JAN
21
2015

Paris mayor may sue Fox News over no-go-zones report

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told CNN Tuesday that she may sue Fox News because the network "insulted" the city with its coverage of "no-go zones" that are supposedly only for Muslim residents.

JAN
21
2015

Morgan Stanley to pay smaller proportion of revenue in bonuses

Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley said it would pay a smaller portion of revenue in bonuses to its bankers and traders this year even in a better revenue environment.

JAN
21
2015

Dutch court blocks extradition to U.S. over torture concerns

A Dutch court on Tuesday blocked the extradition of a man accused of having fought against U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

JAN
20
2015

China Posts Weakest Annual Growth In 24 Years, More Stimulus Expected

China´s economic growth held steady at 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, slightly better than expected but still hovering at its weakest since the global financial crisis.

JAN
20
2015

Elon Musk is donating $10M of his own money to artificial intelligence research

Putting his money where his Internet comments are, Musk is donating $10 million to the nonprofit Future of Life Institute to support a global research program aimed at ensuring that artificial intelligence is used for the benefit of humanity.

JAN
20
2015

U.S. honors Martin Luther King amid protests against police brutality

The United States on Monday honored African American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as demonstrators staged protests against incidents of alleged police brutality over the past year.

JAN
20
2015

Jury selection to start in Colorado cinema massacre trial

The first of some 9,000 potential jurors will report to court in Colorado on Tuesday as selection begins for the trial of James Holmes.

JAN
20
2015

Facebook report says it adds more than $200 billion to global economy

With 1.35 billion users of its Internet social network, Facebook Inc would rank as the world’s second-most populous nation if it were a country.

JAN
20
2015

Google sticks to EU only application of ´right to be forgotten´

Google is only removing search results from European websites when individuals invoke their "right to be forgotten", contrary to regulators´ guidelines.

JAN
20
2015

Gary Glitter trial told of attack on sleeping girl

Court hears how singer, who is accused of a series of child sex offences, attempted to rape eight-year-old child as she slept

JAN
20
2015
JAN
19
2015

Haiti announces new government, cabinet to be sworn in Monday

Haitian President Michel Martelly announced the formation of a new government via Facebook late Sunday in a bid to rescue the impoverished Caribbean nation from political crisis.

JAN
19
2015

US delegation to Cuba could meet with Raul Castro

A U.S. congressional delegation sits down with Cuban officials on Monday in meetings that may include President Raul Castro, making them the highest-level contacts between the two nations since the declaration of detente last month.

JAN
19
2015

U.S. penetrated North Korean networks years ago

The U.S. National Security Agency began tapping into North Korean computer networks in 2010, an effort that ultimately helped provide evidence to persuade the Obama administration that Pyongyang was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures.

JAN
19
2015

China shares plunge, Europe eyes crunch ECB meeting

Chinese shares chalked up their biggest one-day slide in nearly seven years on Monday after regulators there took steps to rein in speculative lending.

JAN
19
2015

Facebook at Work: social network unveils ´pilot´ for companies

Many companies still ban staff from accessing Facebook during office hours, but the social network is hoping to win over the corporate critics with Facebook at Work.

JAN
19
2015

EU to appeal ruling that Hamas should be off terror list

The European Union said on Monday it would appeal against a court ruling that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should be removed from the bloc´s terrorist list.

JAN
19
2015

Supreme Court to Decide Marriage Rights for Gay Couples Nationwide

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether all 50 states must allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.

JAN
19
2015

Obama to call for new tax increases in State of the Union address

President Obama plans to call for billions in tax increases on top earners – including a hike in investment tax rates .

JAN
19
2015

EU Says Part Of Amazon´s Luxembourg Tax Deal ´Cosmetic´

Luxembourg took just two weeks to sign off a partly cosmetic deal that allowed Amazon to shift a large part of its European profits to an untaxed entity.

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