October 2011
4 posts
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Dog eats dog as Britain's tabloids bare all
But this time about their own industry. Prime Minister David Cameron has asked a judge, Lord Brian
Leveson, to hold an inquiry into the oft-feared British press
and make recommendations for a new regulatory regime. This followed allegations that the News of the World, a
best-selling newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News
Corporation, had hacked the mobile phones of a string...
8 tags
Dog eats dog as Britain's tabloids bare all
But this time about their own industry. Prime Minister David Cameron has asked a judge, Lord Brian
Leveson, to hold an inquiry into the oft-feared British press
and make recommendations for a new regulatory regime. This followed allegations that the News of the World, a
best-selling newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News
Corporation, had hacked the mobile phones of a string...
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Salvage of stricken ship off NZ resumes
A second ship’s officer appeared in court in connection with the running aground of the Liberian-flagged Rena 12 nautical miles off Tauranga on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island.Officials say that eight days after the accident, large splits have opened up down the middle of its hull of the vessel, which has lost up to 300 tonnes of heavy, thick, toxic fuel.Salvage teams...
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Lehman says JPMorgan botched securities sale
By Nick BrownOct 11 (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc
accused JPMorgan Chase , its former banker, of mishandling
the sale of more than $27 billion worth of securities as Lehman
was collapsing in 2008.Lehman, in court papers made public on Tuesday, lobbed
myriad allegations at the bank as part of the companies’
ongoing dispute in Lehman’s bankruptcy proceeding.Lehman painted an...
