Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,318.20	+138.38	0.91%
S&P 500	1,651.81	+12.77	0.78%
Nasdaq	3,482.18	+30.05	0.87%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,318.20

+138.38

0.91%

S&P 500

1,651.81

+12.77

0.78%

Nasdaq

3,482.18

+30.05

0.87%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,700.43	-0.50	-0.02%
FTSE 100	6,368.17	-6.04	-0.09%
DAX	8,249.28	+19.77	0.24%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,700.43

-0.50

-0.02%

FTSE 100

6,368.17

-6.04

-0.09%

DAX

8,249.28

+19.77

0.24%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	13,245.20	+237.94	1.83%
Hang Seng	20,986.90	-238.99	-1.13%
S&P/ASX 200	4,861.38	+47.03	0.98%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

13,245.20

+237.94

1.83%

Hang Seng

20,986.90

-238.99

-1.13%

S&P/ASX 200

4,861.38

+47.03

0.98%

Ex-BAE Lobbyist Cleared of Money Laundering Charges in Austria

By Jonathan Tirone - 2013-01-17T12:39:32Z

A former BAE Systems Plc (BA/) lobbyist was cleared by a Vienna court on money laundering charges tied to allegations he bribed officials in eastern and central Europe for weapons contracts.

Prosecutors didn’t present enough facts to convict Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly of money laundering, criminal-court spokeswoman Christina Salzborn said today by telephone.

Mensdorff-Pouilly was found guilty on a lesser charge of evidence tampering, which carries a conditional two-month sentence that may be voided on appeal, Salzborn said.

U.K. prosecutors dropped similar charges against Mensdorff- Pouilly in 2010 in a joint U.K. and U.S. settlement ending a six-year-old bribery and fraud investigation against the company.

Harald Schuster, a lawyer for Mensdorff-Pouilly, wasn’t immediately available at his office for a call for comment.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jonathan Tirone in Vienna at jtirone@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: James Hertling at jhertling@bloomberg.net

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