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TPG has broken off talks to sell a stake in itself to investors including the Kuwait Investment Authority and two California state pension funds, because of difficulties valuing the private equity firm

California's million-dollar home sales plunged last year to their lowest level in five years, the result of a very dry mortgage market, MDA DataQuick said Tuesday.

The UK prime minister was battling to contain union demands to tighten the law on the use of foreign workers as he attempted to prove he was serious about fighting protectionism

California's million-dollar home sales plunged last year to their lowest level in five years, the result of a very dry mortgage market, MDA DataQuick said Tuesday.

The state's Department of Employment and Economic Development announced six grants totaling $2.1 million to help laid-off workers return to work.

Direct and indirect victims of the alleged fraud by US broker Bernard Madoff have reached 3 million, according to a Spanish law firm.

The Supreme Court asks the Law Commission to devise ways to hack forensic weed.

LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm TPG[TPG.UL] has broken off talks to sell a stake in itself toinvestors including Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund and twoCalifornia state pension funds, the Financial Times reported.

A few terror suspects have managed to maintain contact with terrorist groups despite being under control orders which include restrictions that amount to 'virtual house arrest', the government's official watchdog on the terror laws warned tonight.Lord Carlile of Berriew QC said that ­classified material he had seen justified the conclusion that there were 'a few controlees' who had managed to remain in contact with other terrorist individuals and groups, and who remained ­determined to act in the future.It is thought that despite tight surveillance these terror suspects managed to maintain contact through illicit use of mobile phones and unsupervised meetings.The Conservatives said last night that the disclosure was extraordinary. 'We told them that this system wouldn't work properly, but they just wouldn't listen,' said the shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling.The anti-terror watchdog also warned against using the control order regime to deal with any former detainees returned from G

When President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, I did a post concerning the new law. This post included links to previous posts I had done. The Fair Pay Act had been floating around for some time, so much had been written about it before it became law, and much has certainly been [...]