OCT
26
2018

Scotland to hold its own symbolic vote on EU withdrawal deal

Scotland’s devolved parliament will hold its own vote on Britain’s European Union withdrawal deal before any such agreement is put to Britain’s national parliament, Scottish constitution minister Michael Russell said on Thursday.

OCT
26
2018

AB InBev told Indian authorities about cartel, triggering anti-trust probe

An Indian anti-trust probe into beer price-fixing allegations was initiated after the world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev told the authorities last year it had detected an industry cartel, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

OCT
26
2018

UK Fines Facebook Over Data Privacy Scandal, EU Seeks Audit

UK Fines Facebook Over Data Privacy Scandal, EU Seeks Audit

OCT
26
2018

British Airways says a further 185,000 payment cards possibly hit in cyberattack

International Airlines Group said an investigation into the theft of customers´ data at its British Airways unit showed hackers may have stolen the personal information of a further 185,000 customers

OCT
26
2018

China and Japan should safeguard free trade, China´s Li urges

hina and Japan should safeguard free trade and anchor global growth, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday, as Japan´s prime minister arrived in Beijing on a visit against a backdrop of trade friction with the United States.

OCT
26
2018

China says army will act ´at any cost´ to prevent Taiwan split

China´s army will take action "at any cost" to foil attempts to separate the self-ruled island of Taiwan

OCT
26
2018

South Africa removes tax on sanitary pads

South Africa´s newly appointed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has promised additional funds to ensure female students have access to sanitary pads.

OCT
26
2018

Nigeria sets $14m presidential campaign cap

Nigeria’s parliament has passed a law capping campaign spending for next year’s elections.

OCT
26
2018

Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia´s first female president

Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country´s first female president.

OCT
26
2018

Chevron settles claims it violated Clean Air Act: U.S. Justice Department

Chevron Corp will spend about $163 million to settle claims by the U.S. government and the state of Mississippi that it violated provisions of the Clean Air Act

OCT
25
2018

European parliament approves sweeping ban on single-use plastics

Proposal passes 571-53, with Labour MEPs demanding UK mirror EU action after Brexit

OCT
25
2018

The US and China weren’t invited to the meeting to reinvent the World Trade Organization

Supporters of free trade regularly point to the World Trade Organization as an antidote to Donald Trump’s protectionism. But a growing number of them are starting to admit that the WTO needs to be fixed, first.

OCT
25
2018

Court fines Volkswagen for lack of disclosure on emissions scandal : Germany

A court in Germany has ruled that Volkswagen´s main stakeholder must pay 47 million euros ($54 million) in damages to investors for not making a timely disclosure of its scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests.

OCT
25
2018

Amazon debuts no-fee AmEx card to lure small-business spending: USA

Amazon.com and American Express are upping the ante in their bid for small-business spending.

OCT
25
2018

Italy fines Apple, Samsung millions for slowing phones

Two “complex investigations” by Italy’s anti-trust authority AGCM revealed that Apple and Samsung implemented unfair commercial practices

OCT
25
2018

Trump signs water infrastructure bill into law : USA

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law America’s Water Infrastructure Act

OCT
25
2018

Madagascar accused of unjust and excessive pre-trial detention

Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Madagascar of an “unjustified, excessive, prolonged and otherwise abusive use of pre-trial detention.”

OCT
24
2018

Tough laws in Japan leave foreign parents losing access to their children : Japan

Tough laws and patriarchal cultural norms that overwhelmingly see mothers granted sole custody after a divorce – 80% of the time

OCT
24
2018

New protocol to help stakeholders of mega infrastructure projects manage disputes: Singapore

The dispute board will follow the project from start to finish

OCT
24
2018

U.S. top court blocks questioning of Ross in census suit

The decision made it unlikely that Ross would testify at an upcoming trial in the case

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