Search Results for: 2008-09-26

A Thai court on Thursday convicted Pojamarn Shinawatra , the wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , of tax evasion for transferring $16.3 million worth of stock to her step-brother and...

The European Commission (EC) announced Thursday that it has filed additional antitrust charges against microprocessor manufacturer Intel for anti-competitive actions it has allegedly taken against rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) . In a Supplementary...

Thana Tansiri, a lawyer for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , began serving a six-month prison sentence Monday for his role in an attempt to bribe officials overseeing a corruption case against...

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun a formal antitrust investigation of US computer chip manufacturer Intel Corporation . Intel's chip manufacturing rival, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has claimed for...

A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge announced Wednesday the creation of an oversight committee designed to increase the effectiveness of the state criminal-justice system and to ensure its procedures are both reasonable and legal. Judge...

The Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) Thursday levied nearly $26 million in fines against US computer chip manufacturer Intel Corp. after a KFTC probe found that the company had engaged in anti-competitive practices....

A Texas state appeals court Thursday overturned a jury verdict against pharmaceutical giant Merck concerning a death allegedly caused by painkiller Vioxx . The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals reversed ...

Chinese prosecutors increased the number of corruption convictions against government officials by 30 percent in the past five years, according to a Monday report by Chinese Procurator-General Jia Chunwang at the First Session of the...

The military government of Myanmar Tuesday announced that it has enacted a law to govern the May referendum on a new constitution for the country. The government said the law sets procedures...

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be arrested if he returns home from self-imposed exile in England, despite his party's success in general election earlier this week, according to Thai officials Thursday. Thaksin...