Three former Global Crossing executives have reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission where they will each pay a $100,000 civil fine without having to admit wrongdoing in "capacity swap" deals made before...
A new opinion poll released Monday by the Financial Times shows that almost 70 percent of Britain's finance directors are opposed to the country adopting the new European constitution . Thirty percent of business managers responding...
American oil services company Halliburton may have overcharged the Defense Department at least $212 million for its work providing fuel to Iraqi citizens, according to portions of Defense Contract Audit Agency audits...
Lawyers for "dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla have asked the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of Padilla's indefinite military detention. The Supreme Court considered Padilla's case last year, but dismissed the case on jurisdictional...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Friday unsealed the war crimes charges against former Bosnian Serb army captain Milorad Trbic. Trbic is charged with crimes against humanity on the same indictment as former Bosnian...
In his first interview since being named Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani said Friday that the country's new constitution will be drafted by August 15, meeting the deadline stipulated in the Transitional Administrative Law . There...
Justice John Gomery Thursday ordered a partial lifting of a publication ban prohibiting the dissemination of testimony provided on a sponsorship scandal that has created significant political problems for Canada's governing Liberal Party. Canadians had previously...
Stephen Johnson , President Bush's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency , faced some tough questioning Wednesday at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee . Johnson, a 24-year veteran of...
A French appeals court Wednesday upheld a lower court decision absolving former Yahoo! CEO Tim Koogle of criminal responsibility for auctions of Nazi paraphernalia held through Yahoo's website. Yahoo was found liable in 2000 for allowing Nazi...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia agreed Wednesday to allow Serbian General Sreten Lukic 30 days to enter his plea on war crimes charges so that he can undergo a medical exam following heart...
