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GENERAL Fri Jul 18, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- By Martha Graybow 22 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - The government is considering bringing further criminal charges in the case involving two former Bear Stearns executives indicted last month related to the collapse of two hedge funds they oversaw, a.. Read More

GENERAL Mon May 12, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- By Leslie Gevirtz and Megan Davies 1 hour, 9 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - The banks and buyers in the Clear Channel Communications Inc (CCU.N) case are in settlement talks, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday, as the scheduled sta.. Read More

GENERAL Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 2 minutes ago SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A judge in Texas on Friday refused a request by several New York-based banks to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Clear Channel Communications Inc (CCU.N) and two buyout firms trying to acquire the radio operator. Bexar C.. Read More

GENERAL Wed Apr 9, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

news.yahoo.com -- Wed Apr 9, 3:03 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is looking at contingency plans for bolstering its lending power in case recent measures it has taken to unfreeze the credit markets fail, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Not.. Read More

GENERAL Thu Mar 6, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- By Doug Palmer 43 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is aggressively challenging Airbus subsidies at the World Trade Organization, despite a U.S. Air Force decision awarding a $35 billion aerial tanker contract to Airbus parent, EADS.. Read More

GENERAL Sun Feb 24, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 1 hour, 47 minutes ago HELSINKI (Reuters) - Cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Sunday its agreement in a U.S. court in Delaware with Qualcomm was unlikely to solve the major legal battle over patent fees between the two technology heavyweights. N.. Read More

GENERAL Wed Feb 20, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 38 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court handed a victory to Medtronic Inc (MDT.N) on Wednesday, ruling that patients cannot sue medical-device manufacturers in state court over harm from a device that has approval from federal regulators.. Read More

GENERAL Wed Dec 26, 2007 @ 3:00pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 1 hour, 14 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court handed Google (GOOG.O) a setback in a patent fight on Wednesday, tossing out part of a summary judgment in Google's favor in a lawsuit filed by Hyperphrase Technologies, LLC. Hyperph.. Read More

GENERAL Tue Dec 11, 2007 @ 6:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- By Paritosh Bansal Tue Dec 11, 1:15 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in an insider trading case against a former Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) (CS.N) investment banker after finding that two jurors had failed to follow instruc.. Read More

GENERAL Sat Nov 24, 2007 @ 6:00pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 2 hours, 7 minutes ago HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has scheduled a hearing next week to take new pleas from three former British bankers accused of fraud in an Enron-related case, court records showed on Saturday. David Bermingham, Giles Darby and.. Read More

GENERAL Sat Nov 3, 2007 @ 9:01am neoform

news.yahoo.com -- By Emily Chasan Fri Nov 2, 11:05 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has ordered pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca (AZN.L) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (BMY.N) to pay double damages in a case over false mark ups of U.S. drug prices through 2003, a.. Read More

GENERAL Sun Oct 7, 2007 @ 3:00pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- By Paritosh Bansal Sun Oct 7, 11:24 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tax-shelter case involving former partners at KPMG (KPMG.UL) is set to go to trial after two years of legal wrangling and a high-profile debate about the rights of white-collar criminal de.. Read More

GENERAL Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 9:02am neoform

news.yahoo.com -- Fri Oct 5, 3:14 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury has handed a victory to the music recording industry, which had claimed a Minnesota woman infringed song copyrights by using online media to illegally download and distribute music, according to court do.. Read More

GENERAL Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 12:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 1 hour, 27 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a tobacco industry appeal on two issues in a Florida class-action case that has already resulted in a $145 billion punitive award against the cigarette makers being overt.. Read More

GENERAL Tue Sep 25, 2007 @ 6:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 1 hour, 48 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. administrative proceeding looking into the merger of organic grocers Wild Oats and Whole Foods Markets Inc. (WFMI.O) has not been stopped despite a loss in district court, but Federal Trade Commissi.. Read More