Stones fail in court royalty bid
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The Rolling Stones are refused permission to pursue a claim for unpaid royalties through the courts.
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A judge rejects a bid by Michael Jackson's lawyers to delay or dismiss a child molestation case against him.
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GIA grading of artificial diamonds alongside natural stones strikes a blow to the mining monopoly. By Joshua Davis from Wired magazine.
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Charles Saatchi claims he offered his Â£200m art  collection to Tate Modern, but was turned down.
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Gold Fields loses a key legal decision in its fight against Harmony's $8.2bn hostile takeover bid but remains confident that its shareholders will reject the bid.
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Superstar Michael Jackson&#39;s lawyers have failed in their attempt to have all evidence seized in a raid on his ranch thrown out ahead of his trial.
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Move follows government's failure to to find buyer for stricken mortgage lender
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Gold Fields Ltd. rejected an $8.1 billion takeover bid by smaller rival Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd. as inadequate on Monday, despite the support of its largest stakeholder.
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Hong Kong&#39;s highest court rejected the government&#39;s request that a 67-year-old tenant be given hours instead of weeks to appeal the sale of a $2.7 billion property trust, putting its Dec. 20 trading debut in doubt.
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By Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 6--For the second time in as many years, the Utah Supreme Court has  rebuffed Brigham Young University's bid to collect licensing royalties from a  long-defunct software company and its successors.
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SYDNEY: Directors of Australian mining giant WMC Resources Ltd. have rejected a renewed A$7.4b (US$5.7b) takeover offer from British-Swiss Xstrata Plc.
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Seal lost his bid Wednesday to overturn a British court ruling ordering the Grammy-winning singer to pay his ex-manager commissions on earnings from his first two albums.
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Tony O'Reilly's bid to buy one of Australia's leading media groups is thwarted after it failed to win enough support.
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South Africa's Competition Tribunal has rejected a request by Gold Fields Ltd. to block a &#36;7.1 billion hostile takeover by Harmony Gold Mining Co. that would create the world's largest gold mining company.
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A controversial special damages claim that threatened to cripple the Financial Times is struck out by the High Court.
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The US stock exchange operator Nasdaq failed to win control of the London Stock Exchange after LSE shareholders decided overwhelmingly against backing a hostile takeover worth 2.9 billion pounds (4.4 billion euros, 5.5 billion dollars).
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Gold Fields Ltd. lost another round Thursday in its battle to fight off a hostile takeover bid by Harmony Gold Mining Co. when a Johannesburg court dismissed a request to declare the bid unlawful.