BP may face criminal charges over the explosion at its giant Texas refinery that killed 15 workers last March.
The US Department of Labour has referred the case to the Department of Justice, which will now decide whether to pursue it.
The news came on the same day that BP issued its final report on the blast at its Texas City refinery near Houston, which also injured 170 people
A US judge has declared a mistrial in the first federal lawsuit against drugs giant Merck and its Vioxx painkiller.
The move came after a jury in Houston was unable to agree on whether the drug had caused a man’s fatal heart attack.
Merck is facing a mass of Vioxx lawsuits
Corruption is on the increase in a majority of countries around the world, according to a study by global pressure group Transparency International. People in 48 of the 69 countries covered in its annual Global Corruption Barometer survey said corruption had risen over the past three years. The survey showed that taking bribes was particularly […]
Iran’s conservative president has said that Israel should be moved to Europe.
“If European countries claim that they have killed Jews in World War II.
French business maverick Bernard Tapie has been sentenced to three years in jail for tax fraud.
But the former Marseille football club owner will not go to prison after the judge took into account time already served for previous convictions.
The Paris Criminal Court found Tapie guilty of failing to pay 7m euros (£4
Microsoft has been fined 33bn won ($32m; £18.4m) following an antitrust ruling by South Korean regulators.
The US software giant was ordered to unbundle its messaging service from its Windows software by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission
Media tycoon Lord Black is due to appear in a US court on Thursday to face charges of fraud.
He was indicted last month on eight counts of fraud, accused of taking money from newspaper group Hollinger International for his own use.
The British peer has denied all the charges, calling them “absolute nonsense”
Tony Blair faces a fresh move by senior MPs to set up a full Parliamentary inquiry into the UK role in the run up to the Iraq war and its aftermath.
Tory Ken Clarke and Lib Dem deputy leader Sir Menzies Campbell are among those backing the cross-party motion.
They are aiming to get 200 signatures and get a debate in the Commons
Former Chilean military ruler Gen Augusto Pinochet has been placed under house arrest and charged with tax evasion and passport fraud.
He is also accused of using forged government documents and misleading officials over his assets.
The charges relate to $27m (£15
Sony BMG’s woes in the US over its much-criticised anti-piracy CD software have deepened.
It is facing two separate lawsuits in Texas and California.
The Texan lawsuit accuses Sony of installing spyware and is seeking damages of up to $100,000 in damages for each violation