LIVE: Latest In Lord Taylor's Expenses Trial

12:58pm UK, Monday January 24, 2011 Rachel Younger, political correspondent Closing statements are being made in the trial of Lord Taylor, who stands accused of making false expenses claims. Lord Taylor denies making false expenses claims The former Tory peer faces charges relating to costs he claimed for travel between an Oxford property he listed as his main residence and the Houses of Parliament. The former barrister Read more [...]

Vodafone versus Essar: who will prove right? – domain

An irate Vodafone Plc  has moved the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Bombay Stock Exchange against the Ruias-run Essar Group's plans to reverse list its subsidiary Essar Telecom Holdings Pvt Ltd (ETHPL) by merging it with listed unit India Securities Ltd (ISL). Domain-B gives a rundown of the events. The trouble erupted on 18 January, after British telecom major Vodafone objected to Essar's plans to reverse list ETHPL into (ISL), alleging that ISL's value may be ''inaccurately'' Read more [...]

Palin featured at Lubbock Christian School events

Associated Press - January 24, 2011 9:35 AM ET LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is heading for West Texas. The ex-Alaska governor was the scheduled speaker Monday night at fundraising appearances for the Lubbock Christian School. The school, on its website, listed the fundraiser as an "Evening With Sarah Palin." The events were scheduled at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. Online: http://www.lubbockchristian.org/ Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All Read more [...]

Datebook: Events, classes, exhibits for the week ahead

We've listed select home and garden events below. Suggest your own via reader comments. Submissions must be fewer than 75 words and must be for one-time events with legitimate value to other readers. No store promotions and no frivolous links, please. L.A. at Home staff will determine which submissions will be made public, but we won't edit the text. Monday: Architects Cristína Diaz Moreno and Efrén Garcia Grinda of the Madrid office Amid (Cero 9) lecture as part of Read more [...]

Data manager lists Germantown 4BD

Marc Workman and Marie-Josee Gadoury have listed for sale a four-bedroom, 2.5-bath home at 12409 Deoudes Road in Germantown for $424,900.The 2,240-square-foot house was built in 1974 in Germantown North of Germantown Rd. It is located in the Beau Monde Estates subdivision. Jill Coleman of Long Foster is the listing agent.Mr. Workman works as a data operations manager at Syntegra Solutions, a company which provides distributor-auditing and consulting services to the pharmaceutical industry. He Read more [...]

Lawyer lists Potomac 3BD

David J. Kera has listed for sale a three-bedroom, three-bath home at 9117 Copenhaver Drive in Potomac for $969,900.The 3,312-square-foot house was built in 1971 in Potomac, North of Democracy Blvd. It is located in the Copenhaver subdivision. Susan Ader of Long Foster is the listing agent.Kera is a senior member of the Trademark and Copyright Practice Group of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. He is a former Administrative Trademark Judge of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Read more [...]

Niche Group to launch £10m placing

Niche Group to launch £10m placingBy Lawrie Holmes24 January 2011, 11:34amNiche Group, the Aim-listed investment firm with interests in gas exploration in Turkey, is raising about £10m in a placing through broker Daniel Stewart. FTSE LATEST TALK ABOUT SHARES The proceeds of the sale, at about 6p a share, will be used to increase its convertible loan to Oman Resources. Investments undertaken by Niche so far in Oman Resources will see it own 18.7% of the company on conversion. The existing Read more [...]

Italy’s Newron Pharmaceuticals Said to Be in Talks for a Sale to Santhera

Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA, the Italian company developing a drug for Parkinson’s disease with Merck KGaA, is in talks to be bought by Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding AG, a person familiar with the situation said. A deal to buy Bresso, Italy-based Newron may be reached within weeks, said the person, who declined to be identified because the discussions aren’t public. Stefan Weber, Newron’s chief financial officer, and Thomas Staffelbach, Read more [...]