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Sex Video Is New Twist In GSK China Bribery Scandal

30/06/2014(0)
GlaxoSmithKline GSK.L on Sunday confirmed the existence of an intimate video recording of its former China head, Mark Reilly, which the Sunday Times reported kicked off a bribery investigation ... Read More
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Oscar Pistorius not mentally ill during killing

30/06/2014(0)
A panel of mental health experts has concluded that Oscar Pistorius was not suffering from a mental illness when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home last year, ... Read More
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Supreme Court enshrines privacy of smartphones

26/06/2014(0)
US police must obtain a warrant to search a suspect’s smartphone after the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that constitutional privacy protections apply to the often extensive data people ... Read More
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Energy Future Should Kill Borrowing Plan, Creditors Say

25/06/2014(0)
Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s official creditors’ committee said the company should scrap a plan to borrow another $2 billion to help it restructure because the loan wouldn’t save it ... Read More
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Andy Coulson guilty over phone hacking as Rebekah Brooks walks free

24/06/2014(0)
David Cameron’s former communications chief Andy Coulson is facing jail after being found guilty of conspiring to hack phones while he was editor of the News of the World. ... Read More
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Hedge-Fund Hack Part of Bigger Siege: Cyber-Experts

23/06/2014(0)
The attack on a U.S. hedge fund’s network, which a cybersecurity contractor said last week disrupted the firm’s high-speed trading and stole its data, is but one among many. ... Read More
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UBS Belgium Chief Charged in Multibillion-Euro Tax Probe

20/06/2014(0)
Marcel Bruehwiler, chief executive of UBS AG’s (UBSN) Belgium unit, was charged in Brussels as part of a probe into a multibillion-euro tax fraud, accelerating the latest tax-evasion inquiry ... Read More
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Bank of America instructs Shearman & Sterling disputes head for forex lawsuit

19/06/2014(0)
Shearman & Sterling has landed a major advisory role for Bank of America on a sprawling US lawsuit over alleged rates rigging in the foreign exchange market. A filing ... Read More
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European court to rule on allegations Facebook passes personal data to NSA

18/06/2014(0)
A European court has been asked to rule on a landmark case which seeks to force watchdogs to audit the personal data Facebook allegedly releases to US spy chiefs. ... Read More
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BNP Paribas, U.K. Fraud Raids, Taiwan Rules: Compliance

17/06/2014(0)
BNP Paribas SA (BNP) has given investors scant information about how much it expects to pay to settle a criminal probe of U.S. sanctions violations. The bank told shareholders ... Read More
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