Ericsson fined over Olympic phone tap scandal
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Greek phone taps Ericsson has been hit with a â¬7.36m ($10m) fine for its role in tapping mobile phones belonging to the Greek prime minister and members of his Cabinet.â¦
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The European Commission fines Spain's Telefonica for stifling competition in the broadband market.
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London: FIFA has fined the Spanish Football Federation Â£44,750 after several England players were racially abused during last monthâs friendly in Madrid.
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A 20-year-old Estonian student who wished to register his dismay with the removal of a statue has been fined for participating in a DDoS attack that paralyzed his own country's Web sites and caused international tensions with Russia.
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Michael Vick has been fined $10,000 by the NFL for an obscene hand gesture toward fans following last week's loss to New Orleans.
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German microchip maker, Infineon Technologies, has been fined $160m in the US after pleading guilty to price fixing.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been fined 15 000 (about R167 000) for improper conduct following comments he made after the English champions' controversial 2-0 defeat by Manchester United in October.
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The Austrian Olympic Committee was fined $1 million by the IOC on Thursday in connection with the doping scandal at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.
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ZURICH: The Spanish Football Federation was fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($NZ123,000) on Tuesday for the racist chanting of its fans at the friendly match against England in Madrid in November.
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No more bugfixes for you Sony Ericsson's long-suffering smartphone users are spitting mad at a decision by the company not to issue any more firmware updates to their phones. The policy was confirmed on Tuesday, and affects owners of the P990i smartphone, M600i communicator and W950 music phone.â¦
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BRUSSELS Outokumpu, IMI and five other companies were fined a total of E222.3 million on Friday by the European Commission for fixing the prices of copper tubing used in household plumbing.
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A 20-year-old Russian has been fined for his involvement last spring.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed fines totaling US$2.8 million to three wireless carriers for failing to meet coverage requirements for an emergency dialing service called E911, the agency said Thursday.
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Greece fines mobile phone operator Vodafone Â£51m over its failure to guard its network against phone snoopers.
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ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger was fined &amp;pound15,000 ($38,000) by the Football Association today for calling Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy a cheat.
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French regulators fined Vivendi Universal  EAUG.PA and its former CEO Jean-Marie Messier one million  euros each on Tuesday for allegedly misleading investors about  the media group's finances during its ill-fated expansion.
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Should have been watching the Opera Ofcom has fined GMTV Â£2m for failing to check up on its service provider, Opera Telecom, and thus allowing the public to get ripped off by an early winner selection scandal.â¦