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alex-hope

Currency trader whizz kid ‘masterminded £5.5m Ponzi fraud’

04/12/2014(0)
A foreign currency trader used investors’ cash as his “personal piggy-bank” and blew £1 million in casinos and £500,000 in nightclubs, a court heard. Financial whizz kid Alex Hope, 25, ... Read More
petrobras

Fitch: Petrobras Corruption Scandal Pressuring Credit Quality

03/12/2014(0)
Recent allegations of corruption scandals in Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.’s (Petrobras) contracting practices hold the potential to affect its credit quality to the extent it slows production growth, affects access ... Read More
apple

Apple in the Dock: $1 Billion Antitrust Claim Casts Steve Jobs as Conspirator

02/12/2014(0)
In 2005, Mariah Carey had the number one single, “Grey’s Anatomy” was among the hottest shows on television, and Steve Jobs, and Apple Inc.’s iPod, were king. Customers of ... Read More
legal

Clive Palmer case in court: dense legal wrangling with a cast of hundreds

27/11/2014(0)
Big money, big legal teams and a big call to make against a larger-than-life tycoon turned political phenomenon. But at the end of another round of labyrinthine legal argument, ... Read More
Legal letter

Officials will interview Traders about currency market manipulation

25/11/2014(0)
U.S. prosecutors will travel to London in the coming weeks to interview traders about currency market manipulation, the latest sign that authorities are closer to filing criminal charges stemming ... Read More
takata-airbags

As U.S. hearings loom, Takata faces long slog in air bag crisis

20/11/2014(0)
Takata Corp (7312.T) faces a long battle to gauge the fallout from a fast-moving air bag crisis as recalls mount up, adding to the costs for the loss-making Japanese auto ... Read More
ANZ bank

Australia’s ANZ bank suspends seven traders

19/11/2014(0)
ANZ, one of Australia’s biggest banks, has suspended seven traders as part of an inquiry into the potential rigging of key interbank interest rates. The Australian Securities and Investment ... Read More
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U.S. judge upholds BP ‘gross negligence’ Gulf spill ruling

14/11/2014(0)
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 ... Read More
legal

Embezzler back in court: Ronda Nixon to answer accusations Thursday

11/11/2014(0)
A former law firm bookkeeper who was convicted of embezzlement in 2009 and served time in prison is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday to answer accusations she has ... Read More
GM

GM tells court it not liable for claims over pre-bankruptcy cars

06/11/2014(0)
General Motors (GM.N) said in a court filing on Wednesday that it should not have to face lawsuits based on safety issues in cars made before its 2009 bankruptcy, including ... Read More
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