DEC
4
2018

Former Autonomy boss Lynch to fight U.S. fraud charges

The United States has filed criminal charges against British entrepreneur Mike Lynch over the $11 billion sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard seven years ago, accusing him of making false statements that inflated the value of the software group.

DEC
4
2018

Marriott´s Starwood database hacked, 500 million may be affected

Marriott International said on Friday hackers stole about 500 million records from its Starwood Hotels reservation system in an attack that began four years ago, exposing personal data of customers including some payment card numbers.

DEC
4
2018

U.S. judge gives preliminary OK to $48 mln VW investor settlement

A U.S. judge in California has granted preliminary approval to a $48 million settlement for investors who said Volkswagen AG made false and misleading statements over its excess diesel emissions.

DEC
4
2018

N.Y. judge strikes down policy tying funds to immigration compliance

The Trump administration cannot compel states and cities to cooperate with federal immigration authorities as a condition for receiving millions of dollars in federal law enforcement funds, a New York federal judge ruled on Friday.

DEC
4
2018

Sri Lanka court reins in Rajapaksa and cabinet amid crisis

A Sri Lankan court on Monday issued an order preventing Mahinda Rajapaksa and his disputed cabinet from holding office, the latest twist in a political drama gripping the South Asian country.

DEC
3
2018

U.S. judge raises prospect of not approving CVS-Aetna deal

In an unusual move on Thursday, a federal judge raised the prospect of not approving CVS Health Corp’s deal to buy insurer Aetna Inc, which closed earlier this week, during a routine portion of the legal process.

DEC
3
2018

China rejects U.S. academic report calling for retaliatory action

Chinese media on Friday hit back at a U.S. academic report which urged the United States to engage in “tit-for-tat” retaliation to counter what it said was China’s widening campaign for influence which threatened to undermine democratic values.

DEC
3
2018

Trump´s ex-campaign chairman faces March sentencing: USA

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will tentatively face sentencing on March 5, a federal judge ruled on Friday, after the U.S. special counsel investigating whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia said the former top aide had breached his plea deal.

DEC
3
2018

Federal appeals court strikes down Alaska’s nonresident campaign contributions law

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday ruled that Alaska’s law governing the aggregate amount of campaign contributions to candidates from nonresidents violated the First Amendment.

DEC
3
2018

Europe rights court: Russia cannot ban LGBT public assemblies

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Russian courts violated LGBT individuals’ freedom of assembly rights by consistently rejecting gay pride event applications.

DEC
3
2018

DOJ to appeal ruling on asylum policy : USA

The US Department of Justice said on Tuesday that it plans to appeal a decision by a federal judge in California blocking the Trump administration’s rule denying asylum to migrants illegally crossing the southern border of the US.

NOV
30
2018

U.S., Canada, Mexico sign trade deal, Trump shrugs off Congress hurdle

The United States, Canada and Mexico signed a North American trade pact on Friday, and President Donald Trump brushed aside difficulties he may have in getting the deal through U.S. Congress, where opposition Democrats will control one of its two chambers.

NOV
30
2018

New Zealand blocks Huawei 5G network equipment

Officials say a ‘significant security risk’ was identified in the Chinese company’s technology

NOV
30
2018

Deutsche Bank offices raided in money laundering probe

Police raided six Deutsche Bank offices in and around Frankfurt on Thursday over money laundering allegations linked to the “Panama Papers”, the public prosecutor’s office in Germany’s financial capital said.

NOV
30
2018

Amazon´s treatment of sellers comes under scrutiny in Germany

Germany’s antitrust authority has launched an investigation into whether U.S. ecommerce giant Amazon is exploiting its market dominance in its relations with third-party retailers who use its website as a marketplace.

NOV
30
2018

Judge orders new talks in Fiat Chrysler diesel emissions case : USA

A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Justice Department and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) to hold new talks with a court-appointed settlement master to try to settle the government’s civil suit over the Italian-American automaker’s diesel vehicle emissions.

NOV
30
2018

U.S. banking regulator to consider easing ´living will´ requirements

A leading U.S. bank regulator said on Wednesday the government is considering easing requirements around the “living wills” large banks must submit detailing how they could be safely dissolved in a crisis.

NOV
29
2018

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former longtime personal lawyer, pleaded guilty on Thursday (Nov 29) to lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Organization skyscraper in Moscow, prompting Trump to lash out at Cohen as a “liar” and “weak person.”

NOV
29
2018

UK Supreme Court turns away ‘right to die’ case

A panel of the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an emergency application submitted by Noel Conway, who suffers from a terminal motor neurone disease, challenging the Suicide Act of 1961, which makes assisted dying illegal.

NOV
29
2018

China orders inquiry into ´world´s first gene-edited babies´

As experts cast doubt on supposed breakthrough, China’s National Health Commission orders an ‘immediate investigation’

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