LONDON (Dow Jones)--Business investment in the U.K. fell in the first quarter of 2008, data showed Thursday, as the economy continued to be buffetted by credit tightening and rising inflation.

Malacañang has issued Executive Order (EO) 736 institutionalizing permanent intellectual property units in the different government’s law enforcement agencies as part of its aggressive campaign to enforce laws against IP rights violators.

In 15 months, two dueling business coalitions have spent $4.3 million lobbying on legislation that calls for the biggest changes in United States patent law in more than 50 years.

YRC Worldwide Inc. has eliminated about 200 non-union jobs around the country amid declining business. Bill Zollars, YRC's chairman and chief executive, told Bloomberg News that layoffs occurred “to make sure our infrastructure is commensurate with bus

Securing Americas Future Energy (SAFE) today praised the Bush administrations announcement of an aggressive schedule for implementing the historic fuel economy standards passed into law in last years Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.