JAN
16
2012

Trustee sues Madoff investors to recover $187.5m

The official recovering funds for Bernard Madoff´s swindled investors is suing several international firms for a total of $187.5m.

JAN
16
2012

Exodus of workers from continent reverses old patterns

Soon after Spain´s real-estate bust put Andrés Velarde and María Palencia out of work, the young architects gathered their drafting materials and moved 5,000 miles to Brazil—drawn by a hope, but no promise, of employment.

JAN
16
2012

Brazilian suspect in cruise rape held without bail

A Brazilian man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl on a cruise ship is being held in the Broward County Jail without bail.

JAN
16
2012

Your iPhone was built, in part, by 13 year-olds working 16 hours a day for 70 cents an hour

The low prices of our iPhones and iPads — and the super-high profit margins of Apple — are only possible because our iPhones and iPads are made with labor practices that would be illegal in the US.

JAN
13
2012

Justices: ex-worker can´t sue church

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that employment-discrimination laws don´t protect ministers, finding that churches have a constitutional right to decide who preaches their faith without government review.

JAN
13
2012

Government will pay to replace ruptured implants

President Dilma Rousseff has ordered the public health system and health insurance companies to pay for the replacement of ruptured breast implants made in France, even if they were implanted for aesthetic reasons.

JAN
13
2012

Class-action vs American Honda thrown out

American Honda Motor Co won a legal victory as a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a nationwide lawsuit over a brake system used in some Acura RL vehicles should not have been certified as a class-action.

JAN
13
2012

Velvet Underground sues to protect its iconic banana

The rock group The Velvet Underground filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to stop its iconic Andy Warhol-designed banana being used on covers for iPads, iPhones or other items.

JAN
13
2012

Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning ´should be tried´

The US Army analyst suspected of passing classified information to Wikileaks should face a court martial, a military tribunal has recommended.

JAN
12
2012

Orange-juice futures surge

The market for orange juice futures received another jolt after the federal government said some Brazilian imports contained a potentially harmful fungicide.

JAN
12
2012

Prosecutor shot dead in German courtroom

A defendant in a courtroom in Dachau near Munich has shot dead a state prosecutor. The man was accused of failing to pay money he owed the social security system on behalf of his employees.

JAN
12
2012

Natalie Wood probe yields no new finding

Detectives say there´s nothing to suggest that her death while sailing off Santa Catalina Island in 1981 was anything but accidental.

JAN
12
2012

No big deal for Deutsche Börse and NYSE

Nice try, but no dice. The European competition authority has effectively scuttled a planned $17bn merger between NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse, recommending the deal be blocked on antitrust concerns.

JAN
11
2012

Kodak takes shot at Apple, HTC in patent fight

Eastman Kodak Co. sued mobile phone and tablet makers Apple Inc. and HTC Corp. for patent infringement on Tuesday, just days after news surfaced that the venerable photography innovator was contemplating Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

JAN
11
2012

Apple sued for copyright violation

Nine Chinese writers sued Apple Inc for violating copyright and demanded compensation totaling 12 million yuan ($1.9m).

JAN
11
2012

Embraer hits defense barrier

Brazilian-based aircraft manufacturer Embraer SA won an important victory in late December, when the U.S. Air Force picked one of its planes to equip Afghanistan´s military.

JAN
11
2012

Rule gives illegal immigrants a break

The Obama administration said Friday that it would make it easier for illegal immigrants who are related to a U.S. citizen to seek legal U.S. residency, a rule change hailed by immigrant advocates and lambasted by those who favor strict policing of the borders.

JAN
10
2012

Olympus sues Shuichi Takayama, Olympus president, and three ex-directors over fraud

Japan´s Olympus Corp has sued its current president and three ex-directors for several million dollars in compensation, sources told Reuters on Monday, as the company seeks to draw a line under one of the nation´s worst accounting scandals.

JAN
10
2012

US expels Venezuela´s Miami consul Livia Acosta Noguera

The United States has declared Venezuela´s consul general in Miami persona non grata and said she must leave the country by Tuesday.

JAN
10
2012

SNB chief Philipp Hildebrand resigns over wife´s currency trade

Switzerland´s top central banker has been forced to resign after admitting he could not prove a controversial $500,000 (£324,067) currency trade made by his wife was done without his knowledge.

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