EDS financial probe deepens
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has widened its probe of Electronic Data Systems to include a massive charge the company took related to its $6 billion Navy contract
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EU Anti Competition Investigation
/0 Comments/in Microsoft Corporation /by ceadminMicrosoft could soon be facing multi- billion euro fines and other sanctions for breaking European competition law.
The European Commission has finished drafting its decision in the case it brought against the software giant.
The Commission is likely to decide that the firm illegally tied audio and video software, as well as server systems, to its Windows operating system
Bayer: $11.1 Million settlement
/0 Comments/in Bayer /by ceadminPennsylvania Attorney General Pappert Recovers $11.1 Million for PA Medicaid Program in Settlements With Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline Over Allegations of Prescription Drug Pricing Fraud
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan
Rumsfeld orders wider probe of Boeing tanker deal
/0 Comments/in Boeing /by ceadminWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has ordered the Pentagon’s in-house watchdog to expand its investigation into the Boeing Co. tanker deal to see if a former Air Force acquisition official’s job search affected other contracts, officials said Tuesday.
Rumsfeld also asked Pentagon General Counsel Jim Haynes, the chief ethics officer, to review rules aimed at preventing abuses when top officials seek jobs in the defense industry after they leave the government, a Pentagon spokeswoman said
Indian parliament bans Pepsi from Cafeteria
/0 Comments/in Pepsi /by ceadminThe Indian parliament has banned the sale of Coke and Pepsi products in its cafeteria. Indian parliamentarians should take the logical next step, and ban the sale of Coke and Pepsi products in the entire country.
The ban came as the result of tests, including those by the Indian government, which found high concentrations of pesticides and insecticides, including lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos, in the colas, making them unfit for consumption
Indian parliament bans Coke from Cafeteria
/0 Comments/in Coca Cola /by ceadminThe Indian parliament has banned the sale of Coke and Pepsi products in its cafeteria. Indian parliamentarians should take the logical next step, and ban the sale of Coke and Pepsi products in the entire country.
The ban came as the result of tests, including those by the Indian government, which found high concentrations of pesticides and insecticides, including lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos, in the colas, making them unfit for consumption
JP Morgan Insider Trading
/0 Comments/in JP Morgan Chase /by ceadminWASHINGTON Securities regulators are examining a surge in options trading just before Wednesday’s announcement that J.P. Morgan Chase agreed to buy Bank One for $58 billion, according to people familiar with the situation
Levi-Strauss to settle out of court
/0 Comments/in Levi-Strauss /by ceadminThis month, the last of three lawsuits over sweatshop conditions on the U.S. island of Saipan came to a close
Pfizer claims Britons denied treatment
/0 Comments/in Pfizer /by ceadminLONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Britons suffering from Alzheimer’s disease are being denied drugs that can delay disease progression, according to a study by drugmaker Pfizer Inc (nyse: PFE – news – people) showing significant regional variations in spending.
The company, which co-markets Alzheimer’s treatment Aricept with Japan’s Eisai Co Ltd <4523.T>, said that although overall spending on anti-dementia drugs had increased significantly in the UK, some health authority areas spent four times as much as others
Pfizer to use DART for online campaigns
/0 Comments/in Pfizer /by ceadminNEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — DoubleClick Inc. (Nasdaq: DCLK),
the leading provider of tools for advertisers, web publishers and direct
marketers today announced that Carat Interactive, a leading global media
agency, has agreed to exclusively use DoubleClick’s ad management system,
DART(R) for Advertisers, on behalf of Pfizer Inc in order to deliver, report
on and measure its online marketing and advertising campaigns