In late January at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on companies and investors from all over the world to use Israel as a global research and development center, pointing the uniqueness of the country's inherent strengths within science and technology.
Judge John Saunders said in a statement that a deciding factor for the acquittal of former News Corp editor Rebekah Brooks on one bribery charge was that there was uncertainty about the source of a photo of Prince William that the Sun tabloid newspaper had allegedly paid the shuttered publication.
Several experts in the mobile market believed that antitrust regulators will go easy on their review of the $19 billion Facebook-Whatsapp deal, despite a $2 billion breakup fee attached in the agreement, Bloomberg said in a report.
UK Judge Guy Newey ruled in court today that German media company Constantin Medien AG, the holding company of Chief Executive Officer Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One, did not lose out on a 2005 share sale to a private equity firm. Ecclestone was accused of bribing a German banker to ensure the sale of the shares would go to a favored buyer, Bloomberg said.
