| Hurricane Earl spares insurers Catastrophe-risk-modeling firm AIR Worldwide says the storm caused little structural damage as it churned past the coast of North Carolina, likely leaving the insurance industry with few losses. feeds.marketwatch.com |
George Soros gives $100M to Human Rights Watch By JENNIFER PELTZ 2010-09-08T00:09:13ZNEW YORK (AP) -- Billionaire philanthropist George Soros is putting up $100 million, one of the largest donations of its kind, to expand Human Rights Watch and help it court more international support.... hosted.ap.org |
European Commission takes UK to court over failure to investigate Phorm European Commission is taking the UK to court over the Government's failure to investigate BT's secret trials of Phorm's tracking technology. telegraph.co.uk |
Microsoft warns Government not to cut apprenticeship funding for firms Gordon Frazer, managing director of Microsoft UK, has warned the Government not to cut apprenticeship funding for employers because it could deter even the largest companies from running the scheme. telegraph.co.uk |
Kerviel says he's crushed by French court sentence By 2010-10-06T17:25:53ZPARIS (AP) -- Ex-trader Jerome Kerviel, speaking for the first time Wednesday about his tough sentencing in history's biggest rogue trading scandal, insisted he is a scapegoat for his former bank and compared the penalty to getting "hit on the head with a club."... hosted.ap.org |