Payola probe under way
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer&#39;s office is investigating whether the United States&#39; largest record companies are skirting payola laws by hiring middlemen to influence which songs are heard on the public airwaves.
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The decision of how much performers should be compensated when their works are played on radio, drew one big step closer to a workable compromise last week, though now it's the collection agency that's raising the red flag.
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Peter Hain could face a police inquiry into the late declaration of political donations, it emerges.
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An independent investigator is to rule on whether civil servants should face action over the Holyrood building project.
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The US Department of Justice has started a criminal investigation of the medical-supply industry to determine whether hospitals are overcharging Medicare and other government health
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In a landmark overhaul of pay eligibility, the Labor Department and unions clash over how much clarity has really been attained. By JEFF HARRINGTON, Times Staff Writer.
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A bench trial is set to begin Monday to determine how much The SCO Group must now pay Novell to compensate for Unix System V revenue collected by SCO.
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The Justice Department has launched an internal inquiry into the departmentâs procedures for selecting outside monitors to police settlements with large companies.
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The US Senate is about to open an investigation into allegations that some of America&#39;s largest insurers and brokers have taken part in schemes to rig insurance bids and to gain inappropriate fees from customers.
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BaFin, the chief financial watchdog, said yesterday that it had begun an investigation into whether investors who had put money into property funds at the centre of the scandal had been disadvantaged.
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The criminal probe follows months of informal review of the company by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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A depot linked with "contaminated" fuel launches an investigation into whether it is to blame.
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The New York attorney general is pursuing reports of payoffs that may increase coverage costs for tens of millions.
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The inquiry into the Cumbria rail crash in which one person died will focus on a set of points, police say.
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A major bank in Chile reported yesterday that U.S.  regulators are investigating whether its two branches in the United States have complied with anti-money-laundering laws.
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For the first time in its history, Medicare has begun to systematically make payments for new and expensive treatments and diagnostic tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups
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Ongoing antitrust investigation, possibly regarding price fixing, extends to Advanced Micro Devices.