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Ford, IBM win dismissal of 12-year lawsuit over apartheid abuses

29/08/2014(0)
A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a 12-year-old lawsuit accusing Ford Motor Co (F.N) and IBM Corp (IBM.N) of encouraging human rights abuses in apartheid-era South Africa, reluctantly concluding ... Read More
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Arab Bank Questions Hamas Links in Terror-Funding Trial

28/08/2014(0)
Arab Bank Plc, accused in a U.S. trial of helping finance suicide bombings in and near Israel by processing transactions to benefit Hamas, sought to cast doubt on victims’ ... Read More
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Detroit, hold-out creditors must go to bankruptcy mediation: judge

27/08/2014(0)
Detroit and its major hold-out creditors were ordered on Tuesday into mediation, just a week before a key federal court hearing is to start in the city’s historic bankruptcy ... Read More
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BofA Tax Set-Aside and Wylys Penalty

25/08/2014(0)
Bank of America Corp. must set aside $490 million of its Aug. 21 $16.7 billion settlement to cover taxes that borrowers face on forgiven mortgage debt — a step ... Read More
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At Bank’s Terrorism Trial, Victim Testifies About Suicide Bombing in Israeli Bar

22/08/2014(0)
Mr. Faudem recalled that he and his girlfriend soon ducked back inside, and he remembered seeing a friend, whose birthday it was, onstage singing. “Then, the explosion. The explosion. ... Read More
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Billionaire Named in Suit Against Anti-Iran Group

19/08/2014(0)
A billionaire Wall Street commodities investor has been drawn into a court fight against one of the nation’s most influential anti-Iran advocacy groups. The fight stems from a defamation ... Read More
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Google and Right-to-Be-Forgotten Critics Distort Ruling

18/08/2014(0)
Google Inc. (GOOG) and other critics of a European Union court ruling that created a right to be forgotten on the Internet are exaggerating it to undermine a reform ... Read More
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Greene King takes tax battle to Court of Appeal

13/08/2014(0)
Greene King has confirmed it will take its long-running fight with HMRC over a £21m tax planning scheme, known as Project Sussex, to the Court of Appeal. In its ... Read More
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IRS Tried, Failed to Repair Lois Lerner Hard Drive

12/08/2014(0)
U.S. Internal Revenue Service told a judge its technicians made repeated futile efforts to save data on a malfunctioning computer hard drive used by Lois Lerner, the former official ... Read More
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Comments and Petitions: How the BitLicense Will Affect the Future of Bitcoin

11/08/2014(0)
When Ben Lawsky and the NYDFS met with key players in the Bitcoin community earlier this year, there were many questions of what the committee would propose and how ... Read More
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