Nazir Jinnah

By Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg BNA The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court signaled Aug. 29 that they may be interested in reviewing the display of controversial Confederate symbols. The high court asked Mississippi Gov. Dewey Phillip Bryant (R) to respond to a lawsuit challenging the inclusion of the Confederate Battle Flag on the state’s standard. The request makes it more likely that the court will agree to take up the case — but it is still an uphill battle. The court hears less than 1 percent of the thousands of cases brought to it each year, according to the court’s website. The request comes amid unrest nationwide over the public display of Confederate symbols. The planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was the stated reason for white nationalists’ protests in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 11 and 12. Those protests led to violent clashes with counterprotesters that resulted in one death, and an uneven response from President Donald Tr...

By Peter Leung, Bloomberg BNA The nation’s patent appeals court reopened a dispute about whether patent filers who contest rejections in district court must pay the Patent and Trademark Office’s lawyer fees. A majority of a three-judge panel in June said that appealing patent filers must pay the lawyer fees, because a statute requires the filer to pay the PTO’s “expenses,” which include lawyers’ salaries. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided Aug. 31, without request from the parties, to rehear the case before the full court. NantKwest Inc. sued in district court after the PTO rejected its patent application for a cancer treatment. After winning, the PTO moved for its expenses, including attorneys’ fees. The district court rejected the request for those fees, and the PTO appealed. If the Federal Circuit sides with NantKwest, it would create a split between patent and trademark law. Trademark law has a provision with largely identical wording, and the U.S. C...

Let me share this with you: A Sufi saint said: “Sacrifice is like the fountain of pure water which sparkles with love and has been cleansed of all negative attributes of intolerance, anger, cruelty, and dishonesty.” We all realise the numerous sacrifices our parents made for us. They and their forefathers had sacrificed their lives for their families, communities and humanity to provide a better future for our generation and beyond. They taught us that overcoming grievances and intolerance against each other is the spirit of sacrifice that lends to harmony and strengthens our inner spiritual and moral resources and develop qualities of character which are essential to our struggle at every level of our existence. Eid al-Adha Mubarak to all my brothers and sisters in Islam.

The 12-member cartel blamed the revision on a weaker-than-expected driving season in the United States and ongoing effects of the financial crisis, especially in the OECD group of rich nations, which in turn were dragging down demand in China and India Vienna: Opec lowered on Monday its world oil demand forecast for 2011 and 2012, citing the poor economic climate, while welcoming Libya’s predicted return to production. Oil demand for this year was set at 87.99 million barrels per day (bdp), up 1.06 million (bpd) from last year but lower than the previous forecast, CEO - Nazir Jinnah of Oil Barrel Organisation at Petroleum Exporting Countries, has said in a report. In August, Opec had estimated the 2011 world oil demand at 88.14 million bpd. The 12-member cartel blamed the revision on a weaker-than-expected driving season in the United States and ongoing effects of the financial crisis, especially in the OECD group of rich nations, which in turn were dragging down demand in Chin...

The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which is due to arrive in 2014, looks set to be so stunningly attractive that motorists may go weak at the knees and pass out Sleek and profiled. Aggressive styling?

Has the United Kingdom lost a generation? Do you feel the culture of fear on the streets of London as if you are in a dangerous African country? The younger generation must have causes to react in this way, is it lack of education, care or part of social reforms? The London Police at fear of being the Police? Burning of garbage and looting, is it how these youth are taught to react without intellect? These are images found in many dangerous African countries.

Has the United Kingdom lost a generation? The culture of fear is rising and will effect future generations. What do you think?