Freezing drug samples in sports makes sense, as shown by latest cheat catchesPARIS — Justice, it turns out, can be cheap. A shade over $29,000 a year. Indian-born trader sets precedent by winning 20mn pound compensationLONDON - Rajesh Gill, an Indian-origin trader regarded as among the best in the City, has won 20 million pounds in damages after being defrauded by one of the world’s largest brokerages. Bankruptcy court sets date for Charter Communications reorganization plan hearingST LOUIS — A date has been set for the confirmation hearing of Charter Communications Inc.’s reorganization plan as it seeks to emerge from bankruptcy, but lender objections remain. SEC accuses Reserve Management, top execs of fraud in ‘breaking buck’ incidentWASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Tuesday accused Reserve Management Co. Inc. and its two top executives of fraud, saying they withheld key facts from investors when its big money-market fund “broke the buck” last fall. Action begins against illegal construction around Sher Shah’s tombPATNA - Authorities have initiated moves against illegal constructions in the premises of the 16th-century tomb of Pathan king Sher Shah Suri in Sasaram in Bihar’s Rohtas district, officials said Friday. Monster Worldwide reports first quarter 2009 resultsNEW YORK - Monster Worldwide reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. A look at potential Obama nominees to high courtWASHINGTON — Court watchers think President Barack Obama will choose a woman for his first nomination to the Supreme Court, where only one of nine seats is held by a female — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Comcast ready to pull the plug on NFL Network tonight in fight over how the channel is carriedPHILADELPHIA — Without a last-minute agreement, the NFL Network might be unavailable on Comcast Corp.’s cable TV systems beginning Friday. Will Comcast viewers see NFL Network? Court fight is unresolved as Thursday deadline loomsPHILADELPHIA — Without a last-minute agreement, Thursday will be the last day for Comcast cable-TV customers to view the 24-hour NFL Network. Apex court seeks update on facilities in schools across countryNEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government to apprise it about the problems faced by schools across the country in terms of availability of basic amenities like drinking water, toilets, seating facility and classrooms. Not bijli, paani - this party campaigns for judicial reformsNEW DELHI - Unlike other political parties’ leaders, candidates of the Bharat Punarnirman Dal (BPD) - a congregation of former IITians and professionals - are taking up issues such as misuse of the dowry law, need for judicial reforms and freedom of the media. Lawyers for suspended NFL star Vick say they are making progress on new bankruptcy planNORFOLK, Va. — Michael Vick’s revised bankruptcy plan will incorporate many of the suggestions made by a judge who rejected his first proposal, but will still be based largely on resuming his once-lucrative NFL career, a lawyer for the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback said Tuesday. Specter switch raises stakes in Minn. Senate race; Dems have shot at filibuster-proof majorityST. PAUL, Minn. — Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter’s party switch has turned up the heat on Minnesota’s long-simmering U.S. Senate race, which suddenly carries the possibility of giving Democrats a filibuster-resistant majority in that chamber. Obama administration seeks to reverse Bush rule allowing mountaintop mining waste near streamsWASHINGTON — The Obama administration took steps Monday to reverse a last-minute Bush-era rule that allows mountaintop mining waste to be dumped near streams saying it was bad public policy. Xerox posts 1st-quarter profit, results meet lowered outlook the company issued last monthNEW YORK — Xerox Corp. met lowered expectations for first-quarter earnings Friday, but said slower spending on printing equipment and supplies continued to hurt sales, a trend the company projected to continue for at least the next few months. Ordering physicians lack knowledge of CT-related radiation exposure riskWASHINGTON - A new study conducted at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA, has found that majority of ordering physicians lack knowledge of CT-related radiation exposure and its associated risks. Xerox posts 1st-quarter profit, results meet lowered outlook the company issued last monthNEW YORK — Xerox posted a profit in the first quarter that met its revised guidance, which the company slashed last month due to restructuring costs and declining technology spending. Shell agrees to $5.8 million settlement with Sierra Club over Deer Park refineryNEW YORK — Shell Oil Co. reached a $5.8 million settlement Thursday with environmental groups and agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions at a Gulf Coast refinery. Texas group to sue feds for putting $450M biolab in Kan., says politics trumped tornado riskSAN ANTONIO — A group of Texas research facilities announced Wednesday that it plans to sue the Department of Homeland Security over its selection of a Kansas site for a planned $450 million biodefense laboratory, claiming political connections led federal officials to overlook the site’s tornado risk. US Senate Republican leader McConnell demands Obama explain where Gitmo detainees will goSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — President Barack Obama came under fire Tuesday for including $80 million to close Guantanamo in a massive funding request to fight America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The $83.4 billion request to Congress was submitted on April 9, when lawmakers were on break over the Easter holidays. ICICI asked to compensate consumer for deficiency of serviceNEW DELHI - A consumer who was penalised by the ICICI bank despite cancelling her loan was awarded compensation by the consumer commission Monday which found the bank guilty of deficiency of service in the case. Trouble brewing for Mayawati in Taj Corridor case againLUCKNOW - Fresh trouble appears to be brewing for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the controversial Taj Corridor case following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that was moved before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Tuesday to reopen the case. Sanjay Dutt goes to Mumbai to shoot song for ‘Luck’MUMBAI - Sanjay Dutt took some time out from campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in Lucknow to fly to Mumbai and shoot a song for Soham Shah’s ‘Luck’. Rights group hails upcoming polls as disabled friendlyNEW DELHI - Pleased with the special provisions for handicapped to vote in the upcoming general elections, rights groups Monday said the 2009 Lok Sabha polls have been made disabled friendly. I will not spare Chand Mohammad, says FizaGHAZIABAD - Lashing out at her husband Chand Mohammad for ‘cheating her’, Fiza said here Wednesday that she would ‘not spare him’ and would seek justice with the help of law. ‘Do not confuse environment rulings with judicial activism’PANAJI - Judgments and rulings by courts on environmental issues should not be misconstrued with judicial activism, Bombay High Court Chiief Justice Swatanter Kumar said here Monday. Dad working hard to take care of BritneyLONDON - Jamie Spears, father of troubled pop star Britney Spears, is working hard to take care of her. He is being paid $16,000 a month by the court. Lawyer fined Rs.250,000 for dragging a case for 20 yearsNEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court fined a lawyer a sum of Rs.250,000 and initiated contempt proceedings against him for dragging a property case for 20 years. I am pressurising CBI, not Congress: Amar SinghNEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has said he is ‘pressurising’ the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to frame his party’s chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in a corruption case pending before the Supreme Court. Samajwadi Party targets CBI, apex court too pulls it upNEW DELHI - The Samajwadi Party Tuesday accused the Congress of using the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to frame its leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in a corruption case, and the Supreme Court too asked the agency if it worked at the behest of the government. |
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