On the afternoon of Aug. 23, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. stood before a room packed with journalists and television cameras to explain why his office had decided to dismiss the sexual-assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
As the governing party celebrated its achievements inside, tens of thousands of Hungarians rallied outside the nation´s 19th-century opera house on Monday in a rare opposition protest of what critics see as a campaign by PM Viktor Orban to undermine democracy and consolidate his power.
Actress Donna Douglas, who played buxom Elly May in the 1960s TV series, claimed she never gave her permission for Mattel to use her photo or name in promoting the Barbie doll.
Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd tried to persuade Jodie Fisher to have sex and kissed and touched her inappropriately while she was a company events contractor.
German phone company Deutsche Telekom AG and a Hungarian unit will pay more than $95m to settle U.S. criminal and civil probes into the bribery of government officials in Macedonia and Montenegro.
The leather-goods folks at swanky Louis Vuitton are none too amused at being the butt of a joke in this year´s crass comedy hit "The Hangover Part II."
As predictions for 2012 litter the media, here´s one trend that´s been building steam for the past 12 months: the rise of Brazilian luxury retail.
U.S. prosecutors are preparing what would be the first criminal charges against BP PLC employees stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, said people familiar with the matter.
Reputations, money, survival. A lot hangs in the balance in 2012 for the prominent heads of many global companies. Here´s a rundown of a dozen of the more intriguing business scenarios and the executives who will need to navigate through them in the coming year.
Alibaba Group has hired a Washington lobbying firm in a sign that the Chinese e-commerce company would be willing to make a bid for all of Yahoo Inc in the event that talks to unwind their Asian partnership fail.
The Brazilian subsidiaries of Mexican telecom giant America Movil are planning 10 billion reais ($5.4bn) worth of new investment in 2012, a media report said Tuesday.
Forgive me if I sound a little jumpy but I am penning this column from an Amtrak train with a callous disregard for suspensions.
Samsung Electronics Co, Sharp Corp and five other makers of liquid crystal displays agreed to pay more than $553m to settle consumer and state regulatory claims that they conspired to fix prices for LCD panels in televisions, notebook computers and monitors.
UK relegated to seventh place in world league of leading economies in 2011, according to team of economists.
Chile´s Supreme Court has ordered a newspaper to pay $125,000 to 13 people who suffered burns while trying out a published recipe for churros, a popular Latin American snack of dough fried in hot oil.
The past year was one of highs and lows for the world´s biggest software company. Here are seven reasons why.
Heather Peters is miffed that her Civic doesn´t get its claimed fuel economy, and she isn´t satisfied with a proposed settlement. So she´s trying a new approach to litigation.
A day after Lokpal bill was passed in Lok Sabha, supporters of veteran anti-graft activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday expressed their dissatisfaction over the present form of the Bill.
Former "Survivor" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman has decided to return to Mexico voluntarily to face trial for the murder of his wife, according to his attorneys.
Mel Gibson´s three-decade marriage is officially over - the actor´s divorce from his ex-wife, Robyn, was finalized on Friday.
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