The U.S. military says it is cooperating with Egyptian authorities investigating an incident in which a U.S. Navy-chartered cargo ship opened fire on a small boat near the Suez Canal Monday.

Countrywide Financial Corp was summoned before a judge as part of a widening investigation into subprime lending practices, Florida attorney general said on Thursday.

Trials will soon be underway in three UK prisons to investigate the link between nutrition and behaviour. Funded by the Wellcome Trust and run by Oxford University researchers, the study will look at which nutrients are most important and at what dosage.

Societe Generale's board of directors sets up an independent committee to investigate billions of euros (dollars) in trading losses.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain nitrile rubber gloves. The products at issue in this investigation are nitrile rubber gloves for hand protection.

Ukrainian investigators today are probing the murder of a Russian businessman in Kyiv. Maksim Kurochkin was fatally shot on March 27 while being escorted by police out of a courthouse where he was on trial for extortion. A policeman was wounded in the shooting.