OCT
31
2014

Investigation Causes Citigroup to Cut Profit

The investigation into the manipulation of foreign currencies, , has consumed the attention of regulators and prosecutors across the globe.

OCT
31
2014

Singapore tops World Bank business ranking for ninth year

According World Bank, Singapore has been ranked the best country to do business.

OCT
31
2014

China´s web regulator denies shutting foreign websites

Twitter, Facebook and the New York Times are not accessible in China.

OCT
31
2014

Spain Passes Much-Debated Intellectual Property Law

The law, known as the LPI, will take effect January 2015 and allows for sanctions of up to $758,000 (€600,000) for linking to pirated content, including newspapers and Spanish publishers, who also try to protect their property rights.

OCT
30
2014

Small New York Firm Wins Epic Fee Fight: Business of Law

A small Manhattan law firm won $44 million in attorney fees incurred in a dispute involving the heirs of Sylvan Lawrence, a wealthy commercial real estate developer.

OCT
30
2014

Alibaba’s Yu’E Bao Struggles With Business Model As Liquidity In Chinese Banking Sector Improves

Alibaba’s Yu’E Bao attracts investors by allowing them to invest in a money-market fund, to generate higher returns while also allowing depositors to withdraw funds at any time.

OCT
30
2014

Prosecutors Suspect Repeat Offenses on Wall Street

Prosecutors in Washington and Manhattan have reopened an investigation into Standard Chartered,the big British bank that reached a settlement in 2012 over accusations that it transferred billions of dollars for Iran and other nations.

OCT
30
2014

Australia insists counterterrorism secrets law won´t ensare journalists

Journalists and rights groups have condemned the law as an attack on press freedom.

OCT
30
2014

California Leads on Justice Reform

Californians — who support the proposition by a healthy margin, according to polls — have now seen for themselves that they don’t have to choose between reducing prison populations and protecting public safety.

OCT
29
2014

Ryanair ordered to pay €8.3m by French court

An appeal court in Aix-en-Provence found the company guilty of paying workers under Irish contracts to avoid making French social security payments.

OCT
29
2014

FTC sues AT&T over ´deceptive´ throttling of unlimited data customers

In a press release, the FTC said AT&T has "misled millions of its smartphone customers" by slowing down their data speeds after they´ve used up a certain amount of data in a single month.

OCT
29
2014

Australia prompts outrage by becoming first Western country to ban visitors from Ebola-hit areas of Africa

The unprecedented moves comes amid calls from Republicans for a travel ban to be imposed in the U.S - something which has so far been resisted by Barack Obama.

OCT
27
2014

China may scrap death penalty for nine crime

China is considering trimming nine crimes from its list of offences punishable by death, state media said, as the ruling Communist Party considers broader reforms to the country´s legal system.

OCT
27
2014
OCT
22
2014

Brazilian Steakhouse Beats Feds in Fight Over Chef´s Visas

Victory is sweet—or, more appropriately, savory—for Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chao, which prevailed on Tuesday in a visa dispute with federal immigration officials.

OCT
22
2014

4 Banks, Including JPMorgan, Fined in Europe Over ‘Cartel’ Behavior

The European Commission on Tuesday fined four major financial institutions 93.9 million euros, or about $120 million, over two types of activity that it deemed as cartel behavior.

OCT
22
2014

Putin´s Latest Target: More Than 200 Russian McDonald´s

A regulator has already closed nine McDonald’s outlets in recent weeks.

OCT
21
2014

El-Sisi says clemency for imprisoned journalists not possible

El-Sisi says he can not interfere in the matters of an "independent judiciary"

OCT
21
2014

Total CEO de Margerie killed in Moscow as jet hits snow plough

The collision occurred minutes before midnight Moscow time as de Margerie´s Dassault Falcon jet was taking off for Paris.

OCT
21
2014

Plenary session to focus on building complete legal system

For the first time, the CPC Central Committee plenary session will take the rule of law as its key theme.

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