OCT
6
2015

U.S. Reaches Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal With 11 Pacific Nations

Trans-Pacific Partnership created after bitter fights over automobile industry, intellectual property rights and dairy products.

OCT
5
2015

Most EU Countries to Ban Cultivation of 8 GMOs Using New Rules

Nineteen EU countries have demanded that all or part of their territory be shielded from eight pending applications to grow gene-altered crops in the bloc.

OCT
5
2015

World Bank: Extreme poverty ´to fall below 10%´

The bank said it was using a new income figure of $1.90 per day to define extreme poverty, up from $1.25.

OCT
2
2015

Judge Rules for J.P. Morgan in $8.6 Billion Lehman Lawsuit

Judge rejects Lehman’s claim that J.P. Morgan siphoned billions of dollars before colapse.

OCT
2
2015

Google and Microsoft agree to lawsuit truce

Eighteen lawsuits had been active between the companies, relating to uses of technologies in mobile phones, wifi and other areas.

OCT
1
2015

Twitter Makes Click-Through Purchases Easier

U.S.-based merchants will be able to add ‘buy button’ to tweets.

OCT
1
2015

Unisplendour of China Buys 15% Stake in Western Digital

Unisplendour will pay a premium of about 30 percent for the stake and will get the right to nominate one board member

SEP
30
2015

Axel Springer to Acquire Controlling Stake in Business Insider

The online publication had sold a controlling stake to the German media conglomerate Axel Springer for $343 million.

SEP
28
2015

German Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn

Investigation to clarify who can be held responsible for alleged fraud.

SEP
28
2015

Efficiency up, turnover down: Sweden experiments with six-hour working day

A trial of shorter days for nurses at a Gothenburg care home is inspiring others across Scandinavia to cut back, but the cost of improving staff wellbeing is high.

SEP
28
2015

Facebook´s Mark Zuckerberg pledges refugee camp internet access

Zuckerberg said it would help refugees access aid and maintain family links.

SEP
28
2015

Gates Foundation sues Brazilian oil company, Petrobras

Prosecutors say more than US$ 2 billion (£1.37 billion pounds) were paid over a decade mainly to Petrobras executives.

SEP
25
2015

European Advocate General: transfer of EU user data violates privacy laws

The Luxembourg court´s advocate general Yves Bot suggested that the court do away with the "Safe Harbor" rules that have spurred controversy in the wake of Edward Snowden´s whistleblower situation from last year.

SEP
24
2015

Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android

The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement with the Justice Department to spearhead an investigation of Google’s Android business.

SEP
24
2015

Uber Introduces Carpooling Service for Commuters, Starting in China

The service, called UberCommute, gives Chinese car owners who drive long distances the option of picking up passengers going in the same direction.

SEP
23
2015

French Constitutional Council Rejects Uber Appeal of Law Banning Uberpop

Court rejects Uber’s arguments law violated principle of free enterprise.

SEP
23
2015

US drug company to cut 5,000% price rise after backlash

Martin Shkreli, the head of Turing Pharmaceuticals, told US media he would drop the price following the outcry, but did not say by how much.

SEP
23
2015

Happy Birthday ruled public domain as judge throws out copyright claim

A federal court judge has thrown out a copyright claim to the Happy Birthday song from the music publishing company collecting its royalties for decades.

SEP
22
2015

VW emissions scandal hits 11m vehicles

Volkswagen said it was setting aside €6.5bn to cover costs of the scandal.

SEP
21
2015

Coca-Cola Says IRS Is Demanding $3.3 Billion in Taxes Following Audit

The IRS’s move follows an audit of the tax years 2007 through 2009.

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