Legal & Regulatory

Unions working for AMR and US Airways protest against lawsuit

The unions working for AMR Corp, the parent of American Airlines, and US Airways conducted a forwarded their displeasure on the suit filed by the antitrust division of the Justice Department.


JPMorgan to settle “whale” probes with USD900 million payment

JP Morgan Chase & Co. had been poised to pay approximately USD900 million to settle claims from both US and UK regulators.

Activision stock sale blocked by Judge

The proposed share buyback of Activision Blizzard Inc. of its Vivendi SA's shares was blocked by a judge in Delaware Chancery Court in Wilmington.

Ron Dennis, ex SAC analyst is an uncharged co-conspirator according to prosecutors

The case against SAC Capital and Michael Steinberg was bolstered with the testimony of former analyst Ron Dennis as an uncharged co-conspirator.


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I&B Ministry of India approved the proposed investment plan of Goldman Sachs Group to DEN Networks valued USD110 million.
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Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout along with other unnamed co-conspirators were indicted of five criminal counts for allegedly hiding trading losses valued USD6.2 billion.
USMD Holdings announced today its acquisition of 17.96% ownership interest in USMD Hospital at Arlington that increased the ownership of the physician-led integrated healthcare system to 45.4%.
The meeting of the Federal Reserve this week comes at a time when the next chairman is still unknown.