The WikiLeaks revelations have claimed their first political scalp in Europe with the sacking of the German FM’s chief of staff, guardian.co.uk reports. Helmut Metzner “acted as a mole for the Americans, keeping the U.S. embassy in Berlin posted last year on the confidential negotiations to form Angela Merkel’s new government,” says the website.
Posts Tagged ‘claim’
EU Burdened with Proving Google Antitrust Claim
December 1st, 2010 |
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It’s hard to find folks who believe the European Commission will successfully hammer Google for pumping up its search results over those of smaller rivals. – Legal experts, search gurus and financial analysts don’t believe Google
should sweat the European Commission’s formal investigation into it allegedly
boosting its search results over smaller rivals.
That’s because Europe’s antitrust watchdog is saddled with the burden of
proving that Google fidd…
Medical Claims Software Made Easy Posted By : Johm Milling
November 22nd, 2010 |
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Anytime a medical practice decides to undertake Medical Claims Software into their medical repertoire. Whenever a medical practice makes a claim for payment for a recent patient they have to make sure that the claim itself is exactly correct in form and format because insurance companies and government payers seem to enjoy reducing a claim or rejecting it out of hand.
Gibson surrendered multiple weapons after domestic violence claim
November 13th, 2010 |
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Mel Gibson surrendered multiple weapons to LAPD after Oksana Grigorieva accused him of domestic violence. Information about the weapons is provided in an LAPD document called ‘Receipt of Property taken into custody’, reports TMZ.com. Judge Scott Gordon ordered Gibson to submit his weapons, after Oksana filed for a domestic violence restraining order. The order to [...]
UK PM Cameron challenges Bush’s water boarding saved lives claim
November 11th, 2010 |
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Prime Minister David Cameron has challenged former US President George Bush”s claim that the use of water-boarding saved British lives. In his book Decision Point, published this week, Bush said the use of the technique – a kind of simulated drowning – on terror suspects “helped break up plots” to attack Heathrow and Canary Wharf. [...]
Dymo CardScan Mobile hits iPhone, white iPhone 4 reservations, iPhone factory workers claim poisoning
October 26th, 2010 |
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Dymo has announced that its CardScan Mobile application is now available for the iPhone. The app lets you take a photo of your business card and puts the data into the contacts section of the phone. The updated Apple Store app has brought with it the ability to reserve the white iPhone 4. Presumably that [...]
AIA defeats Singaporean policyholder’s breach of contract claim
September 21st, 2010 |
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American International Assurance Co., won dismissal of a lawsuit by a Singapore policyholder who sought $1.95 million for breach of contract.
Singapore High Court Judge Tan Lee Meng upheld an earlier dismissal and struck out another claim by Zhu Yong Zhen who also alleged that her former lawyer colluded with the insurer against her, according to a ruling released publicly today.
EU unity battered in Roma row
September 17th, 2010 |
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Unity in the EU took a battering with reports of “violent” exchanges between France and the EC – and claim and counter-claim between France and Germany. The summit was dominated by the French expulsion of Roma people, believed by the Commission to be discriminatory. French president Nicolas Sarkozy claimed Germany is about to follow suit.
Adobe Claim Apple Dont Use Flash To Protect Revenue Streams Posted By : Paddy Chang
July 2nd, 2010 |
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Live Internet TV | Online TV technology allows you to watch over 4,500 HD channels right on your PC.
Wilmar looking into tax fraud claim
May 18th, 2010 |
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Wilmar International (WLIL.SI), the world’s largest listed plantation company, said on Tuesday it was looking into media reports that it had colluded with tax officials to obtain fraudulent tax refunds.
Two Indonesian newspapers, quoting Indonesian lawmaker Bambang Soesatyo from the Golkar Party, said Singapore’s Wilmar had received or was due to receive total “questionable” tax refunds worth 3.6 trillion rupiah ($534 million) over the three years from 2007 to 2009.
Hoening: The Claim that America Needs Megabanks to Compete Globally is Nothing But “A Fantasy”
April 2nd, 2010 |
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Thomas Hoening – the longest-serving Federal Reserve policy maker, a voting member of the Fed’s main policy-making body (the Federal Open Market Committee), and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – told Shahien Nasiripour that the cl…
UK, Argentina dispute over Falklands reignites
February 24th, 2010 |
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Argentina’s regional allies have backed its claim to the Falkland Islands as a dispute with Britain over oil escalates. The UK has started to drill in waters off the islands, a move Argentina has formally objected to.
Landslides in Portugal claim 40 lives
February 22nd, 2010 |
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The death toll from mudslides and flash flooding on the Portuguese island of Madeira has risen again to 40 people as the government rushed emergency aid to the resort haven. Authorities say more than 120 others are injured and an unknown number are missing. Regional social services spokesman
US denies Iran claim on uranium deal
February 7th, 2010 |
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US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates said yesterday he doubted a deal to send some of Iran’s uranium abroad for enrichment was close, directly contradicting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. The latest spat comes amid Western powers’ growing impatience with Iran over what they say
Apple iPad lays claim to computer tablet market
January 28th, 2010 |
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Apple is shaking up the gadget world with an iPad that redefines the tablet computer and threatens with obsolescence electronic readers, digital photo frames and other mono-purpose gizmos. “Apple’s new iPad signifies another step toward the convergence between smartphones and mobile
Indian police suspended over crime gang party claim
January 4th, 2010 |
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Five police officers in Mumbai have been suspended over claims that they spent Christmas Eve partying with some of the city’s most notorious criminals, the state government said. Grainy photographs and security camera footage broadcast by the Indian media appeared to show the officers
Taliban militants claim responsibility
January 1st, 2010 |
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Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.S. base in Khost province, eastern Afghanistan. They also said they attacked Canadian soldiers in southern Kandahar province, VOA reports.
Ruling officials claim budget is “developmentalâ€
December 13th, 2009 |
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Parliamentary MPs debated the 2010 budget draft on Saturday, with ruling party officials claiming that the budget encourages development. The debate is scheduled to continue on Monday.
Apple Pulls 1,000 Apps from App Store After Fraud Claim
December 8th, 2009 |
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Apple pulls applications from its iPhone App Store after an accusation surfaces that the developer, Molinker, posted fake reviews about the mobile applications. Apple’s App Store has been expanding rapidly, offering as many as 100,000 apps in November, and research company IDC predicts that the online storefront will contain about 300,000 apps by the end of 2010.
– Apple
on Dec. 7 pulled more than 1,000 applications from its App Store after reports
of a developer posting fake positive reviews. That developer, Molinker, has denied
the charges leveled against it by a blogger, and has said it has contacted
Apple to work out the problem.
Glyn Evans, owner of…