SEP
10
2013

Deutsche Bank faces hearing over fired Euribor traders´ claims

Deutsche Bank AG faces a hearing in a lawsuit by four traders fired over the lender´s role in the alleged rigging of interest benchmarks after mandated mediation failed to produce a settlement.

SEP
10
2013

JPMorgan to increase litigation reserves as legal issues mount

The chief financial officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Monday that the company will build its litigation reserves in the third quarter at a cost that will "more than offset" the benefit of a simultaneous release of extra reserves it had taken for mortgage losses.

SEP
10
2013

Egypt´s Naguib Sawiris still interested in Telecom Italia stake

Egypt´s Naguib Sawiris remains interested in acquiring a stake in Telecom Italia SpA but has yet to table a new offer after an initial approach was rebuffed late last year, a spokeswoman for the businessman said on Sunday.

SEP
9
2013

Google made new offer to settle antitrust probe, EU says

Google Inc. gave European Union regulators a new proposal to settle an almost three-year-old EU antitrust probe into the way it operates its search services.

SEP
9
2013

PetroChina denies report exeutives being investigated

PetroChina Co., mired in a government graft probe, said a media report that more executives were being investigated by the authorities is untrue.

SEP
9
2013

Americans worried about Facebook, not NSA

Internet users are more concerned about hackers, Facebook advertisers, and family members violating their online privacy than they are about the government, according to a new survey.

SEP
9
2013

Verizon-F.C.C. court fight takes on regulating net

Few people would dispute that one of the biggest contributors to the extraordinary success of the Internet has been the ability of just about anyone to use it to offer any product, service or type of information they want.

SEP
9
2013

Bosses say get off email and talk on the phone

Managers have a message for younger employees: Get off email and talk on the phone.

SEP
9
2013

Woman in Taiwan faced 300 years jail for affair due to island´s harsh adultery laws

A Taiwanese widow who faced the theoretical possibility of 298 years in jail for an affair with a married man has rekindled the debate over the island´s controversial adultery laws.

SEP
9
2013

Italy: Defiant Berlusconi turns to human rights court in tax fraud case

Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi is turning to Europe´s human rights court in a bid to avoid a ban on public office and other punishments for his tax fraud conviction, the media mogul´s aides said Sunday.

SEP
9
2013

NYSE Euronext buys stake in private-placement startup ACE

NYSE Euronext (NYX), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, bought a minority stake in ACE Group Inc., which operates a platform for companies to privately sell stocks, bonds and other securities.

SEP
9
2013

Obama shrinking second-term hastened by Syria opposition

As Barack Obama seeks approval for a military strike in Syria, he finds the footprint of his historic presidency shrinking.

SEP
6
2013

Google seeks to dismiss e-mail wiretap privacy lawsuit

Google Inc. asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it illegally reads and mines the content of private e-mail messages sent to Gmail in violation of state and federal wiretap laws.

SEP
6
2013

Verizon shareholder sues to stop Vodafone stake purchase

A Verizon Communications Inc. shareholder sued to stop its acquisition of Vodafone Group Plc´s 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion in what may be the first investor class action stemming from the deal.

SEP
6
2013

Hey, pro athletes: Your tattoo is going to get you sued

Four years ago, Christopher Escobedo, a tattoo artist in Phoenix, inked a large tattoo of a lion into the ribcage of a mixed martial arts fighter named Carlos Condit.

SEP
6
2013

Apple investigating worker-abuse charges at "iPhone C" supplier

Apple hasn´t even launched the less-expensive iPhone it´s rumored to have in the pipeline, but already a company involved in its manufacture stands accused of labor violations.

SEP
6
2013

Microsoft wins trial on Google´s patent licensing tactics

Google Inc.´s Motorola Mobility didn´t act in good faith when it demanded patent royalties from Microsoft Corp. for use of video-compression and Wi-Fi technology, a federal jury said yesterday.

SEP
6
2013

BP wants to halt Deepwater Horizon claims process

BP is fighting the settlement it agreed to last summer that let the oil company avoid thousands of potential lawsuits over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

SEP
6
2013

Brazil´s lower house bans secret voting after protests

Brazil´s Chamber of Deputies has approved a ban on secret voting in both houses of Congress.

SEP
6
2013

G20 ´divided´ on Syria as Power criticises Russia

World leaders meeting for the final day of the G20 summit in Russia remain divided over military action in Syria.

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