Nortel verdict a major setback for corporate fraud squad
It has been nearly a decade since the Royal Canadian Mounted Police set up a crack force to laser-focus on corporate crime. Monday's acquittal in the trial of three top executives of Nortel ...
View ArticleReport Up to Half of World Food Production is Wasted
LONDON -- Up to half of the food the world produces goes to waste, according to a new report. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Britain says cutting waste is vital if the world is to meet ...
View ArticleTreaty Sought to Limit Damaging Effects of Mercury
" Delegates from more than 130 countries and dozens of non-governmental organizations are attending a week-long conference to forge a global, legally binding treaty aimed at limiting the damaging ...
View ArticleSyrian Warplanes Bomb Damascus Suburbs
Syrian fighter jets bombed the Damascus suburbs Sunday, killing at least nine people, including a number of children, in a government offensive to dislodge rebels from strategic areas around the ...
View ArticleUS porn filmmakers take legal action to overturn Los Angeles condom law
Two American porn companies have taken legal action in a bid to overturn a law requiring porn actors in Los Angeles to wear condoms. Vivid Entertainment and Califa Productions said that the measure ...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia slams world reaction to Sri Lankan maids beheading
Saudi Arabia has slammed the world's reaction to its beheading of a Sri Lankan maid accused of killing a baby in her care. According to the state-run media, a government spokesman stressed that ...
View ArticleTata-owned Jaguar to create 800 new UK jobs on China sales surge
Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover is to create 800 new jobs in the UK after record global sales, driven by a surge in the Chinese market. The Indian-owned luxury car maker said the jobs, at its Solihull ...
View ArticleTom Cruise thinks hes on planet to fight aliens says new book
Tom Cruise has signed a billion-year contract of service with the Church of Scientology, to save the world from aliens - not on the big screen but in real life, a new book has claimed. New Yorker ...
View ArticleSemi-naked commuters ride subways trains on No Pants Day
Passengers all over the world travelled without their trousers in a cheeky international stunt for 'No Pants Day.' Organised by US practical joke group 'Improv Everywhere' there was a co-ordinated ...
View ArticleGlobal IT spending to rise 4.2 pct this year Gartner
The IT industry will generate 3.7 trillion dollars worldwide in 2013, up 4.2 percent, from 2012, amid signs the global economic uncertainty that has been plaguing the IT sector is finally starting to ...
View ArticleImplementation of GAAR deferred by two years Chidambaram
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the implementation of General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) has been deferred by two years. Chidambaram said that the Government has accepted major ...
View ArticleIndia SA agree for early finalisation of India-SACU PTA negotiations
Union Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister nand Sharma and Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa, reviewed the India- Southern African Custom Union (SACU) Preferential Trade ...
View ArticleKylie Minogue quashes music industry exit rumours
Kylie Minogue has refuted claims that she is quitting her singing career to focus on acting. Britain's Sunday Mirror had earlier reported that the 44-year-old singer had "called a halt to her music ...
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Lumia sales give Nokia a push
Nokia shares have risen rise on better-than-expected Lumia sales. The Finnish group has said mobile phone sales in the fourth quarter exceeded expectations. 4.4 million Lumia smartphones were ...
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US Airways lifts jobs market
There has been a rush to the US Airways online site for jobs. The company has advertised 450 vacancies for flight attendant positions. In its biggest hiring push since 2010, US Airways said it ...
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Chinese pay more for food in winter
Higher food prices have been brought on in China by bitterly cold weather. The spurt of cold has pushed China's consumer price index to a level where Chinese consumers paid a lot more for food in ...
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Glasgow games workers to receive some recompense
A fund has been set up to help Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games volunteers. For those helping out behind the scenes, a 500,000 pound fund has been launched. People who want to volunteer at the ...
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Myanmar-language customised phones by HTC
NEW YORK - Taiwan's HTC Corp said Monday it is taking its smartphones to Myanmar, to expand its presence in the untapped mobile market in the country. HTC has competition from rival handset makers ...
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Smog envelopes Beijing as pollution rears its head
BEIJING - Officials in China's capital asked residents to stay at home as the city endured its worst air pollution in recent memory over the weekend, highlighting the environmental woes the country ...
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New sales record achieved by Volkswagen
BERLIN - German auto giant Volkswagen Group Monday reported a new record sales of 9.07 million vehicles worldwide in 2012, an increase of 11.2 per cent on 2011's record of 8.16 million vehicles, ...
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