The company had to pull the just-unveiled Galaxy Tab 7.7 out of the IFA consumer- electronics show in Berlin after a Dusseldorf court granted Apple's request on Sept. 2 to ban sales and marketing of the product.
Laura Matthews
Sep 04, 2011
The European Union imposed a ban on purchases of Syrian oil on Saturday and targeted three Syrian firms in an expanded sanctions list meant to intensify pressure against President Bashar al-Assad's government.
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Sep 03, 2011
European Union (EU) foreign ministers have, in principle, reached an agreement for imposing far reaching new economic sanctions against Syria. The major one is an embargo on oil-related imports from that country
Bhaskar Prasad
Sep 03, 2011
After a slow start that has frustrated U.S. business groups, the next four months could be important to President Barack Obama's legacy on trade.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 02, 2011
Libya's new leadership reaffirmed its commitment to democracy and good governance on Friday as it worked on how to spend billions of dollars released from the frozen assets of fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 02, 2011
Brent crude hovered at $114 a barrel Friday, on track for its second consecutive weekly gain, as investors eyed U.S. jobs data for clues on whether the world's largest oil consumer will be able to dodge a recession.
Eric Linton
Sep 02, 2011
Italian employers' group Confindustria slammed the government's austerity plan as weak and inadequate on Thursday and expressed concern about how Italy's economic problems are being handled.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 02, 2011
Syrian forces raided houses in Hama on Thursday, residents said, hours after the city's attorney general declared on YouTube he had resigned in protest against the suppression of street demonstrations.
Jack Kim
Sep 01, 2011
A summary of some of the secrets that have emerged so far from Wikileaks.
Jeremy White
Sep 01, 2011
The NTC received a large boost on Thursday when Russia finally granted its recognition.
Palash Ghosh
Sep 01, 2011
China is currently waging war on its unruly rare earths sector, with state inspection teams in the middle of a four-month campaign to crack down on illegal producers, processors and traders.
Wenwen Meng
Aug 30, 2011
A U.S. and European push to impose U.N. Security Council sanctions on Syria for its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators is meeting fierce resistance from Russia and China, U.N. diplomats said.
Wenwen Meng
Aug 29, 2011
Syrian armor surrounded a town near Homs Monday after the defection of tens of soldiers from the area, activists and residents said, in the latest operation to counter dissent within the military.
Eric Linton
Aug 29, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the eurozone crisis and financial-market turbulence on Saturday and vowed action to bolster the global economy, the White House said in a statement.
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Aug 28, 2011
President Bashar al-Assad's forces killed eight people across Syria overnight, activists said Friday, in a renewed campaign to crush protesters cheered by the downfall of Moammar Gadfafi in Libya.
Eric Linton
Aug 26, 2011
Brent crude steadied around $110 a barrel Thursday, boosted by reduced U.S. crude stocks and positive manufacturing data but countered by economic growth uncertainties.
Eric Linton
Aug 25, 2011
Female politicians took three out of the top five spots in Forbes' 2011 list of the most powerful women in the world.
Ashley Portero
Aug 24, 2011
A Dutch court ruled that Samsung violated an Apple patent by using the Android 2.3 operating system in three of its smartphones.
Ashley Portero
Aug 24, 2011
The U.S. ambassador made a surprise trip to a southern Syrian town Tuesday, his second visit to an area rocked by protests against President Bashar al-Assad and a move likely to antagonize the authorities in Damascus.
Eric Linton
Aug 24, 2011
Billionaire Investor/Philanthropist George Soros has provided more thought-provoking commentary on the markets, and he says a U.s. double-dip recession is more likely now.
Joseph Lazzaro
Aug 23, 2011
Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years in power.
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Aug 22, 2011
Moammar Gadhafi's put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the Libyan capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of his 42-year rule.
Eric Linton
Aug 22, 2011