JAN
29
2015

McDonald’s chief executive steps down after sales slump

Briton Steve Easterbrook next in line as Thompson retires after investor frustrations at McDonald’s poor performance.

JAN
29
2015

Supreme Court Tells Oklahoma To Put Off Executions, Citing Drug Dispute

The execution of three inmates has been put on hold, as the Supreme Court intervenes in a case that involves the controversy over the drugs states use to put people to death.

JAN
29
2015

AG Nominee Lynch Says She Differs From Obama On Marijuana

During her first day of confirmation hearings for attorney general, nominee Loretta Lynch gave answers that seemed in line with President Obama.

JAN
29
2015

Chile: Lawmakers Approve Civil Unions for Gay or Heterosexual Couples

After nearly four years of legislative wrangling, legislators in socially conservative Chile approved civil unions on Wednesday for same-sex and unmarried heterosexual couples.

JAN
29
2015

Facebook tops Wall Street revenue target in fourth quarter

Facebook Inc´s (FB.O) revenue grew 49 percent in the fourth quarter, as mobile advertising growth helped the world´s largest Internet social network beat Wall Street´s targets for earnings and sales.

JAN
29
2015

Pentagon official urges NATO to focus on innovative weapons

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work on Wednesday urged NATO allies to develop and make more innovative weapons, and said bold action was needed to stay ahead of rapid weapons development by China.

JAN
29
2015

Kim Jong-un goes to Russia: North Korean dictator ´to attend Moscow WWII Soviet victory ceremonies´

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to make an unprecedented official trip to Moscow in May, in a move that underscores the growing diplomatic ties between the two neighbours.

JAN
28
2015

Philippines rejects US Marine´s appeal to drop murder case

The Philippines on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a U.S. Marine that it drop a murder case against him in the death of a transgender Filipino woman last year.

JAN
28
2015

Apple iPhone sales trample expectations as profit sets global record

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) quarterly results smashed Wall Street expectations with record sales of big-screen iPhones in the holiday shopping season and a 70 percent rise in China sales,

JAN
28
2015

Twins who turned on Mexican cartels sentenced to 14 years

Twin brothers who ran a massive Chicago distribution hub for Mexican drug cartels but then helped the U.S. government convict more than a dozen drug dealers were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Tuesday in federal court.

JAN
28
2015

U.S. Strengths Buoy Consumers but Hurt Corporations With Business Abroad

What is good for the American consumer may be less so for big American companies.

JAN
28
2015

Texas court halts Wednesday execution for death row inmate

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted Wednesday´s scheduled execution of Garcia Glen White.

JAN
28
2015

Siemens quarterly profit slips 25 pct on slow power business

Industrial machinery maker Siemens AG says net profit fell 25 percent in its most recent quarter as lower earnings at its key power and gas business weighed on the bottom line.

JAN
28
2015

Appeals court denies lobbyist´s bid to blow hole in campaign finance law

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the conviction of a Nevada lobbyist, attorney, and developer for making illegal campaign contributions in 2007 to Sen. Harry Reid (D) of Nevada.

JAN
28
2015

Apple supplier Foxconn to shrink workforce as sales growth stalls

The debate about whether men should stand or sit when urinating is no laughing matter in Germany, where some toilets have red traffic-style signs forbidding the standing position.

JAN
27
2015

Nutella not a girl’s name, French court rules

A French court has barred a couple from naming their daughter Nutella after the popular hazelnut chocolate spread.

JAN
27
2015

German court upholds men’s right to stand up while urinating

Tenants in a rented apartment may stand up while urinating in their own bathroom, a German court has said.

JAN
27
2015

Google Fined Over Abortion Ads as Putin Pushes Values

Russia’s antitrust regulator is fining Google 100,000 rubles for advertising abortion clinics as President Vladimir Putin pushes what he calls “traditional values.”

JAN
27
2015

U.N. halts Gaza house repairs saying donors failed to pay up

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday that it cannot afford to repair Gaza homes damaged in last year’s war with Israel because donors have failed to pay.

JAN
27
2015

In parting shot, Obama prods India on religious freedom

U.S. President Barack Obama weighed in on one of India´s most sensitive topics as he wound up a visit on Tuesday.

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