Commissioner Takes Spotlight on Parmalat
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A &#36;5 billion bank account that never existed, a computer smashed with a hammer to hide phony records, a captain of Italian industry thrown behind bars. A year ago attention focused on the northern Italian city of Parma as what the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dubbed "one of the largest and most brazen corporate financial frauds in history" began to unravel.
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The European Commission was abuzz over a new commissioner on its first day in office Monday after learning he was convicted of embezzlement, the BBC reported.
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Citigroup Inc. said Monday it has filed a detailed response in an Italian bankruptcy court aimed at refuting what it called &quot;baseless allegations&quot; by the government-appointed administrator of Parmalat SpA
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MILAN: A judge on Tuesday began preliminary hearings into the 14 billion euro ($NZ26 billion) collapse of Parmalat that could lead to one of the biggest trials in Italian corporate history involving the dairy group&#39;s former executives, bankers and auditors
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The incoming president of the EU commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, today hinted that he would make &quot;several changes&quot; to his team of 24 commissioner-designates - although warned that simply removing controversial nominee Rocco Buttiglione may create a
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Global finance titan Citigroup said it was challenging the Italian government's reorganization plan for bankrupt food group Parmalat, claiming the bank is not being compensated for losses from massive fraud.
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Ten months after the Parmalat scandal  rocked the global finance industry, a judge next week begins  deciding whether to put on trial executives, bankers and  auditors of the dairy group plus three financial institutions.
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Prosecutors in the Parmalat fraud case appeared in court Tuesday to convince a judge to order trials for 29 people, ranging from the dairy giant&#39;s founder to former company financial officers and accountants.
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Business & money: Â· Brussels sets benchmark for competition cases Â· Commissioner sounds warning to other big firms
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A judge in Milan will today begin the first criminal proceedings to be triggered by the Parmalat scandal when he opens a hearing to decide on calls for the indictment of 32 individuals and institutions including the group&#39;s founder and former chairman
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MILAN, Aug 18  - Parmalat sued its former auditors Deloitte &amp; Touche and Grant Thornton on Wednesday, broadening a legal battle to claw back billions of euros from ex-allies the food group says helped drive it into ...
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The indictment on Wednesday of four international banks on criminal charges related to the 2003 failure of the Parmalat dairy empire could help bondholders recoup millions in losses and potentially exposes the banks to a ban from operating in Italy.
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The row over Italy's choice as its European commissioner dominates today's papers.
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French transport commissioner Jacques Barrot is under pressure to explain to MEPs why he did not mention his involvement in a French political party funding scandal.
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BRUSSELS Moving to resolve a weeklong crisis, the incoming president of the European Commission, JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, on Thursday put forward a new commission team, proposing Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy as justice commissioner.
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The board, which met this weekend, reportedly expressed concern about regulatory scrutiny.
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Parmalat, the Italian food and dairy giant, has filed another civil lawsuit against a major financial institution, contending that managers at Bank of America helped structure a series of transactions that allowed more than $10 billion to be &quot;diverted