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US Supreme Court ruling confines state control over banks
Sep 9 2008, Balendu

The US Supreme Court in a path breaking ruling held that units of national banks were largely exempt from state regulation. The decision has infuriated critics who argue that it would further wear away the ability of California and other states to...

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US authorities investigating Beazer Homes into mortgage business
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US authorities have started investigating the lending practices at Beazer Homes USA Inc., BusinessWeek reported on Tuesday. The news sent a shock wave to the stock...
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made popular Sep 7 2008
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US Supreme Court rules against Phillip Morris in class-action suit
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The US Supreme Court ­on Monday revitalized some tobacco lawsuits when it declined to permit Philip Morris, the big US cigarette maker, to fight cases involving...
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made popular Jun 12 2007
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Russia sues Bank of New York over 1990s money laundering scandal
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Re-launching one of the most shocking chapters of post-Soviet era, Russia has sued Bank of New York Co. for $22.5 billion for its role in a money-laundering design that...
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made popular May 18 2007
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Swiss authorities launch inquiry against BAE over money laundering
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The Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption surrounding Britain’s biggest defense firm, BAE Systems....
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made popular May 14 2007
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Morgan Stanley pays $8 million to settle fraud charges with SEC
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Morgan Stanley, the world’s second- largest securities firm, has agreed to pay $8 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that it...
Corporate Fraud, Corporate Crime, SEC, Morgan Stanley
made popular May 10 2007
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Barclays unit faces SEC insider trading probe, civil action looms
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is contemplating recommending a civil enforcement action against a unit of Britain’s Barclays PLC for debt trading that was...
Corporate Crime, SEC, Barclays, Business
made popular Apr 27 2007
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German giant Siemens faces leadership crisis, embattled chief decides to quit under pressure
Balendu, Delhi
The beleaguered chief of engineering group Siemens, Klaus Kleinfeld, has said that he will stand down later this year. Kleinfeld, who is under pressure because of...
Corporate Crime, Corporate Scandal, Siemens, Klaus Kleinfeld
made popular Apr 26 2007
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SEC closes Apple investigation, no charges over options
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US securities regulators have declared on Tuesday that they would bring no civil charges against Apple over the backdating of executive stock options. However, they...
Corporate Crime, SEC, Back-dated Option Scandal, Apple
made popular Apr 25 2007
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Apple confronts more SEC inquiry into back-dated option grant
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to file securities-fraud charges almost immediately against two former Apple executives including general counsel...
Corporate Crime, Apple, Back-dated Option Grant, Business
made popular Apr 24 2007
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Chinese political prisoner sues Yahoo for abetting torture in China
Balendu, Delhi
A human-rights group has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo Inc. for purportedly making available information to the Chinese government that led to the persecution, torture...
Legal Dispute, Corporate Crime, Yahoo, Business
made popular Apr 21 2007
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Microsoft to pay $180 million to settle class-action Iowa lawsuit
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Software giant Microsoft has agreed to pay $180 million to settle claims by Iowa consumers who contended they were overcharged for company products purchased between...
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made popular Apr 19 2007
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Dissident Take-Two shareholders oust board members, install new chief
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In an interesting development, frustrated Take-Two Interactive shareholders ousted five of six board members up for re-election, including the chief executive, who was...
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made popular Mar 30 2007
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Dell finds evidence of wrongdoing in accounting investigation
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Dell, one of the world’s largest makers of personal computers, has revealed that it found evidences of misconduct and errors in its accounting in the middle of...
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made popular Mar 30 2007
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Texas slams $210 million fine on TXU for price manipulation
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Texas regulators could fine TXU Corp. $210 million for manipulating the state’s electricity market in the summer of 2005, under a staff proposal issued on...
TXU, Business Fraud, Corporate Crime, Texas
made popular Mar 29 2007
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Total chief under formal investigation over Iran gas contract
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The chief executive of French oil and gas group Total Christophe de Margerie was brought under formal investigation for alleged corruption, under a criminal probe into...
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made popular Mar 23 2007
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Oracle files lawsuit against SAP for stealing proprietary information
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Oracle Corp. has recently filed lawsuit against its competitor SAP on the allegations that its German competitor has clandestinely and illegally acquired proprietary...
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made popular Mar 23 2007
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Disney clears Pixar executives in stock options probe
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Walt Disney Co. has confirmed that options at Pixar Inc. were backdated before its takeover of the computer-animation studio. However, it has said that no one now...
Backdated Stock Option, Walt Disney, Apple, Steve Jobs
made popular Mar 17 2007
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Investigation reveals lenders give colleges student-loan kickbacks
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has said that an investigation by his office has revealed widespread, questionable financial arrangements among student-loan...
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made popular Mar 16 2007
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Jury selection begins in Conrad Black's fraud case
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Trials against the fallen newspaper magnate, Conrad Black, began yesterday in Chicago. Black is accused of pillaging $80 million from his Hollinger media empire, which...
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made popular Mar 15 2007
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Charges dropped against former HP chairwoman in boardroom spying case
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The California Attorney General’s office on Wednesday dismissed all charges against the former HP chairman, Patricia Dunn, who was last year forced to resign...
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made popular Mar 15 2007
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Indian Apex Court ruling boosts India's outsourcing sector
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Indian Supreme Court in a landmark judgment on Monday ruled that foreign firms would not have to pay tax on their global income earned from business related to their...
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made popular Sep 9 2008
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ABN takeover battle intensifies, Barclays challenges RBS’ claims
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The battle for control of Dutch bank ABN Amro further intensified amid claims and counter-claims by the two major suitors that they represent the best value for the...
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made popular Jun 19 2007
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Oracle files new charges in SAP lawsuit
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Oracle Corp. has lodged new charges on Friday against rival SAP AG, adding more details about an alleged conspiracy to steal Oracle’s intellectual property from...
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made popular Jun 2 2007
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Vonage wins permanent stay in Verizon dispute, can keep signing up new customers
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Vonage, a voice over IP provider facing a patent infringement lawsuit from Verizon Communications, won a permanent stay of a previous injunction, which means it can...
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made popular Apr 25 2007
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US Court verdict puts all Texas Vioxx lawsuits on hold
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A Texas judge hearing 1,300 Vioxx lawsuits against Merck & Co. dismissed the claim that the company has failed to properly warn users about the painkiller’s...
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made popular Apr 21 2007
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Chinese political prisoner sues Yahoo for abetting torture in China
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A human-rights group has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo Inc. for purportedly making available information to the Chinese government that led to the persecution, torture...
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Former Qwest chief found guilty of insider trading
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Joseph Nacchio, the aggressive chief executive who witnessed Qwest’s spectacular growth as well as its near collapse into bankruptcy, was found guilty on 19 of 42...
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made popular Apr 20 2007
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US joins whistleblower lawsuit against IT giants
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The US authorities have announced that the government has joined in a whistleblower lawsuit filed against Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and Accenture, accusing the...
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Microsoft to pay $180 million to settle class-action Iowa lawsuit
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Software giant Microsoft has agreed to pay $180 million to settle claims by Iowa consumers who contended they were overcharged for company products purchased between...
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Vonage says patent disputes could lead to bankruptcy
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Vonage Holdings Corp., the pioneer of Internet-based phone calls, has recently said that patent disputes could lead to bankruptcy. The filing with the US Securities and...
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Hynix signs cross-licensing agreement with Toshiba to end legal disputes
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Japan’s Toshiba Corp. and South Korea’s Hynix Semiconductor Inc. has recently announced that they have signed a cross-licence deal to end a series of...
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