Court: No extra time to sue for securities fraud
The Supreme Court says the federal government doesn't get more time to sue for securities fraud. Justices on Wednesday said the Securities and ...

India orders probe into Finmeccanica copter deal
India's top investigative agency is looking into the role a former air force chief played in a $750 million helicopter contract marred by reports of ...

Commercial cyberspying, theft promise rich payoff
For state-backed cyberspies such as a Chinese military unit implicated by a U.S. security firm in a computer crime wave, hacking foreign companies can ...

White House announces anti-theft trade strategy
The Obama administration announced new efforts Wednesday to fight the growing theft of American trade secrets, a broad but relatively restrained ...
Ex-New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty to bribery
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he accepted more than $200,000 in bribes plus free trips and other ...
SEC alleges insider trading ahead of Heinz deal
Federal regulators have alleged that a brokerage account in Switzerland was used for illegal insider trading ahead of the H.J. Heinz acquisition ...
India puts $750M Italian helicopter deal on hold
India's Defense Ministry said Friday that it has put a $750 million contract to purchase helicopters from Italian company Finmeccanica on hold amid ...

Ex-Stanford execs get 20 years for $7B swindle
The last two defendants convicted for helping disgraced financier R. Allen Stanford bilk investors out of more than $7 billion in one of the biggest ...
Key insider trading cooperator sentenced in NY
A federal judge on Wednesday ditched his plans to send a cooperator in a historic insider trading case to prison, instead directing that he speak to ...
Finmeccanica names interim CEO
The board of Italian defense and aerospace company Finmeccanica on Wednesday named Chief Operating Officer Alessandro Pansa as interim chief executive ...

Finmeccanica CEO arrested in corruption probe
The chief executive of Italian defense and aerospace giant Finmeccanica was arrested in a corruption probe Tuesday, the third corporate scandal to ...
Executive gets 6 years in tomato price-fixing scam
Frederick Scott Salyer has been described as one of the most influential men in California's agriculture industry, but on Tuesday he learned that ...
TeliaSonera boss quits over Uzbekistan allegations
The chief executive of TeliaSonera resigned Friday after an independent review on alleged bribery by the telecoms company found it had failed to ...
Pfizer disputes suit claiming Zoloft doesn't work
The maker of Zoloft is being sued in an unusual case alleging the popular antidepressant has no more benefit than a dummy pill and that patients who ...
Former NFL kicker Erxleben charged with fraud
Former Texas All-American and NFL kicker and punter Russell Erxleben, who previously served a federal prison sentence for securities fraud, was ...

Top white-collar crime prosecutor to lead SEC
President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney who built a reputation prosecuting white-collar criminals, ...

Legal fight over calming technique lacks harmony
The followers of a meditation practice that has roots in ancient India say it's simple: Close your eyes, silently repeat a mantra and relax. But a ...

Ex-New Orleans mayor Nagin charged with bribery
More than a decade ago, Ray Nagin was elected mayor of New Orleans on a vow to root out corruption in a city plagued by decades of it. On Friday, the ...
High court may block Stanford investor lawsuits
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal that seeks to shut down class-action lawsuits from investors who lost billions in a massive Ponzi ...
Tax fraud a popular pastime among prison inmates
Tax fraud appears to be a popular pastime in the nation's prisons, but the Internal Revenue Service is catching on. The IRS detected more than 173,000 ...
Former Nortel CEO found not guilty in fraud case
The former chief executive of bankrupt Nortel Networks and two former senior executives were found not guilty Monday of falsifying financial reports ...

Lawmakers release documents on Wal-Mart bribery
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s CEO Mike Duke found out in 2005 that the retailer's Mexico unit was handing out bribes to local officials, according to emails ...
Court seems skeptical about gov't extension
The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday about government claims that it should be allowed more time to sue some fund executives for securities ...

China fines LG, Samsung in flat panel price case
China fined South Korean and Taiwanese makers of LCD display screens $56 million on Friday for price-fixing, joining the United States and Europe in ...
Poland probes corruption allegations by US firm
Prosecutors are investigating allegations that a U.S. medical equipment company offered bribes to hospital officials across the country in order to ...