Day March 15, 2005

Ex-chief of WorldCom convicted of fraud charges. Bernard J. Ebbers was found guilty on all nine counts of orchestrating a record $11 billion fraud. The convictions carry a maximum penalty of 85 years in jail. His entire defense appeared to…

The family of IRA murder victim Robert McCartney today dismissed Sinn Féin’s warning that they are in danger of being used as political pawns. Catherine McCartney, who left Dublin this morning with her four sisters and Mr McCartney’s financee for…

Army ignored broker on arms deal U.S. general supervised an Iraq contract that a slain American said was tangled in kickbacks. Pentagon audit calls Halliburton’s price ‘illogical’ A new report questions $100 million in possible excess charges on the oil…