Michael Weissenstein

April 10, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Cubans overwhelmingly expect detente with the United States to alter their widely disliked economic system, according to a rare poll of 1,200 people across the island.

By Michael Weissenstein Associated Press

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April 10, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Cubans overwhelmingly expect detente with the United States to alter their widely disliked economic system, according to a rare poll of 1,200 people across the island.

By Michael Weissenstein Associated Press

3 minute read

April 08, 2015 | Daily Business Review

American hopes of opening an embassy in Havana before presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro meet at a regional summit this week have been snarled in disputes about Cuba's presence on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terror and U.S. diplomats' freedom to travel and talk to ordinary Cubans without restriction, officials say.

By Michael Weissenstein and Bradley Klapper

5 minute read

April 07, 2015 | Daily Business Review

American hopes of opening an embassy in Havana before presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro meet at a regional summit this week have been snarled in disputes about Cuba's presence on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terror and U.S. diplomats' freedom to travel and talk to ordinary Cubans without restriction, officials say.

By Michael Weissenstein and Bradley Klapper

5 minute read

October 10, 2014 | Daily Business Review

While the number of Cubans trying to reach the United States by sea also grew to nearly 4,000 people this past year, the biggest jump by far came from people entering the U.S. by land.

By Michael Weissenstein and Christine Armario

5 minute read

July 08, 2014 | Daily Business Review

United Nations officials are pushing for many of the Central Americans fleeing to the U.S. to be treated as refugees displaced by armed conflict.

By Alberto Arce and Michael Weissenstein

5 minute read

February 07, 2002 | Law.com

From rescue workers who say they have lung problems to business owners who say their shops were damaged, 1,300 people have given notice that they may sue New York City for a total of $7.18 billion over the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. The claims involve injuries or damage caused not by the attack itself but by the alleged negligence of the city during the recovery and cleanup.

By Michael Weissenstein

1 minute read

February 07, 2002 | Law.com

From rescue workers who say they have lung problems to business owners who say their shops were damaged, 1,300 people have given notice that they may sue New York City for a total of $7.18 billion over the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. The claims involve injuries or damage caused not by the attack itself but by the alleged negligence of the city during the recovery and cleanup.

By Michael Weissenstein

4 minute read

December 27, 2012 | Law.com

A Costa Rican ban on in-vitro fertilization has been struck down by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a decision that could affect access to abortion and some contraception in other Latin American countries.

By Cesar Barrantes and Michael Weissenstein

4 minute read

April 09, 2004 | Law.com

Three former Computer Associates executives admitted Thursday that they fraudulently recorded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts in a broad conspiracy to inflate the software company's quarterly earnings. Ira Zar, David Kaplan and David Rivard entered guilty pleas under cooperation agreements that prosecutors called an important move toward indicting other high-ranking company executives.

By Michael Weissenstein

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