A mentally disabled U.S. man who was deported by mistake returned to his family on Tuesday after spending three months in Mexico in a case that has sparked criticism of U.S. deportation policy.
Tesla Motors´ all-electric Roadster sports car will start rolling out to nearly 600 buyers lined up for the $100,000 vehicle by October or November, after a slight delay, the company´s chief said on Tuesday.
Japan will uphold its nonnuclear policy and work toward the abolition of atomic weapons, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday as Hiroshima marked the 62nd anniversary of the world´s first atomic bombing.
Luminent Mortgage Capital Inc (LUM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it suspended its 32 cents per share quarterly dividend and is exploring options to boost liquidity, becoming the latest casualty of the U.S. housing downturn.
As banks make it even more expensive to use your cards abroad, here´s how you can avoid being taken for a ride on your travels.
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, announced its entry into India yesterday through a cash-and-carry joint venture with Bharti Enterprises, the industrial group that owns the country’s largest mobile phone network.
Just like any other New Yorker, Michael Bloomberg spent a day on jury duty Monday. But unlike the other members of the pool, the billionaire mayor was greeted personally by the judge and attorneys, was asked for his autograph and was sketched by courtroom artists.
Turkey has sworn in a new parliament with attention focusing on 20 pro-Kurdish deputies, represented for the first time since 1991.
President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government’s authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants.
Heathrow operator BAA won a partial High Court victory today in its quest to impede an environmental protest at the airport, but the ruling was nothing like as wide-ranging as the company had hoped.
The minimum legal driving age is expected to rise to 18 as part of reforms to cut the number of deaths caused on Britain’s roads by novice drivers.
A Sauk County judge sentenced Eric Hainstock to life in prison with the possibility for a parole in 30 years on Friday for the killing of his high school principal.
Barclays formally launched its 65 billion euro ($89 billion) bid for ABN AMRO on Monday as it attempts to beat a Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium in the biggest ever bank takeover.
Volkswagen AG cut prices on a flagship model at its Shanghai venture by up to 7 percent, effective on Monday, to help push sales in China´s fiercely contested market.
Barry O’Brien, a former head of corporate finance at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has been fined £9,000 and has agreed to pay a further £50,000 in costs over his conflicted role in Philip Green’s aborted takeover of Marks & Spencer.
The Senate voted Thursday to make lawmakers disclose more about their efforts to fund pet projects and raise money from lobbyists, a move some called the biggest advance in congressional ethics in decades.
Hurricane Katrina victims whose homes and businesses were destroyed when floodwaters breached levees in the 2005 storm cannot recover money from their insurance companies for the damages, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
Russia planted a rust-proof titanium flag on the seabed beneath the North Pole yesterday, marking the start of a new global struggle to claim the vast mineral wealth of the Arctic Ocean.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation that would raise tobacco taxes to pay for expanding a children´s health program, shrugging off a veto threat from President George W. Bush who wants a more limited plan.
BAA, the owner of Heathrow, backed down yesterday in its attempt to secure a far-reaching injunction that could have resulted in five million people being banned from using roads and public transport near the airport.
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