It's the law.AEROSPACE The World Trade Organization ruled that Canada's loans to local aircraft manufacturer Bombardier violated global trade rules. The decision in favor of Brazil allows the South American country to impose as much as US$248 million in sanctions against Canada. The two countries are working on a settlement. MEDIA TV Azteca TV Azteca is the second largest Mexican television network. It was established in 1968 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión ("Imevisión"), and was privatized under its current name in 1993. Its flagship program is the newscast Hechos. , a Mexican broadcasting giant, received authorization from the International Court of Arbitration The International Court of Arbitration is an institution for the resolution of international commercial disputes. The International Court of Arbitration is part of the International Chamber of Commerce. to take control of 50% of Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi broadcaster Corporacion de Noticias e Informacion (CNI (1) (Certified NetWare Instructor) See Novell certification. (2) (Coalition for Networked Information, Washington, DC, www.cni.org) A partnership of the Association of Research Libraries, CAUSE and EDUCOM, founded in 1990. ) Channel 40 as per a revenue-sharing agreement signed between the two in 1998. CNI backed out of the joint venture in 2000 and kept more than US$25 million of TV Azteca's investment. TV Arteca has filed a suit against Channel 40's journalists for slander since litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. began. AGRICULTURE Dow Chemical, Standard Fruit Co. and Shell Oil Co. were ordered by a Nicaraguan judge to pay US$490 million to banana workers exposed to pesticide and fertilizer Nemagon. The ruling is the first of 64 civil cases in Nicaragua pending against the three U.S. companies. The lawsuits claim Standard Fruit, owned by Dole Food of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , and Shell used Nemagon on their properties as late as the 1980s. Nemagon--manufactured by Dow--has been banned internationally for three decades. RETAIL Wal-Mart has sued the Puerto Rican government for trying to prevent the retail chain from buying Supermercados Amigo, an island supermarket chain. The federal lawsuit accuses Puerto Rico's Justice Department of discrimination. Puerto Rican authorities cited anti-trust concerns in blocking the purchase of Amigo supermarkets. A U.S. Federal Trade Commission ruling permitted Wal-Mart to proceed with the acquisition. ENVIRONMENT Empresas Lucchetti, a Chilean pasta maker, filed a complaint with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), an institution of the World Bank group based in Washington, D.C., was founded in 1966 pursuant to the after Lima's municipal council ordered the closing of the pasta maker's Peruvian subsidiary for causing environmental damage. The Chilean government argues that the move is discriminatory and violates a bilateral investment agreement signed in 2000. Peruvian authorities allege that Lucchetti Peru illegally built a plant on a natural reserve in 1998 and is not protected under the agreement. SOURCE: National Law center for Inter-American Free Trade (natlaw@natlaw.com); Translegal, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (translegal@earthlink.net) |
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