Legal

A Tesla Motors logo is shown at a Tesla Motors dealership at Corte Madera Village, an outdoor retail mall, in Corte Madera

Tesla wins court over direct sales in Massachusetts

16/09/2014(0)
Massachusetts’ highest court on Monday threw out a lawsuit seeking to block Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) from selling its luxury electric cars directly to consumers in the state, enabling ... Read More
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HSBC settles a $550 Million lawsuit

15/09/2014(0)
HSBC has agreed to pay $550 million for a lawsuit filed in 2011 by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the federal regulator that oversees the government’s two mortgage finance ... Read More
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SRA silent over ‘fake’ bank law firm probe

15/09/2014(0)
Regulator makes no comment on letter-writing practice despite stern warning in july. The Solicitors Regulation Authority has received complaints about individual in-house solicitors accused of involvement in sending letters ... Read More
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Brazilian Mogul faces charges of Insider Trading

15/09/2014(0)
The Brazilian businessman Elike Batista was accused of manipulating the share price of his now-bankrupt petroleum company, OGX, and engaging in insider trading. The investigation from the public prosecutor ... Read More
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Eni chief executive under investigation over $1bn Nigerian oil deal

12/09/2014(0)
Claudio Descalzi, chief executive of Eni, is under investigation in an international bribery case stemming from the $1.1bn acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield in 2011, the Italian state-controlled company ... Read More
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HP subsidiaries plead guilty in bribery cases

12/09/2014(0)
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and three subsidiaries pleaded guilty Thursday to paying bribes to foreign officials in Russia, Mexico and Poland and agreed to pay $108 million in criminal and regulatory ... Read More
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Mexican companies sue Yahoo, law firm charge conspiracy to avoid $2.7 billion judgment

12/09/2014(0)
Two Mexican companies have sued Yahoo! Inc (YHOO.O) and law firm Baker & McKenzie in New York federal court, accusing them of engineering a conspiracy to avoid a $2.7 ... Read More
A man walks past posters with pictures of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Argentina’s Congress passes debt restructuring law

11/09/2014(0)
Argentina’s Congress gave final approval on Thursday to a law proposing to restructure the country’s debt to skirt a U.S. court ruling that forced it into its second default ... Read More
EU Commission

Google warned of harder line from EU

11/09/2014(0)
The EU’s incoming digital policy chief has put Google on notice that it faces a potentially more hostile Brussels regime, suggesting the US group could be forced to be ... Read More
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Senators urge Burger King to ditch move to Canada

11/09/2014(0)
A group of U.S. senators wants Burger King Worldwide (BKW.N) to scrap its plans to invert, or move its tax domicile to Canada, as part of a deal to ... Read More
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