Signal Intl lawsuit could be largest in US history

Attorneys for Indian guest workers who are suing Mississippi-based marine and fabrication company Signal International along with its co-conspirators and other entities for human trafficking and......

A life in photos: George H W Bush

With a rich political and personal legacy, former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush left no shortage of memorable images from his time in and out of office.'Pappy' Bush passed into......

Rescue ops intensify as Hurricane Harvey kills 50

Rescue workers are desperately searching flooded neighbourhoods across Texas for survivors stranded by Hurricane Harvey, one of the most destructive storms in American history that......

World Press Photo 2019: The nominees

After going through more than 78,000 photographs from over 4,700 photographers, the expert judges of the World Press Photo contest have announced the finalists of the 2019 competition. The......

Whistleblower to get $8 mn for blowing the lid off Infosys

A former American employee of Infosys, who had brought a whistleblower lawsuit against the IT giant, could receive between $5-8 million of the total $34 million that the Indian company will......

US court tells Infosys to provide info on B1 visas

Amid controversies over its use of the United States business visas, Infosys on Tuesday said an American court has sought documents and records related to the company's sponsorships and utilisation......

Apple ordered to pay nearly $533 mn for patent infringement

Tech giant Apple has been ordered to pay $532.9 million in damages after a federal jury found it guilty of wilful patent infringement. The jury, sitting in the US District Court for the Eastern......

US prosecutor awarded for probing visa case against Infosys

A US prosecutor who successfully investigated a precedent-setting work visa fraud case against Infosys, resulting in the Indian IT giant paying a whopping $34 million in settlement, has been......

FIFA's Blatter, Valcke hire top US lawyers for corruption probe

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and its secretary general Jerome Valcke have both hired high-powered US lawyers to represent them as a corruption probe roils soccer's global governing body.Blatter......