DEC
5
2014

Twitter co-founder to sell $ 28.7 million shares

Mr. Williams, who sits on Twitter’s board, sold more than 719,000 shares this week at prices from $39.83 to $40 a share, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late Wednesday. The sales amounted to roughly $28.7 million.

DEC
4
2014

Britain launches new ´Google tax´ on multinational companies

The British government today slapped a new tax rate on multinational companies that seek to avoid paying their fair share to Treasury coffers.

DEC
4
2014

AC/DC Drummer Rudd Back in Court for Bail Breach

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd appeared in a New Zealand court today after breaching his bail conditions.

DEC
4
2014

Eric Garner death: US orders civil rights inquiry

The US justice department is to launch a civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner.

DEC
4
2014

Hong Kong Protests Haven’t Hurt Rule of Law, Judge Says

Hong Kong’s two-month street occupation hasn’t damaged the Chinese city’s rule of law.

DEC
4
2014

EU’s Privacy Law U-Turn Seen Thwarting Google to Facebook

The European Union is backtracking from plans to allow U.S. Internet giants to be regulated by a single data privacy watchdog in the EU

DEC
4
2014

SoftBank invests $250 million in Southeast Asian taxi-hailing app GrabTaxi

Japanese telecoms firm SoftBank Corp has pumped in $250 million to become the top investor in Southeast Asian mobile taxi-booking application.

DEC
4
2014

Sky sells controlling stake in betting business to CVC

A British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) logo is seen at the company´s UK headquarters.

DEC
4
2014

U.S. justices grapple with UPS pregnancy discrimination case

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared unsure on Wednesday how to decide a case that could determine whether employers must provide accommodations for pregnant workers who may have physical limitations on duties they can perform.

DEC
3
2014

AstraZeneca Fights Billions in Possible Nexium Damages

AstraZeneca Plc (AZN), in a first trial since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled drugmakers can be sued over so-called pay-to-delay deals, is fighting to avoid what might be billions of dollars in damages over claims it illegally paid to block generic versions of the heartburn tablet Nexium.

DEC
3
2014

Supreme Court hears arguments on trademarks, sentencing

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. the court heard arguments on whether the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board´s.

DEC
3
2014

Petrobras’s $100 Million Man Tops Graft Haul in Scandal

Brazil’s biggest money laundering and corruption scandal just got bigger with a high-level executive’s pledge to return $100 million.

DEC
3
2014

Supreme Court Ponders Trademark Odyssey of Sealtight vs. Sealtite

Sealtite says its brand doesn’t cause confusion with Sealtight because it sells different types of products to different classes of customers.

DEC
3
2014

Azul, Brazil Airline Started by JetBlue Founder, Files for I.P.O.

The JetBlue founder David Neeleman is aiming to take another airline company public.

DEC
2
2014

EU court blocks gay asylum tests

Homosexual acts are illegal in many African countries, including Uganda.

DEC
2
2014

U.K. Lawmakers Say China Has Banned Them From Hong Kong

Prime Minister David Cameron criticized China for preventing a group of U.K. lawmakers visiting Hong Kong, calling the ban “mistaken” and “counterproductive.”

DEC
2
2014

Apple heads to trial over digital music claims

Opening statements are scheduled to begin on Tuesday in an Oakland, California, federal court in the long-running class action.

DEC
2
2014

Obama to urge Congress to loosen purse strings for Ebola fight

President Barack Obama on Tuesday will press Congress to approve $6.18 billion in emergency funding to help fight the Ebola,

DEC
2
2014

Alibaba, Tencent chairmen invest in China´s Ping An Insurance

The founders of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd were among a consortium of investors who purchased stakes in Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd.

DEC
2
2014

US top court debates if online death threats are free speech

The US Supreme Court will consider a groundbreaking case Monday about whether death threats posted on Facebook are liable to prosecution or whether threatening comments are protected by constitutional rights to free speech.

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