If you want to hide a leaf, find a forest. Jérôme Kerviel, alleged to be the world's biggest rogue trader, will attempt to hide a Euro5bn leaf in a multi-trillion euro forest when he goes on trial in Paristoday. Mr Kerviel's defence will be horrendously complex - and very simple. His lawyers will admit that what he did in 2007-8 - to bet more than the value of France's second largest bank on a series of trades on stock exchange futures - was insane. However, they will also argue that his...
TALLINN, Estonia — Sometime before year’s end, a man with a clipboard will drop by one of this city’s best schools, the Tallinn Pae Gymnasium, and the staff will begin to fret. He will saunter from classroom to classroom, ignoring the children and instead engaging in seemingly...
MOSCOW – Russian servicemen stole a bank card from the remains of a Polishairliner that crashed on April 10, killing dozens of senior Polish officials, and used it to withdraw funds from one of the victims’ accounts, Russian news services reported Monday night, citing law enforcement...
Paris A tiny spat over a sliver of sea that has been a major irritant between Slovenia and Croatia since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991 now looks set to be arbitrated by international jurists, unblocking Croatia’s stalled bid to join the European Union. Graphic...
