Share probe begins at German bank
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A formal investigation is launched into seven former and current board members at German state-owned bank WestLB.
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German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse has notifed Germany's competition watchdog, the Federal Cartel Office, of its plans to take over the London Stock Exchange, a cartel office spokeswoman said.
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European regulators are to investigate whether German postal firm Deutsche Post received illegal state aid.
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New York State prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks posed by investments linked to subprime mortgages.
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German shareholder says company should consider carving off loss-making American division.
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IKB , the German bank which nearly went bust after its subprime investments crashed, is searching for up to 2 billion euros to stay afloat, sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters.
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Securities regulators are probing  several brokerage firms dealing with collateralized mortgage  obligations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Germany faced Friday what was described as its biggest tax evasion probe ever after "hundreds" of people, including prominent figures, were said to have hidden assets in Liechtenstein.
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STAMFORD, Conn. - The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the operations of a Thomson Financial division that collects information on stock ownership, the company reported Monday.
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DaimlerChrysler AG disclosed Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation after a fired employee told labor officials he was dismissed for complaining that the company was using secret bank accounts to bribe government officials.
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Britain's financial regulator will step  up scrutiny of investment banks' management of conflicts of  interest and risk in the wake of a number of high profile cases  such as WorldCom, Enron and Parmalat.
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Police raided the offices of Germany's Air Berlin PLC as part of an investigation into claims of insider trading ahead of its acquisition of rival dba last year, the carrier said Tuesday. via Sympatico Finance
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BaFin, the German financial market regulator, is investigating US banking giant Citigroup for possible market manipulation in the eurozone government bond futures market, the Financial Times reported.
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An investigation has begun into whether Wall Street bank employees are leaking information about big trades to favored clients.
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The US Department of Justice has launched its own investigation into the allegations of widespread bribery and embezzlement at Siemens, already being probed by the German authorities.
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The German and French financial  watchdogs said on Thursday they were looking into recent  trading by U.S. financial services group Citigroup C.N in  European government bond and derivative markets.
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Swiss reinsurer Converium has confirmed in a regulatory filing that it is facing a probe by the US Securities and Exchange Commission into possible insider trading of its stock ahead of a profit warning in July.