Parmesan? It’s OK if it’s German, court says

Germany will not have to remove the name “Parmesan” from cheeses on sale that are not made in Italy’s Parma region, Europe’s highest court said on Tuesday. Germany won a reprieve on Tuesday, though perhaps only temporarily, from having to rename cheesesParmesan?...

Paralysed Refugee Claimant Wins Deportation Reprieve

In a repeat of a similar deportation effort a month ago, hundreds of protesters threatened to blockage border agents to keep a paralysed man from being reported."A paralysed would-be refugee won another reprieve of his deportation early Wednesday after hundreds of supporters...

XP Reprieve: Microsoft Gives OEMs Five More Months

"Microsoft is extending the time it will allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and retail outlets to sell PCs with Windows XP as customers continue to balk on upgrading to Windows Vista. Microsoft had planned to stop selling XP through OEMs and retailers on Jan. 31,...

Government reprieve for Mr Big?

Over the past four years, a team of 200 financial investigators, lawyers and customs officers has been working away quietly tracking down and seizing the proceeds of crime. Now the government has decided to close the Assets Recovery Agency down and transfer its caseload and...

EchoStar Gets Temporary Reprieve On Tivo DVR Injunction

"A ruling to stop the sale of digital video recorders by EchoStar Communications yesterday was temporarily blocked this morning by a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Englewood, Colorado-based EchoStar said this morning that the US District Court of the Eastern District of...