Newspaper wrap-up: com: Ford may not hold onto any portions of Jaguar, Land Rover
Posted Jan 30th 2008 8:00AM by Eric Buscemi
Filed under: Newspapers, Magazines, Microsoft (MSFT), Ford Motor (F), Merck and Co (MRK)
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MAJOR PAPERS:
- The Wall Street Journal reported that the FBI has opened criminal inquiries as part of an investigation over subprime mortgage issues. The probe into 14 companies will focus on accounting fraud, insider trading and securitization of loans.
- The Wall Street Journal also reported that Merck and Co Inc's (NYSE: MRK) osteoporosis treatment Fosamax is facing increasing scrutiny and lawsuits, as a growing number of patients allege the drug causes a condition called ONJ.
- According to a Federal judge, antitrust supervision of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) should be extended for two years longer than originally planned, until November 2009, the Financial Times said. The supervision was imposed as part of its landmark settlement in 2002, when Microsoft was accused of failing to produce an adequate licensing arrangement for certain protocols essential for rivals to work their own products through the Windows operating system.
OTHER PAPERS:
Tags: antitrust, F, FBI, Ford, Fosamax, Jaguar, Land Rover, LandRover, Merck, Microsoft, MRK, MSFT, subprime, Tata Motors, TataMotors, TTM
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