Bill Cosby was sued on Tuesday by a woman alleging he molested her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles when she was 15, in what is believed to be the first court case arising from a recent wave of sexual misconduct accusations against the comedian.
Hong Kong students vowed to stay put at protest sites in key parts of the Asia financial center on Wednesday in their demand for electoral reform, defying calls by leaders of the civil disobedience movement Occupy Central to retreat.
Dutch technology group Philips (PHG.AS) has resolved its patent dispute with Nintendo (7974.T) over the motion and gesture-tracking systems used in the Japanese company's gaming consoles.
Britain's postal regulator Ofcom will not overhaul rules for direct mail delivery competition, dealing a blow to Royal Mail which has complained rival offers will undermine its ability to deliver a nationwide service.
