEP
28
2011

Deloitte Touche sued for $7.6bn in mortgage fraud case

Giant accounting and consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has been accused of failing to detect fraud during audits of a mortgage firm which failed during the US housing crash.

SEP
28
2011

Brazil, Japan win International Emmys for news

Television networks in Brazil and Japan won their first-ever International Emmy Awards in the news and current affairs categories.

SEP
28
2011

Brazil: Police accused in a killing

A police commander and seven officers have been arrested in the killing of a judge.

SEP
27
2011

Amanda Knox mocked as a diabolical, she-devil by lawyer for accused barman

Amanda Knox was subjected to a brutal character assassination as she was described as a ´diabolical, Satanic, demonic she Devil," by a lawyer representing the man she initially accused of murder.

SEP
27
2011

Catalonia says adios to bullfighting

Matadors drove the killing sword into bulls for the last time in Spain´s powerful northeastern region of Catalonia in an emotive farewell fight before a polemical regional ban on the country´s emblematic tradition takes effect.

SEP
27
2011

Michael Jackson´s doctor Conrad Murray on trial

Jurors in the manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson´s doctor, will not be allowed to watch video of the king of pop announcing his comeback tour three months before he died, a judge ruled today.

SEP
27
2011

Dominique Strauss-Kahn claims immunity in US civil case

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has claimed diplomatic immunity as he sought the dismissal of a US civil case, accusing a hotel maid of inventing sexual assault claims that derailed his efforts to right the global economy.

SEP
27
2011

Saudi Arabia: a trial for woman who drove

Saudi authorities would bring a Saudi activist to trial for defying the kingdom’s ban on women driving.

SEP
26
2011

How state lawmakers pump up pensions in ways you can´t

At age 55, South Carolina state Sen. David Thomas began collecting a pension for his legislative service without leaving office.

SEP
26
2011

Protectionism in Brazil :A self-made siege

First they went for the currency, now for the land.

SEP
26
2011

Accounting change cuts Groupon’s revenue

Groupon disclosed a major accounting change on Friday, essentially halving its once-jaw-dropping revenue after it encountered resistance from regulators with its filing to go public.

SEP
26
2011

UBS CEO Oswald Gruebel quits over ´rogue-trader´ loss

The chief executive of Swiss bank UBS has resigned over an alleged £1.5bn ($2.3bn) rogue-trading loss.

SEP
24
2011

EU takes Poland to court over judicial Independence

The European Union referred Poland to its top court on Monday, in the latest legal confrontation between Brussels and populist member governments.

SEP
23
2011

Undocumented women forced to give birth while shackled and in police custody

"When I was in bed, I was begging the sheriff, ´Please let me free -- at least one hand,´ and he said, no, he didn´t want to," Juana Villegas said in an interview with a local Nashville television station.

SEP
23
2011

Fashion´s Hugo Boss expresses regret

German fashion house Hugo Boss has apologised to people mistreated at a factory making uniforms during World War Two after revelations in a new book financed by the company.

SEP
23
2011

Brazilian lawmakers approve probe of abuses

The lower house of Congress has approved the creation of a Truth Commission charged with investigating human rights abuses, including those committed during the 1964-1985 military dictatorship.

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