HONG KONG -- Local courts in two countries have approved creditors' plans for the restructuring of Surface Mount Technology (Holdings) Ltd., the company said today.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC — Passive components manufacturer AVX will stand trial this week over allegedly polluting local water supplies.

ANGERS, FRANCE -- Local authorities have given workers at a Technicolor set-top box factory here a one-month stay of execution from a shutdown.

WASHINGTON, DC -- A US House committee is investigating possible security threats to the nation's infrastructure from two large Chinese telecommunications companies.