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HongKong

Hong Kong Is Hot Spot for U.S. Lawyers as Probes Rise

22/10/2014(0)
When Cathy Palmer first came to Hong Kong as a U.S. prosecutor more than 20 years ago, she was chasing heroin-smuggling triads who later sent a booby-trapped package to ... Read More
tax

Italy uncovers EUR 1.7 bn vast corporate fraud

22/10/2014(0)
Italy’s financial police on Tuesday said they had broken up a ring of companies they believe used false accounting to defraud the state out of 1.7 billion euros ($2.2 ... Read More
JPMorgan

EU to fine JPMorgan, UBS, Credit Suisse over Swiss franc Libor rigging

21/10/2014(0)
European Union antitrust regulators are set to fine JPMorgan (JPM.N), UBS (UBSN.VX) and Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) collectively over $115 million for rigging Swiss franc Libor benchmark interest rates, a ... Read More
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Forex-Rigging Fines Could Hit $41 Billion Globally: Citi

21/10/2014(0)
The cost for banks to settle probes into allegations traders rigged foreign-exchange benchmarks could hit as much as $41 billion, Citigroup Inc. (C) analysts said. Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) ... Read More
legal

Samuel Wyly in Bankruptcy Facing $400 Million Forfeiture

21/10/2014(0)
The U.S. businessman Samuel Wyly, who may have to forfeit as much as $400 million after being found liable for using offshore trusts to hide stock holdings and make illegal ... Read More
zuckerberg facebook

Facebook sues over ‘fraudulent lawsuit’

21/10/2014(0)
Facebook is suing US law firms alleging they knowingly represented a fraudster who claimed to be owed Facebook shares, in a warning to other law firms representing anyone attempting ... Read More
law

Speaker of Alabama House arrested on Corruption Charges

21/10/2014(0)
Michael G. Hubbard was charged with 23 felony counts, including voting for legislation in which he had a conflict of interest and using his public office for personal gain. ... Read More
brazil article

Scandal Over Brazilian Oil Company Adds Turmoil to the Presidential Race

20/10/2014(0)
President Dilma Rousseff is in a tough fight for the Oct. 26 election after a former executive at Petrobras took a plea bargain and testified that her party had ... Read More
rosneft

Russia’s Rosneft takes EU to court over sanctions

20/10/2014(0)
Russian oil giant Rosneft and a close associate of President Vladimir Putin are fighting the EU in court over sanctions imposed on some of Russia’s biggest companies, an official ... Read More
walgreen

Ex-CFO Sues Walgreen Over Reports He Was Forced Out

17/10/2014(0)
Former Walgreen Co. (WAG) finance chief Wade Miquelon sued the drugstore giant for defamation over news stories saying he was pressured to resign after a “bungled” earnings forecast. Miquelon, ... Read More
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