Dominic Rushe

Walmart hit by strikes across 46 US states

NEW YORK: Retail giant Walmart has been hit by protests and staff walkouts at stores across the US on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day in the retail calendar. Published 25 Nov, 2012 02:52am

Shareholders in US want to sue News Corp

NEW YORK: Shareholders in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp are asking a US court for permission to sue the firm's board for failing to stop the phone hacking scandal. Published 21 Sep, 2012 03:46am

BP sells oilfields to pay spill fines

BP has agreed to sell some of its Gulf of Mexico oilfields for $5.6bn as it builds up cash reserves ahead of potentially huge fines for 2010’s Deepwater Horizon disaster. Published 12 Sep, 2012 12:00am

Censorship attempts

THERE has been an alarming rise in the number of times governments attempted to censor the Internet in the last six months, according to a report from Google. Published 20 Jun, 2012 12:00am