News from January 2010
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Smithfield Foods Inc. and Premium Standard Farms LLC that requires the companies to pay a total of $900,000 in civil penalties for violating premerger waiting period requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – After a two-week trial, a federal jury in Cheyenne, Wyo., today convicted Randy Lee (aka Jimmy Lee) on eleven of fourteen felony counts with which he was charged, the Justice Department announced. The jury convicted Lee of conspiracy, five counts of odometer tampering, and five counts of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dallas S. Hale of Reston, Va., pleaded guilty today to willful failure to file a tax return, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Hale appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa C. Buchanan in Alexandria, Va.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: The federal banking and thrift regulatory agencies today announced the final risk-based capital rule related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's adoption of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 166 and 167. These new accounting standards make substantive changes to how banking organizations account for many items, including securitized assets, that had been previously excluded from these organizations' balance sheets.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Tamalpais Bancorp, San Rafael, California, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: Good afternoon, and thank you. It’s exciting to have any First Lady come to visit the Commerce Department. But it’s a particular honor to have this First Lady meet with us today. She is a remarkable and accomplished person, and of course the doting mother of two adorable girls. And she accomplishes with ...
By Commerce News Now | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dennis F. Hightower Remarks at Peterson Institute for International Economies Washington, D.C.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: With more than 95 percent of the world’s consumers living outside U.S. borders, it is almost essential for businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to consider exporting as an opportunity for growth. Firms looking to take advantage of potential foreign markets for their products and services can look to Commerce’s International Trade Administration for assistance.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 482,000, an increase of 36,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 446,000. The 4-week moving average was 448,250, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week's revised average of 441,250.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately 4,800 workers from companies in 14 states – Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington – are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 21, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 21, 2010
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 21, 2010
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jan 21, 2010
The US State Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2010
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
