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U.S. judge upholds BP ‘gross negligence’ Gulf spill ruling
November 14th, 2014
A U.S. judge weighing how much BP Plc should be punished for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Thursday refused to overturn his own finding that the oil company’s conduct was “grossly negligent.” The decision by U.S. District Judge ...
Oracle, SAP settle long-running TomorrowNow lawsuit
November 14th, 2014
Oracle Corp and SAP SE have settled long-running copyright litigation for $356.7 million over improper downloads of Oracle files, ending a fierce legal battle between the two enterprise software rivals. The case involved SAP’s TomorrowNow unit, which the German company bought to ...
Madoff Trials in Geneva Loom Six Years After Fraudster Confessed
November 13th, 2014
Almost six years after Bernie Madoff admitted his investment firm was based on “one big lie,” two European criminal cases linked to the convicted fraudster are working their way to trial in Geneva. Prosecutor Marc Tappolet is finishing an indictment of ...
Apple must face U.S. lawsuit over vanishing iPhone text messages
November 12th, 2014
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) was ordered to face a U.S. federal lawsuit claiming it failed to tell consumers that its messaging system would block them from receiving text messages if they switched to Android-based smartphones from iPhones. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ...
Suit Accuses Banks of Role in Financing Terror Attacks
November 11th, 2014
The suit accuses banks — including HSBC and Barclays — of helping to finance the violent activities through their ties to Iran, painting Wall Street as a sort of middleman of terror. Those acts of terrorism occurred a world away ...
U.S. judge says Citigroup can process Argentina’s next bond payment
November 11th, 2014
A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Citigroup Inc could process an $85 million interest payment by Argentina on bonds issued under its local laws following its 2002 default. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa in New York said Citigroup could process the Dec. 31 payment ...
U.S. judge rejects BP bid to oust Gulf spill claims chief
November 11th, 2014
BP Plc has failed to persuade a federal judge to oust the administrator overseeing payouts to businesses and individuals claiming damages arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans on ...
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, ECB
November 10th, 2014
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Theano Theiopoulou (Phileleftheros newspaper) on 9 November 2014 1. Why was banks’ participation in the ECB’s targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs) lower than expected? There ...
British Banks May Face Probe of Checking Accounts, Loans
November 5th, 2014
U.K. antitrust regulators said they may open an investigation into checking accounts and banking services for small- and medium-sized businesses. The Competition and Markets Authority will issue a decision on starting a full probe into banking for small firms ...
SAC’s Martoma wins delay of nine-year insider trading prison term
November 5th, 2014
Mathew Martoma, a former portfolio manager at billionaire Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors LP hedge fund, won an order Tuesday to delay the date he would begin serving a nine-year prison term for insider trading. The 2nd U.S. ...
