British Panel Rejects Claim of Sex Bias at Merrill
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A British panel on Wednesday dismissed a high-profile sexual discrimination suit filed by a former executive against Merrill Lynch, but ruled that the woman who made the
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Merrill Lynch &amp; Co Inc  said on Wednesday top executives did not receive bonuses for 2007 after the world's largest brokerage posted $12.1 billion in net losses during the second half of the year.
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An in-house Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. lawyer didn&#39;t support the brokerage&#39;s harried $7 million investment in Enron Corp.-owned barges at the end of 1999 and would have blocked it had she known of an alleged verbal
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Europe&#39;s biggest bank HSBC Holdings   has rejected calls from activist investor Knight Vinke  Asset Management for it to review its strategy and shake up its  corporate governance, the Financial Times reported.
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LONDON  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday rejected charges from the Conservative opposition that he &quot;misrepresented&quot; intelligence used to make the case for invading Iraq.
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A former top executive at Merrill Lynch lost a sexual discrimination suit against the global investment bank, in which she had sought more than seven million pounds (13.4 million dollars, 10 million euros) in damages before a British labour tribunal.
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A US regulatory advisory panel has rejected Procter &amp; Gamble&#39;s female sexual dysfunction patch, saying the potential long-term risks of the hormone treatment outweighed the benefits.
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An European Commission proposal which would have banned insurers from using gender to assess premiums has just failed to win backing.
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A top Merrill Lynch official is due to  testify on Wednesday over a 7.5 million pound ($13.4 million)  sex discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S.-based  investment bank by former executive Stephanie Villalba.
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The judge at the trial of two former  executives at Enron Corp. Broadband Internet denied a request  on Tuesday to question jurors about whether they had seen news  reports about the convictions of former Enron CEOs Ken Lay and  Jeffrey Skilling.
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A former executive at the London offices of Merrill Lynch fails in her Â£7.5m sex discrimination case against the US investment bank.
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ROME : Italy&#39;s disputed nominee for the EU justice and security commissioner&#39;s post denied having made new comments denigrating the role of women and said he was being victimized by the media.
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The White House denied that the government panel was aimed primarily at China.
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One of the most senior women bankers to work in the City of London yesterday saw her record Â£7.5m sex discrimination claim thrown out by an employment tribunal.
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A Bank of America spokesman declined to comment on a Merrill Lynch research report that suggested the second largest US bank might be interested in taking over Britain's Barclays bank.
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Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings  has rejected calls from activist investor Knight Vinke Asset Management for it to review its strategy and shake up its corporate governance, the Financial Times reported.
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The British government has rejected pleas to block the extradition to the United States of three former NatWest bankers over Enron-related fraud charges.