IBT Staff Reporter

Police in the Danish capital said they had detained 68 people at street demonstrations during the U.N. climate conference on Friday.

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Apple Inc. announced on Friday that it filed a countersuit against Nokia Corp, claiming that the Finnish cellphone maker is infringing 13 Apple technology patents.

A jailed Mafia boss told an Italian court on Friday he had never had ties with a close associate of Silvio Berlusconi, casting doubt on evidence from another mobster linking the prime minister to Cosa Nostra.

Cadbury Plc will argue for its independence on Monday with a defence document set to highlight its upbeat trading and show that its valuation is way above that of Kraft Food's bid, analysts said on Friday.

Apple Inc said on Friday that it filed a countersuit against Nokia, claiming that the Finnish cellphone maker is infringing 13 Apple technology patents.

The House of Representatives was expected to approve the biggest changes in financial regulation since the Great Depression on Friday, marking a win for the Obama administration.

North Korea indicated on Friday it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, following talks in the reclusive state this week with a U.S. envoy trying to revive a disarmament-for-aid deal.

Private equity company BC Partners BCPRT.UL has hired four investment banks to supervise an initial public offering for chemicals distributor Brenntag, several sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

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Diversified U.S. manufacturer United Technologies Corp expects profit to rise about 10 percent next year despite an uncertain economic recovery, as a year of heavy cost-cutting pays off.

In the IPO boom that has swept through Asia this year, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange emerged as the world's top producer of new, publicly traded companies.

Investor Carl Icahn said on Friday that he bought the first lien bank debt of Trump Entertainment Resorts (TRMPQ.PK) and planned to team up with Beal Bank to present a restructuring plan for the bankrupt casino operator.

The European Union urged the International Monetary Fund on Friday to pursue a global tax on financial transactions to limit the risk of another economic crisis, despite U.S. opposition.

The world should at least halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 with rich nations taking the lead, according to a first draft text on Friday seeking to break deadlock on a new climate pact at U.N. talks.

Convicted and admitted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff worked in a maintenance job in August, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing prison logs from a medium security prison facility in North Carolina where he is serving a 150 year sentence.

China will subsidize sales of green vehicles in five cities selected for a pilot programme as the government steps up efforts to promote environmentally friendly vehicles in a bid to cut fuel emissions.

In the IPO boom that has swept through Asia this year, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) (0388.HK) emerged as the world's top producer of new, publicly traded companies.

First draft proposals to scale up global carbon markets, under U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, would soften the rule for project developers to prove their emissions cuts are tougher than normal trends.

Stocks rose on Friday as reports pointing to steadying consumer demand supported optimism that the burgeoning economic recovery will be sustainable.

U.S. consumers stepped up their spending in November and grew more optimistic this month, data showed on Friday, raising hopes a self-sustaining economic recovery was starting to unfold.

U.S. import prices rose 1.7 percent in November in their largest gain since June, driven higher by fuel costs, a government report showed on Friday.

Microsoft and SAP will voice their concerns at a European Union hearing on Friday over Oracle's plan to buy Sun Microsystems, adding to regulators' skepticism over the deal.

European leaders promised on Friday to provide developing countries with 7.3 billion euros ($10.8 billion) over three years to try to win their support for a climate change deal in Copenhagen.

Rostelecom (ROS.N), Russia's largest long distance call operator, said it would delist from the New York Stock Exchange as part of a reform of the state telecoms sector, though it will remain listed on local bourses.

Shares in uranium producers offer prospects of long-term gains as China ramps up ambitious growth in its nuclear industry, but the ride may be rough due to excess near-term supplies from expanding mines and inventories.

Egypt's Orascom Telecom (ORTE.CA) said it rejected regulator support for a France Telecom (FT) (FTE.PA) bid for shared asset Mobinil, which would net Orascom more than $1.6 billion but see it exit its home turf.

Tokyo is considering ways to reflect in its 2020 greenhouse gas emission-cut goal the value of a global contribution to emissions cuts from Japan's energy-saving technology, a vice trade minister said on Friday.

A sustained rise in European carbon prices in 2010 needs renewed buying from utilities rather than a positive outcome from U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, Barclays Capital's head of environmental markets said.