
A look at EU investigation of oil price fixing
The European Union's executive arm, the Commission, on Tuesday said it had raided the offices of a number of oil industry companies for possible ...
Chains grapple with how to improve safety
While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, ...
EU probes oil companies for possible price-fixing
European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing. Britain's BP, Royal Dutch ...
Dutch won't charge company in Israeli barrier case
In a blow to pro-Palestinian activists, Dutch authorities said Tuesday they will not prosecute a company on war crimes charges for renting out ...
Ex-Finmeccanica chief freed from jail
The former CEO of the Italian defense giant Finmeccanica was freed Saturday from jail pending his trial on corruption charges next month.
BP Q1 profits surge on Russian joint venture sale
BP's sale of its Russian joint venture helped it more than triple first-quarter profits, the oil company said Tuesday in a further sign that its ...
Prosecutors seek speedy Finmeccanica bribe trial
Prosecutors are pushing for a speedy trial for alleged corruption by top executives at Italian defense giant Finmeccanica and its Agusta helicopter ...
Swiss man's estate sues over Alaska climbing death
The estate of a Swiss man who died during a 2011 descent of Mount McKinley has filed a lawsuit claiming negligence by a guide company resulted in his ...

Russian opposition trials test legal integrity
While one Russian court imposed heavy fines on the country's only independent election-watching group and another heard contentious testimony in the ...

Russian protest leader: trial will show innocence
A prominent Russian opposition leader on trial for embezzlement told the court on Wednesday that he would prove his innocence to the public, if not ...
US high court to look at Daimler appeal
The Supreme Court says it will hear an appeal from automaker Daimler AG that seeks to shut down a U.S. lawsuit over allegations that its unit in ...
Correction: Britain-Copyright Suit story
In a story April 18 about the Meltwater copyright lawsuit, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the last name of the chief executive officer of ...
US Supreme Court limits suits over foreign abuses
The Supreme Court on Wednesday drastically limited the ability of foreign victims of human rights abuses to use American courts to seek accountability ...

French execs accused of breast implant swindle
The computer records were scrubbed, inspectors said there was no mention of industrial silicone in quality-control documents, and an employee at the ...

Anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny ready for trial
Far from the streets of Moscow where he galvanized tens of thousands in anti-government protests, Alexei Navalny faces trial this week on charges that ...

Judge fines Costa $1.3M for Concordia wreck
A judge in Tuscany fined Italian cruise line Costa Crociere SpA 1 million euros ($1.3 million) Wednesday for the 2012 shipwreck of the Concordia ...

Google's Android target of new antitrust complaint
A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Google's dominance of Internet ...
4 former BizJet execs charged with foreign bribery
Newly unsealed federal charges accuse four former executives of a U.S. subsidiary of German-based Lufthansa Technik AG of engaging in a bribery scheme ...
Thousands of shareholders sue RBS for $6 billion
Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders have filed a 4 billion pound ($6 billion) lawsuit against the company, claiming they were misled into thinking the ...

Drug maker Novartis loses India patent battle
India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that ...

Social media editor charged in hacking conspiracy
A deputy social media editor for Reuters vowed that Friday would be "business as usual" despite charges of conspiring with the notorious hacking group ...
US probes Sanofi over blockbuster drug Plavix
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating drug maker Sanofi's disclosures to the Food and Drug Administration about different responses to its ...