Insider trading masterminds Lukas Kamay, Christopher Hill jailed after Block bid Canberra Times Luke Kamay was jailed for seven years and three months with a non-parole period of four years and six months, after pleading guilty to insider trading, money laundering and identity theft charges. Photo: Joe Armao | Two men involved in a $7 mil...
SEC chair defends granting of penalty waivers South China Morning Post US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White waded into a battle over how strongly Wall Street should be punished, saying the commission should stay away from politics and judge cases on their merits. | At issue are additional punishment...
Commerzbank to pay US$1.45b to resolve probes South China Morning Post Commerzbank has agreed to pay US authorities US$1.45 billion to resolve sanctions and other violations, the latest big European bank to acknowledge moving funds through the US financial system for countries like Iran and Sudan. | Prosecutors also fou...
FEMA to review every Sandy flood insurance claim The Charlotte Observer Federal Emergency Management Agency officials have agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim filed by Superstorm Sandy victims. | The review will involve approximately 144,000 claims and not limit corrective action to 2,200 that are cur...
Liverpool's Steven Gerrard: I take full responsibility for letting down my team-mates and the supporters London Evening Standard Steven Gerrard has apologised for a stamp that saw him sent off within 48 seconds his introduction in Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to Manchester United at Anfield. | Gerrard was left out of the starting XI but - with the hosts trailing 1-0 at the break - Brendan Rodgers opted to bring his captain onto the field at the start of the second half. | But his ...
Liberians overcome fear to volunteer for Ebola vaccine trial Boston Herald MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberians are overcoming their fears of Ebola to volunteer for a vaccine trial. | The gruesome toll of West Africa's Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than 4,200 Liberians of the more than 10,000 who have succumbed to the disease, has intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that previously infected relatively f...
