SETTLEMENT

Workers of Frankfurt airport, the third busiest airport in Europe, have been on strike since Thursday, causing hundreds of flights to be cancelled. And there may not be any end in sight either as the union representing the workers said they will uphold their strike for weeks, if necessary.

Federal lawmakers are asking if Google Inc. violated the terms of its broad privacy settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, following a study in which it has been reported that Google is accused of bypassing the privacy settings on Apple's Safari browser to track usage on iPhones and Macs without permission.

Vanessa Bryant might be friendly towards ex Kobe Bryant, whom she was seen kissing on Valentine's Day; but that does not mean the divorce is off. Vanessa Bryant will reportedly continue with the divorce proceedings from her Lakers-player husband of more than 10 years.

A report this week showing rampant foreclosure abuse in San Francisco reflects similar levels of lender fraud and faulty documentation across the United States, say experts and officials who have done studies in other parts of the country.

The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly ratcheted up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday by overwhelmingly approving a resolution that endorses an Arab League plan calling for him to step aside.

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark producers have settled a dispute with the Broadway show's former director Julie Taymor

The Afghan Taliban rejected on Thursday claims by President Hamid Karzai that the U.S. and Afghan governments had begun exploratory three-way talks with the Islamist group aimed at reaching a peace deal to end the 10-year Afghan war

Real estate appraiser Jonathan Miller disagrees with NAR's prediction of low housing inventory resulting in rising (or at least stabilizing) prices, claiming that it merely reflects a slowdown in foreclosures that will be reversed with the robo-signing agreement.

The Associated Press, the world's oldest and largest news-gathering organization, is making good on its threat to sue content aggregation news services, alleging Tuesday that a paid-subscription company's repackaged content works on a parasitic business model. The 135-page suit against San Francisco-based company Meltwater News begins with a thudding blow: Meltwater has built its business on the willful exploitation and copying of AP's and other publishers' news articles ...

Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant's divorce may be off; otherwise, the Lakers player and his estranged wife are especially friendly exes. Vanessa was seen kissing Kobe at the Lakers' Valentine's Day game against the Atlanta Hawks.

Proview Technology, the Chinese firm embroiled in a legal battle with Apple Inc (AAPL.O) over the iPad name, said on Wednesday that Chinese customs authorities had told it that any ban on the import or export of the popular tablet PCs would be difficult to impose due to the sheer size of the market.

After news of Goodell's $20 million deal broke, White took to Twitter to express his feelings.

U.S. stocks bounced back Monday from Friday's biggest loss of the year as Greece's parliament passed the deeply unpopular austerity bill to secure international rescue funds. The strict financial reform includes a 22 percent cut to minimum wage and 150,000 public-sector job cuts. Rioters protesting the measures set fire to buildings in downtown Athens.

Oil prices rose to nearly $100 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Monday, after Greece's parliament approved painful austerity measures to secure a second bailout and avoid bankruptcy.

A source has told American Banker that the terms of this week's massive national mortgage servicing settlement have not been finalized, and that politics drove Thursday's announcement

Katy Perry on Friday attended the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute. She look stunning in a pale pink satin gown along with a giant matching fascinator.

The warring sides in the Golden Globes TV rights case began closing arguments Friday in U.S. district court, with no settlement in sight.

The second round of bids for the highly sought after Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team is due around February 23, according to several people familiar with the process.

Intel Corp agreed to pay just $6.5 million to resolve an antitrust lawsuit by New York's attorney general that accused the world's largest chipmaker of threatening computer makers and paying billions of dollars of kickbacks to maintain its market dominance.

Japan's Nikkei average eased from a three-month high to trade below 9,000 Thursday amid uncertainty over the outcome of the Greek bailout talks.

The watchdog board for corporate auditors on Wednesday said it has imposed a $2 million penalty, its largest fine ever, on accounting and consulting firm Ernst & Young LLP in a settlement involving past audits of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.