DEC
16
2014

Apple’s 2006 ITunes Tweaks Likened to Poison Candy Bar

Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s changes to iTunes in 2006 were like a new-and-improved candy bar that’s bigger.

DEC
15
2014

Brazil company executives charged in Petrobras scandal

Prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol says that companies which won contracts would include illicit surcharges of between one and six per cent of the deal.

DEC
15
2014

EU plans to scrap laws on clean air and waste recycling

EU plans to tackle air pollution that causes tens of thousands of premature deaths and make countries recycle more of their rubbish are to be scrapped, according to leaked documents.

DEC
15
2014

Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill, averting partial gov´t shutdown

The Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill late Saturday that funds the government through next September, averting a partial government shutdown and sending the measure to President Obama´s desk.

DEC
15
2014

Police protest against crime in Brazil

Dozens of police officers and victims of crime took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday to protest crime.

DEC
15
2014

260 Chinese lawyers protest detention of attorney who invoked constitutional rights in court

The lawyers signed an open letter condemning the police action in the northeastern province of Jilin

DEC
15
2014

At least 25 journalists, police officers detained in Turkey raid

Police in Turkey detained more than 25 journalists and fellow police officers Sunday in a nationwide operation that saw the editor of a popular opposition publication taken into custody.

DEC
12
2014

Supreme court to rule whether ban on abuse memoir threatens free speech

A British performing artist who has been prevented from publishing his memoir as a result of legal action brought by his ex-wife is to ask the supreme court to overturn the ban, arguing that it poses a dangerous threat to free speech.

DEC
12
2014

Jack Ma Becomes Asia’s Richest Person on Alibaba Surge

The 50-year-old founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA), China’s biggest e-commerce company, passed Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong property and ports tycoon who has held the top spot in the region since April 5, 2012.

DEC
12
2014

Commerzbank Likely to Pay More than $1 Billion to Settle Probes

Germany’s Second-Largest Lender Under Investigation for Violating U.S. Economic Sanctions.

DEC
12
2014

Police can search cellphones without warrant during arrest: court

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld what the police can do with your cellphone during criminal investigations, allowing officers to conduct searches of a suspect’s phone without a warrant.

DEC
11
2014

Brazil truth commission reports torture during military rule

Brazil´s National Truth Commission released a report on Wednesday declaring that state agents engaged in human rights violations between 1964 and 1985 when the country was under military rule.

DEC
11
2014

Oi of Brazil Agrees to Sell Assets in Portugal to Altice

The Brazilian telecommunications company Oi said late Monday that its board of directors had accepted an offer by Altice, the European cable television and mobile services provider

DEC
11
2014

Appeals Court Deals a Setback to U.S. Crackdown on Insider Trading

The convictions had racked up in recent years, 85 people all told, as Manhattan prosecutors swept through Wall Street with what they described as clear-cut evidence of insider trading.

DEC
11
2014

Petrobras Announced by Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP

Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP announces that it is investigating potential claims on behalf of investors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.

DEC
11
2014

Protests in Paris as France unveils economic reforms

French lawyers, notaries and bailiffs have demonstrated in Paris against new reforms to reduce barriers to enter their highly regulated professions.

DEC
10
2014

Supreme Court rules employees not entitled to overtime pay for post-shift security screening

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk that employees are not entitled to overtime pay for the time spent waiting for and undergoing post-shift security screening procedures.

DEC
10
2014

US Senate passes Venezuela sanctions bill citing ´state-sponsored violence´

Legislation authorises freezing assets and banning visas of officials involved in perpetrating human rights abuses and violence against protesters.

DEC
10
2014

Luxembourg says tax rulings are not secret, never have been

Luxembourg is giving details of its tax deals with foreign firms to governments that ask for them.

DEC
10
2014

New Zealand approves anti-terrorism laws to counter foreign fighters risk

The law was fast-tracked through parliament and is scheduled to expire in 2017.

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