(Reuters) - Federal prosecutors are investigating whether two former Credit Suisse CSGN brokers lied to investors about how they placed their money into short-term securities, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The investigation involves the $330...
PARIS (Reuters) - Former Airbus chief executive Gustav Humbert has been placed in police custody for questioning in a widening probe into allegations of insider trading at European aerospace group EADS, a police source said on Monday. Humbert, who resigned in 2006 after...
This article is basically a case-study about two parties involved in serious issues. In Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Gen-Probe Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the invalidation, on motion for summary judgment, of all claims in U.S. Patent, directed to a nucleic acid probe that...
Conducted EMI compliance is based on a single frequency measurement at the mains input of a power converter, using a Line Impedance Stabilization Network LISN. A measurement method based on a new probe is proposed with which the sources and propagation of noise can be measured. The characteristics of the...
Electrode Inc was right in dismissing Christopher because if they had dithered, then there was the danger of more staff falling victims to his borrowings. Worse still, Christopher may have undermined the company by moonlighting with rival organisations, or tapping into Electrode's revenues. Manager KK Ong was right...
WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating failed bank IndyMac Bancorp Inc. for possible fraud, an official said Wednesday of the government's latest target following the collapse of the nation's subprime mortgage market. It was not immediately clear how long the FBI's probe of the bank has been...
The Utah Attorney General's Office has declined to investigate an apparent hoax call that sounded similar to the phone call that sparked the raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch. "We referred it back for local law enforcement to look at," said Ken Wallentine, the Utah...
Efficient integration of probe card operations is key to maintaining company's number one leadership position in back-end inspection and test SAN FRANCISCO -- Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC), a leading provider of process characterization equipment and software for both front-end and back-end inspection and metrology solutions, today announced...
LONDON AFP — Young African footballers hoping to make their fortunes in top English clubs are being conned out of thousands of dollars by Nigerian fraudsters, according to a BBC investigation broadcast on Tuesday. The undercover probe included a "sting" operation on a man claiming to be an...
MELVILLE, N.Y., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon Instruments Inc. (http://www.nikoninstruments.com/) announced its new SMZ-445/460 stereoscopic zoom microscopes, combining a very small size with high performance at a low cost for the Industrial and OEM markets. These microscopes allow observation of a wide range of applications, from routine quality...
58% of Brits Holidaying at Home Due to Worries about Rising Prices and the Economy LONDON -- More than a third of Britons (37%) have changed their holiday plans this summer because of concerns about rising prices and a worsening economy. Whether holidaying in the UK or staying...
SEOUL AFP — Former Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-Hee was given a suspended prison sentence Wednesday for tax evasion, but a South Korean court cleared him of the more serious charge of breach of trust. Lee, who quit the nation's biggest business group in April following a corruption...
WELLINGTON AFP — New Zealand's fair trade watchdog said Wednesday it had charged three carriers, including Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines, with failing to provide information to a cargo price-fixing probe. The Commerce Commission said it had filed criminal charges against the two firms and Aerolineas Argentinas over...
The Colombian Government, with assistance from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, is probing the fatal July 7 crash of a Boeing 747- 209BSF freighter. At about 2:52 a.m. EDT on July 7, the cargo aircraft (N714CK), operated by Kalitta Airlines as a wet lease to...
The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB has found no evidence that the June 28 ABX Air freighter fire at San Francisco International was intentionally set. The fire burned a hole through the top of the fuselage of the fully loaded Airborne Express Boeing 767 cargo...
The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB is investigating a near midair collision near New York City on July 5. At 8:36 pm EDT, Cayman Airways Flight 792, a Boeing 737-300, and Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile Flight 533, a Boeing 767-300, almost collided over New ...
Lucky Local Lady Wins New Jeep in Silver Strike Video Game Sweepstakes HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Jessica Garrett, 31, of Hendersonville, just struck ... silver. As a first-time player of Silver Strike Bowling, America's hottest coin-operated video game, she's scored the ultimate trophy: a...
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's parliament Monday opened an inquiry into a US beef import agreement which sparked weeks of mass protests, with the ruling and opposition parties sparring over its scope. The probe will refocus attention on the controversial deal which rocked the Seoul government just as...
BERLIN AFP — The financial director of European aerospace giant EADS, Hans-Peter Ring, has been questioned as a witness in connection with a French probe into alleged insider trading in the group's shares, a German press report said Monday. Ring told the Financial Times Deutschland he was not...
JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced mounting calls to resign and increased pressure from within his own party on Monday as the latest corruption probe into the embattled premier widened. A senior minister from Olmert's centrist Kadima party warned that Israel's foes view the multiple...
