Topic: United Kingdom
Exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky won 150,000 pounds in libel damages Wednesday over a claim he was linked to the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko. A judge in London said there was "no evidence" that Berezovsky -- a fierce critic of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin -- was behind the poisoning by radiation of Litvinenko in 2006. "I can say unequivocally ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. and British patent offices are working on a plan to have patent examiners in the two countries share research as a way to reduce a several-years backlog of applications, the two agencies said on Wednesday. Companies -- especially high tech ones -- have complained about the length of time it takes to get a patent, an average ...
British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia have offered to give away takeoff and landing slots at London and New York airports to soothe European Union antitrust worries, EU regulators said Wednesday. The European Commission said it would ask other airlines whether freeing up ...
