News Headlines - 09 August 2012

▽Murder trial at heart of Chinese political scandal begins - CNN.com

The murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of a recently deposed top official in the Chinese Communist Party, has begun in the eastern China city of Hefei, local officials said Thursday.

▽David Walker to be Barclays chairman - FT.com

Barclays has moved swiftly to fill the governance vacuum at the bank following the mass resignations that followed its indictment by regulators over the Libor lending rate scandal, appointing City grandee Sir David Walker as its next non-executive chairman.

▽Bad press may affect Google more than FTC's $22.5M fine - Computerworld

Although analysts say Google's $22.5 million fine from the FTC is a simple slap on the wrist, they argue that the publicity about it may still push the company to change its ways.

▽Manchester United to become most valuable football club in the world - Telegraph

Manchester United will become the most valuable football club in the world following its controversial flotation in New York.

▽BBC News - New human species identified from Kenya fossils

Researchers studying fossils from northern Kenya have identified a new species of human that lived two million years ago.