Justices Back Underwriters On New Issues The Supreme Court found that Wall Street investment banks could not be sued under antitrust law over losses in the crash of technology stocks seven years ago.... Read Full Article Findings: Wanted: Billionaire Risk-Takers Seeking Eternal Renown Looking for a way to ensure your legacy will live on for centuries? Try becoming a billionaire who can afford to send a few humans to Mars.... Read Full Article Partial Victory For Businessman In US Extradition Fight <a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3537275.ece">Read the law lords’ full judgment</a>... Read Full Article Mervyn King And Alistair Darling To Face Fresh Questions Over Northern Rock Crisis The Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor are to be called back before MPs to be questioned on apparent "discrepancies" in their accounts in the run-up to the Northern Rock ... Read Full Article Amazon.com To Sell More Films In HD DVD The company currently offers more than 300 HD DVD titles for sale on its site, and more than 400 that use the competing Blu-ray DVD format championed by Sony.... Read Full Article |
World Briefing | Europe: Georgia: Emergency Rule LiftedAs promised, the government of President Mikheil Saakashvili lifted a state of emergency imposed nine days ago after a crackdown on street protests. Mr. Saakashvili, left, also appointed a new prime minister, Lado Gurgenidze, chief of the private Bank of Georgia, to replace Zurab Nogaideli. Mr. Saakashvili is expected to resign his post next week, a legal requirement as he prepares for a presidential election he called for Jan. 5. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationWorld Briefing | The Americas: Brazil: 2 Trains Collide in Rio; 8 Killed...Russia’s ?Chessboard Killer,? Claiming 63 Murders, Gets Life in 48... Hard labour for Africa’s ’child rescuers’... Caps on Prices Only Deepen Zimbabweans? Misery... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - World Briefing | Europe: Georgia: Emergency Rule Lifted |
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