International Business News - Millions http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A single ticket has won the grand prize in the latest Mega Millions lotto drawing. Lottery officials said the winning ticket from Tuesday night's drawing--worth $15 million--was sold in Ohio. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/ohio-mega-millions-ticket-wins.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:37:21 EDT The businessman arrived at the Treasury Department carrying a suitcase stuffed with about $5.2 million in petrified, nearly unrecognizable bills. He asked to swap it for a cashier's check. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/99237-buried-millions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/ap-impact-buried-loot-a-mystery-for-authorities.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/ap-impact-buried-loot-a-mystery-for-authorities.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:11:45 EDT The businessman arrived at the Treasury Department carrying a suitcase stuffed with about $5.2 million. The bills were decomposing, nearly unrecognizable, and he asked to swap them for a cashier's check. He said the money came from Mexico. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/99161-buried-millions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/impact-buried-loot-mystery-for-authorities.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/impact-buried-loot-mystery-for-authorities.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:39:02 EDT The winner of last week's $57 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot is a registered sex offender who also pleaded guilty to two breaking and entering charges in the 1980s. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/sex-offender-wins-57-million-lottery-jackpot.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:57:24 EDT A judge has ordered a woman to stand trial on charges of using illicit funds after authorities seized $205 million in alleged drug money from her Mexico City mansion in 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/woman-in-mexico-205m-cash-case-to-be-tried.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 11:45:38 EDT A lucky lottery player who stopped into a suburban Cincinnati liquor store has a Mega Millions ticket worth $196 million. Lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said Friday night that the ticket for the drawing was bought from Main Street Wine & Spirits in Amelia, a village of about 3,500 in southwest Ohio. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/winning-mega-millions-ticket-sold-near-cincinnati.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 23:28:55 EDT A businessman accused of bilking the Taiwanese government out of nearly $30 million committed no crime and is prepared to return part of the money, his lawyer said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46094-taiwan-missing-millions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/lawyer-man-accused-of-taiwan-theft-did-no-wrong.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/lawyer-man-accused-of-taiwan-theft-did-no-wrong.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 22:58:20 EDT Two senior Taiwanese officials resigned Tuesday over the loss of millions of dollars in a failed attempt to persuade Papua New Guinea to officially recognize Taiwan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/2-taiwanese-officials-resign-over-papua-new-guinea-fiasco.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 04:26:00 EDT Taiwan's vice premier quit the ruling party Monday to take responsibility for a diplomatic bungle that cost the government millions of dollars. Chiou I-jen's announcement came three days after he acknowledged arranging for the Foreign Ministry to transfer $29.8 million to a Taiwanese man acting as intermediary in a deal to try to get Papua New Guinea to officially recognize Taiwan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/taiwan-official-quits-party-amid-scandal.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 09:07:45 EDT Taiwan's vice premier quit the ruling party Monday to take responsibility for a diplomatic bungle that cost the government millions of dollars. Chiou I-jen's announcement came three days after he acknowledged arranging for the Foreign Ministry to transfer $29.8 million to a Taiwanese man acting as intermediary in a deal to try to get Papua New Guinea to officially recognize Taiwan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/taiwans-vice-premier-quits-party-amid-scandal.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 05:01:56 EDT A scandal over a multimillion-dollar diplomatic bungle in Taiwan expanded Sunday after another member of outgoing President Chen Shui-bian's inner circle was questioned by prosecutors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/taiwan-scandal-over-missing-fund-expands.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 06:04:59 EDT A man involved in a multimillion-dollar fraud concerning Taiwan's failed attempt to lure a diplomatic ally from rival China said Saturday that the missing money was transferred to his associate's private bank account. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080503/man-pocketed-millions-in-taiwan-affair.htm Sat, 03 May 2008 07:14:34 EDT Taiwan is seeking one of its citizens for his alleged role in an apparent multimillion-dollar fraud involving a failed attempt to lure Papua New Guinea to transfer diplomatic recognition from rival China, two senior officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43453-taiwan-missing-millions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/taiwan-loses-30-million-in-diplomatic-bungle.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/taiwan-loses-30-million-in-diplomatic-bungle.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 05:58:55 EDT David Sneath has worked at a Ford Motor Co. parts warehouse for 34 years, but it didn't take him any time at all to walk out once he discovered he had won a $136 million Mega Millions jackpot. "I y... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/38005-mega-millions-winner.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/jackpot-winner-to-boss-im-out-of-here.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/jackpot-winner-to-boss-im-out-of-here.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:30:01 EDT Accounting company BDO International may have to pay part of $521 million in damages that an allied U.S. firm owes a bank, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. But it could take a new trial to decide the issue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080312/appeal-decision-hits-bdo-international.htm Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:00:47 EDT People in this town have been chattering since Georgia Lottery officials confirmed that the winning ticket for the $270 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing was purchased at a local convenience store. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080224/270m-mega-millions-ticket-sold-in-ga.htm Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:44:35 EST The checks to Temple University really were in the mail _ for $5 million. It was a total surprise for the school to receive the anonymous donations, which arrived in a pair of nondescript envelopes sent via U.S. mail from a bank in Arizona, said Stuart Sullivan, Temple's senior vice president for institutional advancement. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080206/university-gets-5-million-anonymously.htm Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:46:09 EST