Posts Tagged ‘ The Lawsuit ’

7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

January 9, 2012
7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

Police deactivate mines set up at the entrance to the house of Doan Van Vuon in the northern city of Hai Phong. Six cops were shot in an encounter with Vuon's family on January 5. A man who allegedly shot six officers when his family was trying to stop police from revoking their land in [...]

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Vietnam loss-making shipbuilding giant sued in London 

November 12, 2011
Vietnam loss-making shipbuilding giant sued in London 

  A Dutch company has filed a lawsuit in a London court, against Vietnam state-owned shipping giant Vinashin, and 21 of its Vietnamese subsidiaries. According to a BBC report, the Commercial Court under the Court Queen’s Bench on November 1 received a lawsuit filed by Elliott VIN Netherlands BV, a source from the court confirmed [...]

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Bank of America kept AIG legal threat under wraps 

August 31, 2011
Bank of America kept AIG legal threat under wraps 

The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district March 16, 2009. Top Bank of America Corp lawyers knew as early as January that American International Group Inc was prepared to sue the bank for more than $10 billion, seven months before the lawsuit was filed, according to sources familiar with [...]

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Lawsuit accuses ‘Three Cups of Tea’ author of fraud 

May 7, 2011
Lawsuit accuses ‘Three Cups of Tea’ author of fraud 

This undated file photo provided by New Mark Communications shows Greg Mortenson of Roseville, Minn., who founded the Central Asia Institute, a Montana-based organization which builds schools for girls in remote tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Greg Mortenson, author of the bestseller “Three Cups of Tea,” was sued for fraud on Friday in a [...]

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Rome court dismisses Vietnam Airlines appeal

October 29, 2009
Rome court dismisses Vietnam Airlines appeal

Vietnam Airlines said a court in Rome has rejected its appeal against a ruling in 2000 which ordered the carrier to pay 5.2 million euros (US$7.6 million) to an Italian lawyer. Although the airline has not received any official document, some sources confirmed the rejection of the appeal, spokesman Le Hoang Dung told Thoi Bao [...]

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HCMC employers funnel insurance money into their own pockets

July 22, 2009
HCMC employers funnel insurance money into their own pockets

LookAtVietnam – Thousands of workers in HCM City are working without health and social insurance policies as employers illegally pocket chunks of their salaries meant to pay for mandatory insurance.   A worker collects his social insurance compensation at an insurance agency in Ho Chi Minh City.LookAtVietnam – Thousands of workers in Ho Chi Minh City [...]

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HCMC employers funnel insurance money into their own pockets

July 21, 2009
HCMC employers funnel insurance money into their own pockets

A worker collects his social insurance compensation at an insurance agency in Ho Chi Minh City Thousands of workers in Ho Chi Minh City are working without health and social insurance policies as employers illegally pocket chunks of their salaries meant to pay for mandatory insurance. The city’s Social Insurance Agency, which is also in [...]

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Will Vietnam sue US DOC?

July 6, 2009
Will Vietnam sue US DOC?

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has officially proposed the Government initiate legal proceedings against DOC with the World Trade Organization (WTO). Representative from VASEP said that DOC has been applying the zeroing method to calculate the dumping margin for frozen shrimp imports from Vietnam. Currently, Vietnamese shrimp exporters [...]

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Countrywide exec often warned about mortgage risks

June 9, 2009

John P. McMurray made it clear to his Countrywide Financial Corp bosses that they were playing a dangerous game with risk. But they didn’t listen. Even so, he is being called a hero.Warnings from McMurray are cited often in a lawsuit filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission against Countrywide’s co-founder Angelo Mozilo and [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...