Beating all-comers on Italian corruption trial that touches Berlusconi

Reuters was ahead of international and Italian media on Oct 27 with the news an Italian court had thrown out a British lawyer’s appeal against his jail sentence for accepting a bribe from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi - a ruling that complicates Berlusconi’s efforts to defend himself in a related trial. Legal proceedings against Berlusconi are sensitive politically and have in the past impacted the price of shares in his Mediaset television empire. The Reuters alert was two minutes ahead of domestic Italian news agency Ansa and far ahead of international competitors.