MAR
20
2012

US: Apple announces plans to initiate dividend and share repurchase program

Apple today announced plans to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program commencing later this year.

MAR
20
2012

NZ: Police court order Dotwrong

Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom´s cash, cars and property were seized using a court order which should never have been granted.

MAR
19
2012

Brazil: Judge rejects attempt to try former army colonel

A Brazilian federal judge has blocked a move to try a retired army colonel for abuses allegedly committed during the country´s military dictatorship.

MAR
19
2012

Judgement on French gay adoption appeal

Human rights judges have upheld a decision by French authorities to refuse a woman´s application to adopt her female partner´s child.

MAR
19
2012

States look to enact cyberbullying laws

Lawmakers in at least five states aim to stiffen or enact cyberbullying laws as national concern grows over electronic harassment and its deadly consequences.

MAR
19
2012

US: Greedy law schools taught jobless grads too well

Greedy law schools may have taught their jobless graduates a little too well. Some disgruntled lawyers are suing their alma maters for exaggerating employment prospects.

MAR
16
2012

US: Ford sued, said to hide truck fuel tank defect

Ford Motor Co has been sued for allegedly selling trucks with defective fuel tank linings over a 10-year period, and hiding the problem from consumers even as it warned dealers.

MAR
16
2012

Netherlands: Samsung loses bid to ban iPhone, iPad sales

Samsung Electronics Co said on Thursday a Dutch court rejected its 3G patent bid to ban sales of Apple´s iPhone and iPad in the Netherlands.

MAR
16
2012

US: SEC charges two fund managers over misleading Facebook, Twitter investments

One manager, Frank Mazzola, created two funds to buy shares in Facebook and other high profile technology companies, the SEC said today.

MAR
15
2012

UK: David Cameron´s relationships trouble press

After the re-arrest of former News International boss Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, the papers point out their association with David Cameron.

MAR
15
2012

Brazil: Army officer to be charged over military rule abuses

A former Brazilian army officer is to become the first to be charged for alleged rights abuses during the 20-year military dictatorship.

MAR
15
2012

US: Fed fights subpoena on Bernanke

Lawyers in Bank of America case want chairman to testify on talks on Merrill Lynch deal.

MAR
14
2012

Mashable website ´to be sold for £130million´ to CNN

CNN is reported to be in talks to buy the technology news website Mashable.com.

MAR
14
2012

US: Angry iPhone 4s users sue Apple because Siri sucks

A $500 device isn´t the same as a personal assistant...who knew? "Siri, find me a lawyer in Cupertino." Over 100 enterprising and quite jaded iPhone 4s users are suing Apple for advertising campaigns that include "misleading and deceptive message."

MAR
14
2012

China: Legislators passes new law allowing secret detentions

Chinese legislators Wednesday approved changes to the country´s criminal code that will allow the police to hold certain suspects at secret locations.

MAR
14
2012

US: The exoneration of Bennett Barbour

Virginia knows it has DNA evidence that may prove the innocence of dozens of men convicted of crimes they didn´t commit. Men just like Barbour. So why won´t the state say who they are?

MAR
14
2012

UK: Court allows right to die case to proceed

A UK High Court justice decided Monday to let a right to die case proceed, the first to be allowed in British court. Justice William Charles ruled that a case brought by Tony Nicklinson, age 57, could proceed to hearing.

MAR
13
2012

Murdoch exec Brooks re-arrested in hacking probe

Police arrested Rebekah Brooks, the former News of the World editor and close associate to Rupert Murdoch, for a second time on Tuesday in a new round of detentions in Britain´s phone-hacking scandal, Sky News reported.

MAR
13
2012

US: Yahoo sues Facebook over 10 disputed patents in the US

Yahoo has filed an intellectual property lawsuit against Facebook.

MAR
13
2012

UK: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy

Jimmy Wales, the Wikipedia co-founder, has been appointed as a British government adviser on how Whitehall can make policy decisions more transparent, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

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