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By Nate Raymond NEW YORK Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:58pm EDT (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday expressed concern over a proposed $450 million settlement of claims Apple Inc conspired with five publishers to fix e-book prices, saying its provisions could drastically reduce money paid to consumers depending on appeals. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan said she found “most troubling” a clause requiring Apple to pay only $70 million if an appeals […]
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:08pm EDT (Reuters) – Google’s handling of “right to be forgotten” requests from European citizens came under fire by regulators after the search engine company restricted the removal of Internet links to European sites only, a person familiar with the matter said. Regulators quizzed Google over its decision to remove search results only from its European search engines such as google.co.uk, which means that anyone can easily […]
HONG KONG Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:10pm EDT (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp has suspended sales of chicken nuggets and other items in Hong Kong after it said it had imported products from Shanghai Husi Food, the U.S.-owned company at the center of a food safety scare in China. McDonald’s said in a statement late on Thursday it had imported certain products from Shanghai Husi between July last year to June this year, although no food […]
Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:17pm EDT (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp on Thursday said quarterly sales at established stores in its dominant Americas region grew a somewhat stronger-than-expected 6 percent, including a 7 percent rise for the United States that was helped by food sales. The third fiscal quarter report from the world’s biggest coffee chain followed disappointing quarterly results from McDonald’s Corp and Dunkin’ Donuts parent Dunkin’ Brands. But Starbucks’ sales gains did not rival […]
By Kazunori Takada SHANGHAI Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:41pm EDT (Reuters) – Shanghai Husi Food, the U.S.-owned Chinese food supplier at the center of a meat safety scandal, won a court case earlier this year against a former quality control officer whose claims included that he was made to forge meat production dates. Wang Donglai, who worked at Shanghai Husi Food from 2007 to 2013, sought around 38,000 yuan ($6,100) in compensation for damage to […]
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:05pm EDT (Reuters) – Gun-toting thugs and a vicious Asian mob boss are no match for the brawn and brain of French director Luc Besson’s super-powered heroine in his sci-fi, action thriller “Lucy.” Besson is known for creating strong female characters in “La Femme Nikita” and “The Fifth Element.” But he goes a step further in “Lucy,” which opens in theaters in the United States on […]
According to the PHIVOLCS, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck southern Leyte. PHIVOLCS warns against possible aftershock.
By Mirjam Donath UNITED NATIONS Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:15pm EDT (Reuters) – As a recent ceasefire deal boosts prospects for peace in Central African Republic, a key medical aid group warned on Thursday that malaria was the leading killer in the impoverished landlocked country. Malaria, a life-threatening disease transmitted to people via mosquitoes, kills more than half million people a year, mainly infants in the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors […]
Southwest monsoon continues to affect Luzon, while a low pressure area was spotted outside the Philippine area of responsibility near northern Mindanao.
The Philippine National Police starts a nationewide firearms registration caravan which is in line with the goal of the PNP to encourage owners of firearms to register.
SEOUL Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:35pm EDT (Reuters) – South Korea’s forensic agency said on Friday it was impossible to determine the cause of death of a businessman linked to a ferry that capsized and killed more than 300 people in April. An autopsy and DNA tests were conducted on the badly decomposed body of Yoo Byung-un and there was no evidence to believe he was poisoned, forensic agency head Seo Joong-seok told a news […]
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board will implement a three-day truck ban at the NLEX. The said truck ban will start on June 26. The said truck ban is due to the Iglesia ni Cristo centennial celebration at Bocaue, Bulacan.
