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Public worker unions are raising voice against huge fees and bonuses being paid to private fund managers. New Jersey's (N.J.) government worker pension fund paid $728 million in fees to private fund managers for 2015 year.

The case was brought to Central Jakarta District Court in 2014, and the decision was ruled by the court last year. The plaintiff made the case by presenting the Indonesian trademark law which stated that a trademark could be deleted if the company had not used the name for commercial purposes in three years after registration or after the last use.

Washington state Governor Jay Inslee on Thursday proposed a new tax on capital gains to try to close a projected budget shortfall of more than $2 billion, rolling back on a no-new-taxes campaign pledge.

Leading U.S. CEOs, angered by the Obama administration's challenge to certain "workplace wellness" programs, are threatening to side with anti-Obamacare forces unless the government backs off, according to people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. administration on Monday dramatically cut expectations for 2015 Obamacare enrollment, saying it aims to have a total of 9.1 million people enrolled in government-backed federal and state health insurance marketplaces next year.

The five year ban on holding public office for Silvio Berlusconi was upheld but reduced from five years to two years.

Major broadcasters including Fox Television Stations had appealed to the Supreme Court in the hopes of stopping the streaming services of tech startup Aereo.

With a possible loss of USD3 billion and failure in the lower courts, telecommunications companies have gone up to the Supreme Court to decide on the legality of New York based Aereo.

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a shareholder derivative lawsuit filed against UBS by pension plans in Puerto Rico.

Argentina lost an appeal in a 2nd district circuit court in New York and deemed to wait until the US Supreme Court had finished reviewing their case.

The International Monetary Fund forgoes Managing Director Lagarde's recommendation due to lack of United States support.