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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to calm tensions concerning plans for an expansion of a Jewish settlement in disputed East Jerusalem. Netanyahu told Cabinet members Sunday to "not get carried away," as he discussed the strain in relations with Washington.

The United States has launched a rare verbal attack on Israel over its plan to build more than 1,600 homes on occupied land. In a statement issued after he arrived 90 minutes late for dinner with the Israeli President, the US Vice President Joe Biden condemned the move, saying it ...

Heartland Payment Systems agrees to pay as much as $60 million to Visa to address losses by credit and debit cardholders affected by the data breach Heartland suffered in 2008. - Heartland Payment Systems on Jan. 8 announced that it has agreed to pay up to $60 million ...

Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay as much as $60 million to Visa to address losses by credit and debit cardholders affected by the data breach Heartland suffered in 2008. - Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay up to $60 million to Visa to cover ...

The Obama administration says the 10-month moratorium on new settlement construction starts in the West Bank falls short of the complete freeze. The announcement came from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, VOA reports.

The latest row over Israeli settlements in Palestinian territoryBINYAMIN NETANYAHU, Israel’s prime minister, came under pressure this week when news leaked of a new plan to build 900 homes in the occupied Jerusalem suburb of Gilo. His aides say that he knew nothing about the scheme before a local planning ...

The latest row over Israeli settlements in Palestinian territoryBINYAMIN NETANYAHU, Israel’s prime minister, came under pressure this week when news leaked of a new plan to build 900 homes in the occupied Jerusalem suburb of Gilo. His aides say that he knew nothing about the scheme before a local planning ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 12, 2009 – As a result of the legal settlement announced today with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel Corporation adjusted its fourth-quarter financial expectations to reflect the impact of the $1.25 billion settlement payment.

SUNNYVALE/SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Nov. 12, 2009 – Intel Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) today announced a comprehensive agreement to end all outstanding legal disputes between the companies, including antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes.

Microsoft and the European Commission may be close to a deal on packaging Internet Explorer 8 with Windows 7, with Redmond agreeing to offer users an automatic ballot screen from which they can choose a rival browser. Such an agreement would alleviate the Commissions antitrust concerns, but Google, ...

Palestinians on Sunday said Washington's backing of Israeli refusal to halt Jewish settlement expansion had killed any hope of reviving peace negotiations soon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, buoyed by new-found support from the Obama administration, urged the Palestinians to "get a grip" and drop their settlement freeze precondition for ...

You've heard the rumor that Middle Eastern oil producers, plus China, Japan and France have all agreed to start trading oil using a basket of currencies - instead of the dollar - starting in 9 years (see this explanation for why the governments are de...

Microsoft's long-running battles with the European Commission over antitrust issues could end by the end of the year, with Microsoft agreeing to implement the commissions requests with regard to Internet Explorer and product interoperability. After a summer of negotiations and much back-and-forth, Microsoft proposed introducing a browser ballot screen ...

Citigroup (C.N) said today it has reached an agreement with a private banking client that had sued the bank for losing millions of dollars in foreign exchange and bond trades.  “Citi and Mr Oei Hong Leong have reached an amicable settlement, as a result of which Mr Oei will be ...

Israeli diplomatic officials have said that Tuesday’’s meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US envoy George Mitchell may not lead to any declaration of a US-Israel agreement on the settlement issue. The officials, however, said that Israel is willing to start talks with the United States immediately. According to the Jerusalem ...

Microsoft filed a Sept. 8 brief, objecting to the increasingly contested Google Book Search deal. The brief, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues that Googles attempt to digitize books would be an anti-competitive violation that would harm Microsoft not only as a ...

The Roma (Gypsy) families who lived in a ramshackle settlement under a Belgrade bridge have been relocated this Monday. They left behind the remains of a dump that was piling up next to the settlement, dubbed "unhygienic", which the city services are now working to clean up.

EULEX police are preventing contact between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in Kosovska Mitrovica's Brđani settlement. This will be done until an agreement is reached regarding the restoration of homes there, reports from the ethnically divided Kosovo town said on Wednesday.

The city of Belgrade will dismantle a Roma settlement under the Gazela bridge on the Sava River and move its occupants into 13 city municipalities. This was announced in Belgrade on Friday by Deputy Mayor Milan Krkobabić.

Tensions are running high once again in the Brđane settlement of northern Kosovska Mitrovica, reports said on Friday. Serbs and ethnic Albanians have gathered at the same location in order to build houses.