AFP The protracted battle to have Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom face video piracy charges in the United States broke new ground on Wednesday with live-streaming of his appeal against extradition. Dotcom won approval to live-stream his bid to avoid leaving New Zealand after successfully arguing that global interest required more than standard brief television clips. The case, in the ...

  AP The number of Germans without jobs dropped slightly in August in seasonally adjusted terms, leaving the unemployment rate in Europe’s largest economy unchanged at 6.1 percent. The Federal Labor Agency said on Wednesday that the number of unemployed dropped by 7,000 in August over July, slightly more than the decline of 4,000 expected by economists. In unadjusted terms, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Rents on prime office assets across the MENA region continued to increase at around the same pace recording an average growth of 11.3% per annum in the year to Q2 2016 compared to 11.9% per annum in the year to Q1.This confirms the ‘2 tiered’ nature of the market across the region with demand for ...