• Companies
  • Economy
  • Energy
  • Markets
  • Entrepreneurs
Business Report

Business Report is South Africa's largest daily financial publication. We provide the best and latest business news across South Africa and the world.

Read more

Sections on Business Report
  • Companies
  • Economy
  • Energy
  • Markets
  • Entrepreneurs
Our network
  • Business Report
  • Cape Argus
  • Cape Times
  • Daily News
  • Independent on Saturday
  • Mercury
  • Pretoria News
  • Sunday Tribune
  • Sunday Independent
  • Star
  • Post
© 2025 Independent Online and affiliated companies. All rights reserved.
Press CodePrivacy PolicyTerms & ConditionsAdvertise with usFeedbackComplaints Procedure

Jonathan Stempel

Woody Allen, Amazon end legal dispute over movie deal

Jonathan Stempel|Published 5 years ago

Woody Allen has ended his $68 million lawsuit against Amazon. com Inc for backing out of a four-picture production and distribution agreement.

Energizer sues Duracell over 'Optimum' battery claims

Jonathan Stempel|Published 5 years ago

The St. Louis-based company is seeking damages for false advertising under New York law and the federal Lanham Act.

Microsoft's LinkedIn loses appeal over access to user profiles

Jonathan Stempel|Published 5 years ago

A federal appeals rejected LinkedIn?s effort to stop a San Francisco company from using information that users of the professional networking website have deemed ...

HSBC to pay $30m to settle bond rigging lawsuit in US

Jonathan Stempel|Published 6 years ago

HSBC is the third bank to settle after Deutsche Bank and Bank of America agreed in August 2017 to pay a respective $48. 5m and $17m.

Harbinger hedge fund manager to pay R424 million in New York tax accord

Jonathan Stempel|Published 6 years ago

An offshore hedge fund firm whose investing was led by money manager Philip Falcone will pay R424 million to resolve claims it knowingly evaded.

Bitcoin is money, says judge

Jonathan Stempel|Published 8 years ago

US District Judge Alison Nathan rules that bitcoin qualifies as money, in a decision linked to a criminal case over hacking attacks.

Buffett donates nearly $2. 9bn to charity

Jonathan Stempel|Published 8 years ago

Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett donates roughly $2. 9bn of his holdings in the company's stock to charity.

Woman pays $3m for lunch with Buffett

Jonathan Stempel|Published 8 years ago

Berkshire Hathaway boss Warren Buffett says the anonymous bidder who paid around $3m for a meal with him is a woman.

GM can keep docs secret

Jonathan Stempel|Published 9 years ago

General Motors need not turn over documents to drivers hoping to show it intended to commit a crime by concealing defective ignition switches.

Deutsche Bank must face fraud case

Jonathan Stempel|Published 9 years ago

Deutsche Bank must face a US government lawsuit seeking to recoup more than $190m over an alleged tax fraud 15 years ago.

Judge rejects plaintiffs' argument in Uber case

Jonathan Stempel|Published 9 years ago

Uber wins the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 taxi and limousine companies in Connecticut.

Apartheid lawsuits: US court rejects appeal

Jonathan Stempel|Published 9 years ago

South Africa’s apartheid victims cannot pursue lawsuits against Ford and IBM, a US court has ruled.

Media titan pays woman after 153 ‘robocalls’

Jonathan Stempel|Published 9 years ago

Time Warner Cable must pay a woman $229 500 for placing dozens of automated calls meant for someone else to her phone.

Buffett donates $2. 84bn to charity

Jonathan Stempel|Published 9 years ago

Warren Buffett has donated $2. 84 billion in stocks to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities.

Fancy a $1m lunch with Warren Buffett?

Jonathan Stempel|Published 9 years ago

Top bid in an online auction for right to dine with billionaire investor Warren Buffett surpassed $1 million in less than a day

BHP fined after bribery probe

Jonathan Stempel|Published 9 years ago

BHP Billiton will pay $25m to settle charges that it violated a US anti-bribery law by failing to properly monitor a programme under which it paid for dozens of ...

Young entrepreneurs impress Buffett

Jonathan Stempel|Published 9 years ago

What can the world’s third-richest person learn from a group of children? Plenty, says Warren Buffett.

Buffett marks 50th anniversary in style

Jonathan Stempel|Published 10 years ago

Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett puts on a good show - especially when he is the show.

Biased against the blind? Uber faces lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel|Published 10 years ago

The popular ride-sharing service has been accused of discriminating against blind people by refusing to transport guide dogs.

Judge upholds Gulf spill ruling

Jonathan Stempel|Published 10 years ago

A judge weighing how much BP should be punished over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Thursday refused to overturn his own finding that the oil company's conduct ...

SEC lawsuit against BoA should proceed - judge

Jonathan Stempel|Published 11 years ago

A federal judge has recommended letting the US Securities and Exchange Commission pursue a lawsuit against Bank of America over $855m of mortgage securities that ...

Judge: Facebook must face IPO lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel|Published 11 years ago

Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and dozens of banks must face a lawsuit accusing the social media company of misleading investors about its health before its IPO, a federal ...

Verizon sued by shareholder

Jonathan Stempel|Published 11 years ago

Verizon Communications Inc has been sued by a shareholder seeking to void its $130 billion buyout of Vodafone Group Plc's stake.

New fraud found in Gulf spill payouts - BP

Jonathan Stempel|Published 11 years ago

BP says it has discovered new evidence of fraud and conflicts of interest in the programme that is paying billions of dollars to businesses and residents who claimed ...

Madoff trustee cannot sue big banks

Jonathan Stempel|Published 11 years ago

A trustee seeking money for Bernard Madoff's victims has suffered a big defeat at the hands of a federal appeals court.