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.
Following is the text of the speech given by Gordon Brown on Wednesday when he took over as Britain´s prime minister.
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.
Heineken NV, the world´s fourth- biggest brewer, and Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB extended their partnership in Brazil for 10 years.
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.
The Senate voted Tuesday to jump-start a stalled immigration measure to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
President Bush on Wednesday issued his second veto of a measure lifting his restrictions on human embryonic stem cell experiments.
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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