Execs face prosecution over Paris crash
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A titanium strip that fell off a Continental Airlines jumbo jet on to a Paris runway was the main cause of the deadly crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000, judicial experts said.
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French ex-President Jacques Chirac is to be questioned over claims of corruption while he was Paris mayor.
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Allies of Jacques Chirac went on trial on  Monday charged with vote-rigging in Paris at a time when the  French president was city mayor.
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A French legal inquiry into the July 2000 Concorde crash outside Paris that killed 113 people presented findings Tuesday that put part of the blame on the US airline Continental.
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The board of French bank Societe Generale met Wednesday with its top executive under intense pressure over the loss of $7.09 billion blamed on a rogue trader.
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Investigators said Tuesday that they were looking into whether ice on the wings or a mechanical problem contributed to the fiery crash of an executive
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A total of 12 executives have been named as facing possible prosecution over the corruption of the United Nations' oil-for-food programme in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
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French investigators have questioned several executives at Societe Generale as part of a probe into the futures trader that the bank has blamed for billions of euros (dollars) in losses, a judicial official said Sunday.
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French prosecutors investigating the manslaughter of the 113 people killed in the Air France Concorde crash four years ago are to summon senior executives of the US airline Continental.
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Engineering firm Balfour Beatty and five railway managers are to go on trial for manslaughter over the Hatfield rail crash.
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A three-judge court acquitted 19 executives and consultants accused of fraud in the collapse of Switzerlandâs former national carrier, Swissair, and ordered the government to pay them compensation totaling more than $2.5 million. The defendants denied charges that included damaging creditors, mismanagement, making false statements and forging documents. Some have blamed the big Swiss banks and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks for the airlineâs downfall. Swissair was grounded Oct. 2, 2001, after months of financial problems. Prosecutors sought prison for Mario Corti, the last chief executive of the parent SAirGroup, which is now defunct, and a range of suspended sentences for 18 other airline executives, board members and consultants.
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The first criminal trial involving former executives of the now infamous energy company, Enron, begins today in a case that could have a crucial bearing on future trials of the company&#39;s top officials.
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Pressure mounted on Societe Generale on Monday as a prosecutor said rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was questioned about his trades in November, and as investors sued the French bank for insider trading.
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The former chief executive and others were accused of committing accounting fraud to meet earnings forecasts and investor expectations.
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Prosecutors in DÃ¼sseldorf are investigating seven current and former executives of WestLB, a bank owned by the German government, a spokesman said.
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French and German executives are in a bitter dispute over the leadership of aerospace firm EADS.
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The top three executives of the American Stock Exchange may face civil charges for failing to properly enforce the exchange's rules.