NOV
11
2015

Belgium tells Facebook to stop using tracking cookies

The ruling comes after Belgium´s privacy watchdog sued Faceboo

NOV
10
2015

Serious Fraud Office drops charges against camera-maker Olympus

UK charges against Japanese company and its UK subsidiary followed $1.7bn accounting scandal that led to fines and prosecutions in Tokyo

NOV
10
2015

Judge reviewed after asking sex assault complainant, ‘Why couldn’t you just keep your knees together?’

The council is investigating comments Camp made in acquitting a Calgary man, Alexander Scott Wagar, of sexual assault on Sept 9, 2014.

NOV
10
2015

Volkswagen Will Hand Out Gift Cards to Diesel Owners

Owners would get a $500 Visa debit card and a $500 voucher for oil changes, according to AP

NOV
10
2015

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Cellphone Search Warrant Case

The nine justices turned away an appeal filed by a Florida man named Quartavious Davis, who was convicted of participating in a string of 2010 robberies in the Miami area

NOV
10
2015

Pentagon to list alternative U.S. sites to Guantanamo prison

It also examined two facilities at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas - the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks and Midwest Joint Regional Corrections Facility.

NOV
10
2015

Obama´s immigration action blocked again; Supreme Court only option left

The 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to uphold a May injunction deals a blow to Obama´s plan, opposed by Republicans and challenged by 26 states

NOV
9
2015

Toshiba sues former executives over scandal, swings to operating loss

The laptops-to-nuclear power conglomerate also said it swung to an operating loss of 79.5 billion yen ($645.66 million) in the three months through September

NOV
9
2015

BHP Billiton shares hit seven-year low after Brazil dam disaster

Shares in the Australian mining giant plunge to lowest since the global financial crisis as it announces it might cut its iron ore output

NOV
9
2015

Anger as Egypt detains campaigning journalist

Amnesty described Hossam Bahgat’s arrest as part of ‘ferocious onslaught against independent journalism and civil society’

NOV
9
2015

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to buy ‘China’s YouTube’ for US$3.7B, continuing push into Chinese digital media

The deal announced on Friday will give the e-commerce giant access to more than half a billion online video users.

NOV
6
2015

British bankers convicted in New York Libor trial

The Libor scandal blew up in 2012 when it emerged that banks had been lying in the figures on which Libor was set.

NOV
6
2015

On Friday, the First Thing We Do, Let’s Love All the Lawyers

Attorneys court recognition, but will they find suitors?

NOV
5
2015

Supreme Court Justices Hint They May Limit Consumer Lawsuits

The court’s ruling next year will help determine when companies can be sued under more than a dozen federal statutes

NOV
3
2015

Edward Snowden praises EU parliament vote against US extradition

The narrowly passed measure called on member states to protect the whistleblower from prosecution, which he sees as ‘a chance to move forward’

NOV
3
2015

Visa Confirms Deal to Buy European Counterpart for $23.4 Billion

CEO says deal will help accelerate transition from cash to electronic payments throughout Europe

OCT
30
2015

China to end one-child policy and allow two

The controversial policy was introduced nationally in 1979, to slow the population growth rate.

OCT
29
2015

UK firms must show proof they have no links to slave labour under new rules

Legislation requiring large companies to publish evidence online is designed to force them to take responsibility for working conditions in supply chains

OCT
28
2015

Senate passes bill to help tackle hackers

Senate voted 74 to 21 in favour of the bill which sets up a legal framework for companies and the government to swap data about intrusions on their systems

OCT
27
2015

Bitcoin now tax-free in Europe after court ruling

Bitcoin and its alternatives can now be treated in the same way as traditional money

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