SEC questions Tyco on UN Oil-for-Food program

News

SEC questions Tyco on UN Oil-for-Food program

Jeannie Shawl

December 14, 2004 11:44:00 am

[JURIST] Tyco International said Tuesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered the company to turn over information on its involvement in the UN Oil-for Food program in Iraq. Tyco said the SEC wants information on its participation, "if any," in the UN program, which is the subject of several corruption investigations. AP has more.

THIS DAY @ LAW

University of Alabama desegregated after governor ends blockade

On June 11, 1963, the University of Alabama desegregated when Governor George Wallace, facing Alabama National Guard troops federalized by President Kennedy, ended his blockade of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and allowed two African-American students to enroll.

Read the text of President Kennedy's Civil Rights speech, delivered on this day.