BP could be forced to cut production at its Russian subsidiary TNK-BP after a small Moscow brokerage with ties to one of its primary shareholders filed several lawsuits to keep 148 top engineering and technical staff from returning to work.
Tetlis, a brokerage run by two former executives of Alfa Group, the investment group that holds [...]
What could have been the largest-ever donation to the War Amps charity is disappearing into legal fees as part of a lengthy fight between the federal government and a Vancouver Island great-grandmother.
The fight centres on a piece of Victoria property, at 1638 Hollywood Cres., that once belonged to First World War veteran Arnold Palmer. Palmer, [...]
It is estimated that customers could receive up to ï¿¡326 million or ï¿¡2,000 per person if the action proves successful.
The protection policies are usually sold alongside loans and credit cards, car finance and Legal occasionally mortgages.
Law firm Clyde & Cois is launching the case against HFC, a lender owned by HSBC, which sold payment protection [...]
It is time for Africa to step up, Rice told a news conference in Washington. Where is the concern from the African Union and from Zimbabwes neighbours about what is going on in Zimbabwe?
African reaction has been subdued to events in Zimbabwe, where a 19-day delay in issuing results of a presidential poll has fuelled [...]
PayPal performs payment processing for online sellers, allowing them to accept credit card payments and money transfers without having their own merchant credit card accounts.
The policy, to come into effect on June 17, will mean all items must be paid for using PayPal, which eBay owns, or cash on delivery/pick-up. Direct bank deposits, cheques and [...]
The minister made clear to Parliament last week Government concern at what he, and his public health advisers, call an epidemic about to break like a wave over New Zealand.
In short, they want to prevent if possible, but mitigate if not, the incidence of obesity and diabetes expected to soon afflict many Kiwis.
The Government and [...]
The statement was made by Kate McCann to Portuguese police investigating the disappearance, according to Spanish television channel Telecinco, which published it last week.
Telecinco reported Madeleine asked her mother on May 3, the morning of the day she disappeared, why she hadnt come to the bedroom when she and her brothers were crying the night [...]
As the court dealt a major blow to its efforts to reveal who won the March 29 vote, the Movement for Democratic Change said one of its supporters had been stabbed to death by members of President Robert Mugabes ZANU-PF party. Police said the killing, by three people, did not appear to be political.
In his [...]
Boss, 28, a star of Ulster rugby, was arrested and questioned by police in Belfast last week, the Irish Examiner reported. While it is unclear whether he has as yet been charged with the accusation, it is understood he was detained while training at the Police Service of Northern Irelands Newforge Lane sports complex, the [...]
Police human resources general manager Wayne Annan confirmed today police had been speaking to their Singapore counterparts about recruiting a group of up to 20 Singaporean officers in order to boost understanding of Asian culture among local police.
The purpose of it is for New Zealand police to be able to learn about Asian cultures.
It had [...]
