A former trader at the broker-dealer unit of MF Global Holdings Ltd's [MGHL.UL] has agreed in principle to settle a U.S. regulator's claims that he tried to manipulate palladium and platinum futures prices, according to a court filing.
The top U.S. communications watchdog urged the cable industry on Wednesday to "overcome the temptation" to use its growing dominance as Internet providers to protect its traditional business, while cable CEOs pushed back against new regulations.
A federal appeals court in Manhattan rejected appeals by a music licensing group and music publishers that could have forced Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc to pay higher royalties and have access to fewer songs.
Lawyers seeking to spare convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the death penalty called witnesses on Wednesday who described his volunteer work with disabled children, his respect for his older brother, and his father's mental illness in the years before the attack.
