NEW YORK, May 17- SunTrust Banks Inc won an court order on Friday preventing a Connecticut- based hedge fund from moving forward with a $13 million arbitration over mortgage-backed securities.
May 7- Dow Chemical Co:. *Dow confirms receipt of $2.2 billion in cash proceeds from petrochemical. *Says has completed final resolution of the k-Dow arbitration with.
NEW YORK, May 6- For the second time in a week, a federal judge has blocked a securities arbitration against Citigroup Inc, allowing the bank to avoid fighting a multi-million dollar case before Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrators.
NEW YORK, May 6- For the second time in a week, a federal judge has blocked a securities arbitration against Citigroup Inc, allowing the bank to avoid fighting a multi-million dollar case before Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrators.
May 3- U.S. state securities regulators on Friday urged the SEC to prohibit Wall Street brokerages from requiring customers to settle legal disputes through arbitration, which prevents customers from going to court, joining a chorus of groups opposing such clauses.
May 2- Boeing Co and its pilot and instructor bargaining unit will seek help from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service after talks between the two sides broke down. The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, which represents the pilots, failed to reach a conclusion in its talks with the company, it said in a statement on Thursday.
May 2- Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc:. *Provides update regarding arbitration with valeant pharmaceuticals. after the September 2013 arbitration hearing.
April 30- Algoma Central Corp:. *UK arbitration tribunal hearing a contract dispute involving subsidiary of. Algoma Central Corporation has found in favour of Algoma.
WASHINGTON, April 30- A group of 37 federal lawmakers urged U.S. securities regulators to prohibit Wall Street brokers from forcing customers to sign away their legal right to sue. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law gives the SEC the authority to scale back or prohibit the use of arbitration agreements, but the agency has not exercised that power.
Aguilar's comments come just shy of three years since the enactment of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law, which bestowed the SEC with new powers to bolster investor protections. One provision in the law gives the SEC the authority to scale back or prohibit the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements, which are routinely used by brokerages.
NEW YORK, March 25- UBS AG said on Monday it has filed an arbitration demand against Nasdaq OMX Group over losses from Facebook Inc's glitch-ridden market debut in May. Nasdaq said on Monday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved its compensation plan for firms harmed in the IPO.
NEW YORK, March 21- Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday won a U.S. court order allowing it to send a former employee's gender discrimination claim to arbitration, rather than being forced to defend against her claims in a class action lawsuit.
NEW YORK, March 21- Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday won a U.S. court order allowing it to send a former employee's gender discrimination dispute to arbitration, rather than being forced to defend against her claims in a class action.
March 14- An investor who claimed that Goldman Sachs& Co misrepresented the risks of a distressed debt fund has lost a $1.4 million securities arbitration case against the brokerage and two of its advisers, according to a ruling.
*Correa fears arbitration tribunals could bankrupt Ecuador. *World Bank's ICSID ordered Ecuador to pay $1.77 bln to Occidental.
March 4- A Manhattan federal judge on Monday rejected a bid by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to overturn an arbitration panel's ruling favoring Citigroup Inc in a dispute over a $7.5 billion investment by the fund in the bank.
March 4- A U.S. federal judge on Monday rejected a bid by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to overturn an arbitration panel's ruling favoring Citigroup Inc in a dispute over a $7.5 billion investment by the sovereign wealth fund in the bank.
LIMA, Feb 22- Barrick Gold Corp said it would participate in a mediation effort on Friday at its Lagunas Norte mine in Peru to try to end protests by residents concerned about water supplies. About 150 protesters have blocked the road leading to the mine, but so far production and operations have not been affected, an official at the world's top gold miner said.
CAIRO, Feb 20- The Egyptian government moved on Wednesday to entice back convicted investors who have fled the country, offering them arbitration that could overturn verdicts issued in absentia and that may lead to "full reconciliation".
NEW YORK, Feb 12- UBS AG has lost a bid to block a securities arbitration by a Minnesota healthcare organization asserting claims arising out of $125 million in auction-rate securities it issued in 2007..