insider trading
Yahoo says 'au revoir' to France
Internet giant Yahoo says its French and EU-based operations will be moved to Ireland. It’s widely seen as a move to limit its exposure to France’s high corporate tax rate. Also,…
Insider trading: Cracking down on white-collar crime
Conspiracies, whistle blowers and wire taps - these could be the ingredients of a best-selling novel. But they're also part of a very real crackdown on insider trading in the…
Ex-Goldman Sachs chief surrenders to face trial
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta turned himself in to US authorities on Wednesday to face charges of insider trading for leaking key information to a friend, which…
Former Goldman CEO charged with insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the former director of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble with insider trading Tuesday, claiming Rajat Gupta illegally informed a…
Daimler, EADS charged with insider trading
German auto giant Daimler has been hit by an insider trading scandal involving the European defence group EADS. Investigating French judges are pursuing charges related to share…
Hedge funds feel the heat as FBI steps up insider trading probe
Federal agents have arrested a consulting firm executive in New York in what is expected to be the first of multiple arrests linked to an extensive insider-trading scam that has…
London insider trading probe lands seventh arrest
A seventh person suspected of insider dealing has been arrested in a major probe by the UK’s financial watchdog on banks including Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA, as well as…
Six arrested after major insider trading sting in London
Six men have been arrested on suspicion of insider dealing after a major probe by the UK’s Financial Services Authority on banks including Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA, as…
French market regulator clears EADS executives of insider trading
France’s financial market watchdog (AMF) said Thursday that its three-year investigation into Franco-German aeronautics giant EADS had found no proof of insider-trading.
EADS insider trading trial gets underway
French securities regulator AMF begins hearings over alleged insider trading at the European aerospace giant EADS Monday. The company is accused of misleading investors by…
EADS shares jump on cash forecasts but warns on costs
EADS' shares rose by as much as 7% on its first half profits announcement Tuesday after the firm hiked cash forecasts. Its two biggest shareholders, Daimler and Lagardere, also…
New chairman for French Societe Generale
Frederic Oudea, 46, is the new chief executive of Societe Generale, the French bank rocked by a mammoth trading scandal last year. He was appointed a week after former chairman…