Access to LinkedIn, a social networking site aiming for a $175 million initial public offering, was disrupted in China on Thursday, according to several Internet users.
An Iraqi immigrant, who ran over his daughter in his car and assaulted her boyfriend's mother in a case billed as honor killing, has been convicted of second-degree murder by a Phoenix jury.
Top lawyers are deserting Howrey en masse and are joining rival law firms in search of greener pastures.
An appellate court in Texas has affirmed the dismissal of a defamation suit filed by an Austin-based neurosurgeon against a local television station, ruling that accurate and fair reports on third-party allegations do not amount to defamation.
A New York Supreme Court judge has ruled that a person's constitutional right to a fair trial outweighs the press privilege, even if the information obtained by the latter is confidential in nature.
Malikah Shabazz, one of the children of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, has been denied bail by a North Carolina court in connection with grand larceny, forgery and identity theft and could face trial in New York City where warrants have been issued against her.
Utah's attorney general's office said ReconTrust Co., a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (BofA), has violated the state's law on foreclosures.
Mark Ciavarella, the former Pennsylvania judge who was convicted of racketeering and tax fraud last Friday, has been called a 'scumbag' by a grieving mother whose son committed suicide last year.
Two of the world's biggest cola drinks makers - Coca-Cola and PepsiCo - have come under fire for using cancerous caramel coloring agents in their drinks.
Ford Motors will recall 144,000 F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. and Canada for potential airbag problems, the carmaker said in a statement.
US automaker, Infiniti, has announced the launch of a luxe hybrid priced at $53,700. The 2012 Infiniti M Hybrid (M35h), which will go on sale starting March 16, is the first V6 luxury performance driver's hybrid offering over 350 horsepower and 32 mpg fuel economy.
Global miner Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) has lifted force majeure on its Blair Athol and Kestrel coal mines in Australia's northeast Queensland state but kept it in place for two other mines, Rio said on Thursday.
Merger and acquisitions activity in the global mining sector is expected to accelerate in 2011, fueled by strong commodity prices and repaired balance sheets, advisory and accountancy firm Ernst & Young said on Wednesday.
South African building firm Murray & Roberts fell to a half-year loss on Wednesday and said it will sell some assets in the Middle East and Australia, as it fights to ride out an industry-wide slump.
Kenyan cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco posted a rise in its 2010 pretax profit and revenues, but said a change in the tax regime posed a challenge for the new year.
Mutual fund giant Fidelity is actively preparing to enter China by securing a trust company licence in one of the world's fastest-growing asset management market, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
Technology services provider Digital China Holdings Ltd is bidding for the rights to sell Apple Inc's iPad and Research in Motion Ltd's tablet PC in China, its chief executive said.
A federal court is on the verge of throwing out a lawsuit filed by Maine homeowners facing foreclosure action against Ally Financial Inc.'s GMAC mortgage unit, which has been accused of wrongful foreclosure practices.
Motorola Solutions announced an alliance with Verizon Wireless that would bring the advantages of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology to public safety customers across the United States.
Chinese telecom networks solutions provider Huawei Technologies obtained a federal court order prohibiting Motorola Solutions (MSI) from passing on confidential information to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN).
German automaker, BMW, launched a new sub brand called BMW i at the company's Welt building on Saturday.
Ford Motors India will launch a new version of the Fiesta Sedan 2011 in Indian markets this year.
West Australian Newspaper Holdings (WAN.AX) (WAN) shares fell more than 11 percent when the stock resumed trading after announcing a $2 billion tie-up with Seven Media Group and completing share sales to institutions to help fund the deal.
Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. (NYSE: MDT) said it plans to lay off up to 2,000 workers in connection with a restructuring program in response to sluggish sales of some of its products.
Pfizer Inc said it has settled all outstanding lawsuits involving accusations that it tested the experimental antibiotic Trovan on children in Nigeria during a 1996 meningitis outbreak without receiving adequate prior consent.
U.S. homeowners facing foreclosure action haven't made a mortgage payment in an average of 17 months, compared to 11 months two years ago, and the time frame may increase, according to a USA Today report.
New York's elected judges will be barred from presiding over a case if the lawyer, plaintiff or defendant in that case has made any contribution of $2,500 or more in the judge's judicial election campaign during the two years prior to the trial, the state's top judge said.
New York's chief judge has taken steps to provide homeowners facing foreclosure legal representation free of charge.
Home Depot Inc (HD.N) beat quarterly profit and sales estimates and raised its fiscal-year outlook as shoppers took up long-delayed maintenance and repair projects for their homes in a slowly recovering U.S. economy.
A housing trade association is examining the possibility that the data it releases underestimated the collapse of the housing industry, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
