JUN
27
2007

OPEC head warns U.S. lawmakers on anti-OPEC bill

OPEC President Mohammed al-Hamli warned U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday they were taking a "really dangerous step" in seeking legislation to sue the oil group.

JUN
27
2007

Speech by new British PM Gordon Brown

Following is the text of the speech given by Gordon Brown on Wednesday when he took over as Britain´s prime minister.

JUN
27
2007

Brazil offers morning-after pill to poor

Brazil´s government has added "morning after" pills to its newly expanded birth control program in hopes of helping poor people reduce unwanted pregnancies and dangerous illegal abortions.

JUN
26
2007

Heineken extends partnership with Femsa in Brazil until 2017

Heineken NV, the world´s fourth- biggest brewer, and Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB extended their partnership in Brazil for 10 years.

JUN
26
2007

Experian to buy Brazil´s Serasa

Credit checking agency Experian PLC said Tuesday it agreed to buy a 65 percent stake in Brazil´s Serasa for US$1.2 billion (euro892 million) in cash to expand into Latin America.

JUN
26
2007

Immigration bill advances in Senate

The Senate voted Tuesday to jump-start a stalled immigration measure to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants.

JUN
26
2007

Supreme Court to weigh limits on cases involving medical devices

Setting the stage for a confrontation between the states and manufacturers, the Supreme Court said on Monday that it would hear an appeal raising the issue of whether the makers of medical equipment approved by the federal government may be sued under state law by patients injured by those devices.

JUN
26
2007

Basell buys Huntsman for $5.6 billion

Basell, a division of billionaire investor Leonard Blavatnik´s Access Industries, said Tuesday it will acquire rival chemical company Huntsman Corp. in a cash deal worth $5.6 billion.

JUN
26
2007

Man jailed 2 years sues over Queens prosecutions

A Queens man who was released after spending more than two years in jail has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the district attorney, Richard A. Brown, and other city officials, saying the borough’s prosecutors have a “frightening history of appellate reversals for prosecutorial misconduct.”

JUN
26
2007

US firms reject Venezuelan deal

Two major US companies have rejected a deal that would keep them working in Venezuela´s most important oil field, according to state oil firm PDVSA.

JUN
26
2007

Court backs school on speech curbs

The Supreme Court yesterday gave public schools new authority to regulate what students say, allowing principals to punish speech or demonstrations that may "reasonably be viewed" as promoting illegal drug use.

JUN
26
2007

Court rules for cleaners in $54 million pants suit

The D.C. administrative law judge who sued his neighborhood dry cleaners for $54 million over a pair of lost pants found out yesterday what he´s going to get.

JUN
26
2007

Court to hear Web cigarette sales fight

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider reinstating Maine´s law aimed at regulating Internet sales of cigarettes to keep them out of the hands of minors.

JUN
21
2007

Tainted food company admits mislabeling domestic chicken meat as Brazilian

A local food processing company, under fire for mixing pork with minced beef used for croquettes and other food, admitted Thursday that it also mislabeled domestic chicken meat it had shipped as Brazilian meat.

JUN
21
2007

Change or I´ll live, Chávez tells Brazil and Mercosur

Venezuela is interested in becoming a member of a "new Mercosur," but if there´s no clear change willingness "we´re not interested in the old Mercosur," said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in an interview with the Spanish government agency EFE.

JUN
21
2007

Brazilian restaurateur in San Francisco can get 5 years for hiring illegals

Glenio Silva, the owner of two northern California Bay Area pizza restaurants, has been charged with hiring illegal workers from Brazil and arranging for many of them to live at the businesses, according to an announcement made by United States Attorney Scott N. Schools.

JUN
21
2007

Justices tighten rules on shareholder suits

Investors lost another round at the Supreme Court Thursday when the justices imposed a strict standard for shareholder lawsuits seeking to recover losses from companies accused of fraudulent business practices.

JUN
21
2007

G.E. says it will not pursue Dow Jones takeover

General Electric Co. said on Thursday it has dropped out of the running for Dow Jones & Co. Inc., the publisher of the Wall Street Journal.

JUN
21
2007

Bush vetoes measure on stem cell research

President Bush on Wednesday issued his second veto of a measure lifting his restrictions on human embryonic stem cell experiments.

JUN
21
2007

Libyans weigh a deal to free medical workers in H.I.V. case

The European Union and hundreds of Libyan families whose children are infected with the virus that causes AIDS are expected to announce an agreement on Friday in Brussels to remove an important obstacle in the case of six foreign medical workers whom Libya accuses of intentionally infecting the children, an official connected to the negotiations said Wednesday.

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