OCT
25
2012

Trade panel judge says Samsung infringed Apple patents

South Korea´s Samsung Electronics, the world´s top maker of smartphones, infringed Apple patents to make its smartphones and tablets, a U.S. trade panel judge said in a preliminary decision issued on Wednesday.

OCT
25
2012

Brazilian student sells her virginity for $780,000 online

A Brazilian student has sold her virginity in an online auction for $780,000 as part of a documentary organised by an Australian filmmaker, according to reports.

OCT
25
2012

Bank of America sued for $1bn for alleged mortgage fraud

Bank of America is being sued for $1bn (£624m) for alleged mortgage fraud.

OCT
25
2012

Gupta gets two years for leaking inside tips

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta was sentenced to two years in federal prison for leaking corporate secrets about the bank to a hedge fund at the height of the financial crisis.

OCT
24
2012

Stockholm subway thief sentenced to prison

A 28-year-old Tunisian who was caught on security camera stealing from a man who had fallen onto the tracks on the Stockholm subway and then leaving him to be hit by a train was sentenced Tuesday to 1 ½ years in prison for theft.

OCT
24
2012

Leak will send ex-CIA officer to prison

A former Central Intelligence Agency officer is expected to spend 2 1/2 years in prison for telling a journalist the name of a covert agent, marking the first time in 27 years that someone will go to prison for blowing the cover of a CIA agent.

OCT
24
2012

Papal butler´s alleged accomplice goes on trial Nov. 5

A Vatican computer expert will go on trial on November 5 for aiding and abetting the pope´s former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was convicted this month of stealing papal documents, a spokesman for the Holy See said on Tuesday.

OCT
24
2012

Italian police arrest ex-Finmeccanica exec, investigate former minister for alleged corruption

An Italian investigation into alleged corruption in the awarding of international contracts to aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica led to the arrest Tuesday of the company´s former commercial director and has implicated a former Cabinet minister.

OCT
24
2012

John Errol Ferguson execution stopped again

US appeals court grants stay over issue of mental illness, just before Florida serial killer was due to have lethal injection.

OCT
23
2012

Wal-Mart faces wage lawsuit as walkout threat looms

A new lawsuit accused Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and two staffing agencies of requiring temporary employees to show up early for work, stay late, and work through lunch at the world´s largest retailer.

OCT
23
2012

New York court date in Lindsay Lohan car accident case canceled

Embattled actress Lindsay Lohan appears to be off the hook after being arrested for leaving the scene of an accident last month when her Porsche allegedly clipped a pedestrian in an alley behind an upscale Manhattan hotel.

OCT
23
2012

How will the Pussy Riot band members fare in Russia´s ´harshest prisons´?

Russia´s ´correctional colonies´ have high wooden fences topped by razor wire and watch towers, while the remote locations make visits from parents and children extremely difficult.

OCT
23
2012

Lufthansa loses Eu Court challenge over compensation for delays

Deutsche Lufthansa AG and British Airways lost challenges at the European Union´s top court over paying compensation to passengers delayed by more than three hours.

OCT
23
2012

Voters in Iceland back new constitution, more resource control

Residents of Iceland have voted for their constitution to be rewritten in the wake of the 2008 banking crisis, electing to take greater control of natural resources such as fish and geothermal energy, results of a referendum showed on Sunday.

OCT
23
2012

L´Aquila earthquake scientists sentenced to six years in jail

Six Italian scientists and a government official have been found guilty in a watershed trial of multiple manslaughter for underestimating the risks of the L´Aquila 2009 earthquake.

OCT
22
2012

As Microsoft shifts its privacy rules, an uproar is absent

Microsoft instituted a policy on Friday that gives the company broad leeway over how it gathers and uses personal information from consumers of its free, Web-based products like e-mail, search and instant messaging.

OCT
22
2012

Facebook privacy targeted by Austrian law student

To carry on his war against Facebook, Max Schrems figures he needs at least 200,000 euros — about $250,000 — no small sum for a law student scraping by on a government stipend.

OCT
22
2012

BP´s future hinges on outcome of Russian oil-venture deal, charges in gulf oil spill

The oil giant BP is staring at two giant decisions. It is a pivotal moment for BP.

OCT
22
2012

Mobile phones can cause brain tumours, court rules

A landmark court case has ruled there is a link between using a mobile phone and brain tumours, paving the way for a flood of legal actions.

OCT
22
2012

Brazilian newspapers pull out of Google News

Newspapers accounting for 90% of the circulation in Brazil have abandoned Google News.

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