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paribas

BNP Case Shows French Companies Learn U.S. Law Hard Way

22/05/2014(0)
Some French companies have been slow to learn that doing business in the U.S. means obeying its laws. U.S. authorities are seeking a record fine against BNP Paribas SA ... Read More
paribas

BNP Falls as U.S. Probe Said to Cost More Than $5 Billion

21/05/2014(0)
BNP Paribas SA (BNP), France’s largest bank, fell to a seven-month low in Paris on concern U.S. authorities will seek more than $5 billion from the lender to settle ... Read More
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SEC’s Insider-Trading Case Against Obus Revived on Appeal

20/05/2014(0)
Wynnefield Capital Inc.’s Nelson Obus traded on confidential information to make $1.3 million for his hedge fund and confessed to it twice, a lawyer for the U.S. Securities and ... Read More
kerviel

SocGen Ex-Trader Kerviel Taken in by French Police at Border

19/05/2014(0)
Jerome Kerviel, the former Societe Generale SA trader facing prison for a record banking loss, was taken charge of by French police after prosecutors said his failure to turn ... Read More
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Credit Suisse Said Close to Guilty Plea, $2.5 Billion Accord With U.S.

16/05/2014(0)
Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) is close to reaching an agreement to plead guilty and pay about $2.5 billion to the U.S. Justice Department and regulators to resolve investigations ... Read More
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Geithner Must Give S&P Documents in U.S. Fraud Suit

14/05/2014(0)
Ex-U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner must comply with Standard & Poor’s demand that he provide documents related to its claim the U.S. sued the company in retaliation for downgrading ... Read More
oracle

Oracle wins in copyright ruling against Google

12/05/2014(0)
U.S. appeals court finds Oracle is entitled to copyright protection for parts of Java programming language. A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of Oracle (ORCL) in its ... Read More
australia_gmo

Australian GMO ‘Contamination’ Case Could Have International Repercussions

09/05/2014(0)
Australian farmers Steve Marsh and Mick Baxter grew up together, were once schoolmates, and have grown crops on their neighboring farms for years. But the emergence of GMO technology ... Read More
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Cameras will be in British courts ‘within five years’ claims former top prosecutor

08/05/2014(0)
Cameras could broadcast live from criminal courts in Britain within the next five years, the ex-top prosecutor Keir Starmer has predicted. The former Director of Public Prosecutions said the ... Read More
Co-operative Bank

Ex-Co-Op Bank Chairman Fined $890 for Having Cocaine, Meth

07/05/2014(0)
Paul Flowers, the former chairman of Co-Operative Bank Plc, was fined 525 pounds ($890) after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, crystal meth and ketamine. Flowers, a 63-year-old Methodist ... Read More
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