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AT&T to offer to sell up to 40 percent of T-Mobile -- Bloomberg

Sat, 11/26/2011 - 19:06 by amiteshwar

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is planning to offer to divest a large chunk of T-Mobile USA to gain clearance from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its takeover, Bloomberg reported citing a person familiar with the plan.

AT&T withdraws merger application, to take $4 billion charge

Fri, 11/25/2011 - 18:50 by amiteshwar

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent of T-Mobile, have withdrawn their applications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after the agency's chairman moved to thwart AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile USA.

S&P under DOJ scrutiny over mortgage ratings

Thu, 08/18/2011 - 13:11 by Jaspreet Virk

The U.S. Department of Justice is probing Standard & Poor's over its ratings of mortgage securities in the years that led to financial turmoil, according to The New York Times.

NH man gets 7 years for hacking conspiracy

Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:43 by Jaspreet Virk

Asu Pala's business idea was to set up premium telephone numbers in Germany and install unwanted dial-up software on PCs to automatically call these numbers. Though he raked in US$8 million, not everyone involved in illegal business can escape law.

US will enforce marijuana laws irrespective of California vote

Sun, 10/17/2010 - 21:38 by Deepika Garg

Federal law enforcement agencies will continue to oppose marijuana, even if California's voters approve Proposition 19, which seeks legalizing the drug for recreational purposes.

Bribery case settled for $240 million

Thu, 07/08/2010 - 01:30 by Pankaj Damin

Washington -- The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday it had accepted a $240 million settlement on a multinational, and multimillion-dollar bribery case.

DOJ said Snamprogetti Netherlands BV, a Dutch subsidiary of Snamprogetti, an Italian engineering, procurement and construction firm, engaged in a series of bribes as part of a four-company joint venture from 1995 to 2004 to secure construction contracts in Nigeria.

The bribes came out of payments of $132 million paid to a corporation in Gibraltar controlled by Jeffrey Tesler and $50 million paid to a Japanese trading company that were each agents to arrange and pay bribes to Nigerian officials, the Justice Department said.

FBI shuts 2001 anthrax case

Sat, 02/20/2010 - 12:42 by Jaspreet Virk

Putting an end to the eight year investigation into the anthrax attacks launched in 2001, FBI and the Department of Justice has released hundreds of pages of documents, portraying the psyche of deceased army scientist, Dr. Bruce Ivins, accused of bioterrorism.

British Airways, American Airlines alliance wins US approval

Sun, 02/14/2010 - 13:33 by Jaspreet Virk

In a move that will deepen their transatlantic alliance, American Airlines and British Airways have received tentative approval from the U.S. regulators to co-operate on transatlantic flights.

12% in juvenile centres sexually abused: Study

Fri, 01/08/2010 - 15:43 by Jaspreet Virk

New York, January 8 -- Nearly 12 percent of youths detained in juvenile facilities in the nation are sexually abused, states the latest study by the Department of Justice.

Google working to assuage DOJ's concerns over book deal

Tue, 11/10/2009 - 12:08 by Jaspreet Virk

New York, November 10 -- Granting requests made by Google and groups representing authors and publishers, the New York District Court Judge Denny Chin has postponed hearing on Google book deal.

New Jersey resident pleads guilty to hiding assets

Sun, 09/27/2009 - 13:13 by Jamie Anderson

New Jersey, September 27: Skeletons are slowly but surely coming out of the cupboard! Juergen Homann, a New Jersey businessman became the fifth UBS AG (NYSE: UBS; SWX: UBSN; TYO: 8657) client to plead guilty to parking funds using offshore accounts and hiding the same from U.S. tax and finance officials.