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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Florida subpoenas 17 insurance companies
Corporations and securities brief ~ Florida subpoenas 17 insurance companies
Amit Patel
April 25, 2005 12:29:00 pm

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, Florida's insurance regulation commissioner announced subpoenas have been sent to officials at 17 insurance companies, including units of American International Group Inc. , Chubb Corp., Swiss Re AG [corporate...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Grand jury investigates alleged misspending at Wal-Mart
Corporations and securities brief ~ Grand jury investigates alleged misspending at Wal-Mart
Amit Patel
April 22, 2005 12:38:00 pm

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokesman said a federal grand jury is reviewing allegations of misspending within company. The investigation into Wal-Mart began after it handed over internal documents to the...

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News Former Merrill Lynch exec gets 30 months jail for role in Enron barge scam
Former Merrill Lynch exec gets 30 months jail for role in Enron barge scam
Amit Patel
April 21, 2005 02:44:00 pm

Former Merrill Lynch executive Daniel Bayly has been sentenced to 30 months by in prison US District Judge Ewing Werlein for his role in an Enron Nigerian barge scam. Bayly will also face six months of supervision...

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News UK High Court allows baby to die
UK High Court allows baby to die
Amit Patel
April 21, 2005 02:00:00 pm

In a case somewhat similar to that of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo, Justice Mark Hedley of the High Court in London Thursday upheld a court order allowing a critically ill baby to die if she stops breathing. Charlotte...

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News Richard Reid accomplice to be sentenced Friday
Richard Reid accomplice to be sentenced Friday
Amit Patel
April 21, 2005 01:34:00 pm

Saajid Badat , the British man who has admitted to conspiring with "shoebomber" Richard Reid to blow up an aircraft, will be sentenced on Friday after entering a guilty plea to a conspiracy charge in February....

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News Pentagon proposes change in military anti-sodomy law
Pentagon proposes change in military anti-sodomy law
Amit Patel
April 21, 2005 01:12:00 pm

The office of the Pentagon's general counsel has sent leaders of the US Senate and House of Representatives Armed Services Committees a draft copy of a proposal saying that consensual sodomy between members of the US military...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ NYSE merges with Archipelago; to go public
Corporations and securities brief ~ NYSE merges with Archipelago; to go public
Amit Patel
April 21, 2005 11:24:00 am

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities brief, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced it will merge with rival Archipelago Holdings Inc. in a move which transforms the NYSE into a for-profit, publicly traded company. The...

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News Israeli report sets Holocaust damages as high as $330B
Israeli report sets Holocaust damages as high as $330B
Amit Patel
April 21, 2005 09:16:00 am

The Israeli government has released a report setting material damages to the Jewish people during the Holocaust between $240 billion and $330 billion. The report is the first of its kind, including not only the...

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News House votes for oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge
House votes for oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge
Amit Patel
April 21, 2005 08:59:00 am

The US House of Presentatives voted late Wednesday to allow oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as part of new and wide-ranging energy legislation . The bill's sponsors claim the refuge will produce...

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News Texas House passes ban on gay foster parents
Texas House passes ban on gay foster parents
Amit Patel
April 21, 2005 08:45:00 am

The Texas House of Representatives has passed legislation which would bar homosexuals from becoming foster parents. The ban, part of the state's attempt to revamp its Child Protective Services Agency , passed 135-6 Tuesday with two abstentions...

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