NOV
13
2012

Why a $40 million verdict against ´girls gone wild´ creator Joe Francis was cut

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joanne O´Donnell has cut by roughly half a $40 million defamation jury award against Girls Gone Wild mogul Joe Francis for defaming Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn.

NOV
13
2012

UK lawmakers slam Starbucks, Amazon and Google on tax

UK lawmakers criticized executives of Starbucks, Google and Amazon on Monday for not paying more tax in Britain, and Amazon said it had received a $252 million demand for back taxes from France.

NOV
13
2012

Google said to face ultimatum from FTC in antitrust talks

Google Inc. is being pressed by U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz to offer to resolve the agency´s antitrust probe in the next few days or face a lawsuit, two people familiar with the matter said.

NOV
13
2012

Dutch teenagers sentenced in "Facebook murder"

Two Dutch teenagers were sentenced to two years in juvenile detention and three years of compulsory therapy on Monday for ordering the death of a girl after an argument on Facebook.

NOV
13
2012

Brazil wins election to UN Human Rights Council

Brazil has been elected to the UN Human Rights Council.

NOV
12
2012

George Entwistle resigns as BBC director-general

George Entwistle has taken responsibility as the BBC´s editor-in-chief for what Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, said was "unacceptable shoddy journalism" that exposed a former Tory peer to false allegations of paedophilia.

NOV
12
2012

Federal judge gives preliminary approval to credit card fee settlement

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Friday preliminarily approved a proposed settlement of $7.2 billion between merchants and Visa and Mastercard, which would be the largest settlement ever made in an antitrust case.

NOV
12
2012

Apple, HTC settle patent dispute, sign licensing pact

Apple Inc. and HTC Corp. announced a broad ten-year licensing agreement that settles all of the lawsuits between the companies around the world.

NOV
9
2012

IMF and EU face tough choices on Greece debt

Greece has moved a step away from bankruptcy with parliament´s approval of new reforms, but its debt pile still threatens its solvency and its international creditors have yet to agree even how big it is.

NOV
9
2012

Apple accused of dragging feet over Samsung court order

Judges furious over ´lackadaisical´ compliance with order to publicise acknowledgements that South Korean firm did not infringe designs.

NOV
9
2012

Prop 34 fails but signals the imminent demise of California´s death penalty

The narrow loss of the Proposition 34 referendum is a temporary setback. Public opinion is shifting against capital punishment.

NOV
9
2012

U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case seeks to explore plea bargain

A U.S. Army private facing court-martial for allegedly leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website has offered to plead guilty to less serious offenses than those with which he has been charged, his lawyer said.

NOV
9
2012

Viagra maker Pfizer loses patent ruling in Canada

Generic drugs firms may start producing versions of Viagra in Canada after a court ruled Pfizer´s patent was invalid.

NOV
8
2012

BP, plaintiffs seek approval of $7.8 billion spill accord

BP Plc and the lead lawyers representing victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill will ask a judge today to approve a proposed $7.8 billion partial settlement of claims, while attorneys for thousands of plaintiffs seek rejection or modification of the agreement.

NOV
8
2012

Hyundai, Kia face $775m lawsuit over false fuel economy claims

A U.S. lawsuit has been filed against Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp, seeking $775 million in damages in one of the biggest known actions against the automakers since they admitted overstating the fuel economy of some their vehicles.

NOV
8
2012

Wisconsin´s Tammy Baldwin is first openly gay person elected to Senate

Tammy Baldwin made history Tuesday night -- twice. She became the first openly gay politician, and first Wisconsin woman, elected to the U.S. Senate.

NOV
8
2012

French gay marriage and adoption bill backed by cabinet

France´s Socialist government has approved a bill to legalise same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt.

NOV
8
2012

Formula one awaits word on bribery probe

Prosecutors in Munich are expected to decide in the coming weeks whether to charge Formula One Group Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone with bribery, The Wall Street Journal reported.

NOV
7
2012

Brasilagro celebrates listing on the New York Stock Exchange

On Thursday, November 8, BrasilAgro, one of the largest owners and operators of farmland in Brazil, and the first Brazilian agricultural company to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), will visit the exchange to celebrate the company´s listing on the NYSE.

NOV
7
2012

Citigroup discloses Libor inquiry in Singapore

Citigroup Inc. disclosed in its quarterly financial filing Tuesday that the Monetary Authority of Singapore has launched an inquiry into its practices involving the setting of global interest rates.

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