BP traders to be indicted in US
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A probe into BP PLC's trading and safety standards is expected to come closer to resolution Thursday when the US Justice Department seeks indictments against up to four former of the company's traders, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Three bankers are to be extradited to the United States on Thursday on Enron-related fraud charges, their lawyer has said, despite pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene.
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A US federal grand jury has indicted a British citizen on charges of supporting terrorist groups and conspiring to kill Americans overseas.
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Lord Black, the former owner of the Daily Telegraph and the Hollinger International newspaper group, is charged with fraud by US regulators.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing enforcement actions against three US stock exchanges -- and possibly the head of one of them -- over charges that in-house regulators failed to adequately enforce their own rules
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday proposed to fine BP Plc  $92,000 for safety violations at a Texas City refinery where 15 workers died in a 2005 explosion and fire.
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Oil giant BP is planning to review its global operations in response to last year's Texas refinery blast, a report says.
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BP PLC, the world's third-largest oil company, is under investigation by U.S. authorities for possible manipulation of crude oil and gasoline markets, a further blow to a reputation that has already suffered from recent oil spills in Alaska.
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US stocks regulators intend to file civil charges in a Dow Jones  Co. insider-trading case against Hong Kong banker and Dow Jones board member David Li, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
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The U.S. government on Thursday will announce a record $50 million criminal penalty against London-based BP Plc for a massive explosion at its Texas City refinery that killed 15 people in 2005, sources familiar with the deal said.
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Energy giant BP has agreed to pay 303 million dollars to settle civil charges that it manipulated prices in the US propane market during 2004, the Wall Street Journal online reported Tuesday.
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BP Plc and subsidiaries have agreed to pay $373 million in fines and restitution for environmental violations and fraud charges, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
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Five former employees of Dynegy Inc., El Paso Corp. and Reliant Energy Inc. were indicted on US charges of reporting bogus energy trades.
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - The former boss of the Calidrug cartel, who once controlled most of the world's cocainetrade, was sent to the United States on Friday to facetrafficking and money laundering charges.
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Oil major BP  on Thursday  agreed to pay $373 million to settle U.S. charges stemming from  a deadly Texas refinery explosion, an Alaska oil spill and  allegations it manipulated the propane market.
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DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Royal Dutch/Shell Group will pay a $120 million penalty to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of its overstatement of nearly 4.5 billion barrels of proven reserves, the federal agency said Tuesday.
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Two top US-based executives of British energy giant BP faced a harsh grilling from angry US lawmakers investigating recent Alaskan oil spills.