Lake Forest, Illinois-based pharmaceutical firm Hospira Inc claimed in a statement that the company will not be able to guarantee that a US prison will not be able to obtain its drugs to be used for capital punishment despite the fact that it is objecting to its use, a report by The Associated Press said.
European Union environment commissioner Janez Potočnik said UK has breached the air quality directive in Europe persistently, and has not have a working plan to reduce the excessive levels of air pollution in several affected areas by next year.
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.
