Firms show oil-for-food probe&#39;s challenges
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The difficulty of finding out who paid kickbacks in the UN oil-for-food program is illustrated by two Liechtenstein-based firms, Alcon Petroleum and Fenar Petroleum.
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BP PLC is facing a growing federal investigation into possible criminal environmental and safety violations at its Texas refinery where a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers, lawyers suing the firm said.
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The independent panel investigating alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq released the names of 248 companies on Thursday that received Iraqi oil and 3,545 companies that exported goods to Saddam Hussein's government.
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Authorities struggled Saturday against adverse weather conditions to determine the extent of an oil spill from a Malaysia-flagged cargo vessel that foundered in frigid waters off Alaska&#39;s Aleutian Islands.
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Growers and scientists were beginning to grasp the difficulties officials face in trying to pinpoint the source of the bacteria.
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Its latest results might be a surprise because of the challenges the company has faced this year.
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Wide-open spaces, technological glitches and bitter cold all are potential obstacles to plans to track livestock and protect the food supply from disease and bioterrorism.
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SINGAPORE : China Aviation Oil has confirmed it is being probed by the Commercial Affairs Department for problems at the company. On Friday, the white-collar crime buster
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The WTO probes US support for soya, wheat, corn, rice and other crops, after complaints from Canada and Brazil.
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Soaring oil prices and tough competition have left businesses downbeat about their future despite rising orders and output, a survey has claimed.
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In a rare move, the grocery industry asked Tuesday for more regulation &#151; to ensure that the imported products they sell meet U.S. safety and quality standards.
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The world&#39;s major stock markets tried hard this week to ignore the proverbial elephant at the table -- record high oil prices -- but it is getting harder and harder to do so.
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The company has to confront concerns over genetically modified foods soon if it hopes to keep growing.
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Our position is: United Nations must be more open about mistakes made in oil-for-food scandal. When the United Nations in 1996 began allowing Iraq to sell oil to raise money to buy food and medicine, the program
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Enterprise software makers and the companies they serve have done much gnashing of teeth in the last year over meeting the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox). But Sarbox is only one of many regulatory challenges that organizations are struggling to meet, AMR Research's John Hagerty stresses.
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A top level report on artic climate change spurred by global warming has outlined possible oil industry benefits, but also many potential pitfalls.
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Demand for biofuels could push up food prices, while Sony is accused of again undermining the security of customersâ PCs with rootkit software.