Donald Trump’s Web site, which asks “Are You My Next Apprentice?” offers students the chance to learn how to succeed in business. Donld Trump charges would-be moguls up to $35,000 to “learn from the master” at his online Trump U.
FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it had not opened an official investigation into Daimler’s luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz but had only requested information to explain emissions levels in some of its cars. A spokesman for Daimler said on Sunday it was fully cooperating with the request for information, and that Mercedes-Benz cars conformed with all rules …
Slater & Gordon announces almost $1 billion loss by Jonathan Shapiro and Sarah Danckert Slater & Gordon has two months to the secure the support of National Australia Bank and Westpac Banking Corp The Melbourne-based company posted a $958 million first-half losss, which is three times the combined profits since it became the first law firm in the world to float on a stock market in 2007. The …
Justice department lawyers have been accused of withholding documents that show a priest who worked at an infamous Indian residential school for nearly four decades was a serial sexual predator even as they persuaded an adjudicator to deny compensation to a former student who said the priest abused him. The man, who was a student of St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont., is …
One of the most visited museums in the world is about to become even more accessible. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City announced on Friday (Feb. 26) that it will settle a three-year-old class action lawsuit challenging its vague “pay-as you wish” admission policy. To coincide with the opening of its new satellite location on Madison Avenue and 75th Street next month, the museum …
The Parmesan scandal deepens with a lawsuit aimed at the big box store. If you are a cheese lover, read on.
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In March 2014, Google fell under fire for scanning emails in Apps for Education, a collection of online tools and services that include Google Drive and Google Mail. Now, nearly two years later, four UC Berkeley students and alumni filed a lawsuit against Google Inc. on Wednesday, alleging that UC Berkeley emails were the target of such data mining between 2012 and 2014. In 2014, nine …
Oil-black water flowed through the pipes of Crystal City, Texas, last week. That marks one more American city that cannot provide the most basic necessity of life. And as instances of government negligence like this proliferate, we continue to run to the government for help, instead of accountability.
Sing the song, blow out the candles, eat the cake and unwrap the gifts. According to a court filing on Monday, music publisher Warner/Chappell will pay $14 million to end a lawsuit challenging its hold on the English language’s most popular song, “Happy Birthday to You.” Additionally, the settlement stipulates a proposed final judgment and order that would declare the song to be in the public …