President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Greenpeace activists arrested for staging a protest at Russia´s first Arctic offshore oil platform had violated international law but signaled they should not face charges of piracy.
An $11 billion national settlement is under discussion to resolve claims over JPMorgan´s handling of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the recession, said a government official familiar with ongoing negotiations among bank, federal and New York state officials.
Animal welfare groups have vowed to continue their fight against plans to euthanize Romania´s stray dogs despite a decision today declaring the measure legal.
So BlackBerry has found itself a buyer.
But the $4.7 billion offer by Fairfax Financial Holdings, the Canadian insurance and investment company, to take the company private does not necessarily resolve the company´s problems.
US International Trade Commission (ITC) Judge Thomas Pender on Monday issued a preliminary ruling holding that HTC infringed on two patents for mobile technology held by Nokia.
There´s been a slow bleed of staff cuts at big law firms in recent weeks.
Environmental activists who protested at a Russian Arctic offshore oil platform last week will be prosecuted and could face piracy charges punishable by up to 15 years in prison, Russian investigators said on Tuesday.
California teens get an online "eraser button" under a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday.
Telefonica SA agreed to boost its stake in Telecom Italia SpA for about 441 million euros ($596 million), expanding its influence over the indebted Italian phone company and paving the way for potential asset sales.
Russia hopes the U.N. Security Council will agree a resolution this week to support a deal for Syria to abandon its chemical arms, but talks with the United States have been rocky, a senior Russian diplomat said on Tuesday.
One day after a court in eastern China sentenced him to life in prison for corruption, former Communist Party official Bo Xilai appealed his verdict and sentencing, a source with direct knowledge of the case told CNN.
A former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a contractor for the bureau has agreed to plead guilty to disclosing national defense information to the Associated Press about a disrupted terrorist plot to bring down a civilian airliner headed for the United States, the Justice Department said Monday.
Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. have agreed to end courtroom battles over display-technology patents and explore cooperation, highlighting competitive pressures in the market for next-generation displays.
BlackBerry Ltd. said on Monday it reached a preliminary deal with one of its biggest shareholders to take the company private for about $4.7 billion, as it harbors hope that a better offer might emerge.
BlackBerry Ltd. said on Monday it reached a preliminary deal with one of its biggest shareholders to take the company private for about $4.7 billion, as it harbors hope that a better offer might emerge.
The case of the so-called London Whale presents an interesting contrast in how the government pursues corporate wrongdoing.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed and settled an insider-trading lawsuit against Lawrence Robbins, an independent filmmaker, for trading on tips he received from a friend involving drug-company acquisitions.
Chancellor Angela Merkel´s conservative party has won Germany´s election, but finished just short of an absolute majority, official results show.
Startup companies that celebrated the passage of a U.S. law allowing them to solicit investors more more openly say regulators may undercut that move by requiring detailed disclosures of their fundraising.
Participants of the Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (APPC) hosted by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) declared Sunday that gender equality and reproductive health are indispensable to sustainable development.
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