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News from December 2011


News Release: WASHINGTON – Magyar Telekom Plc., a Hungarian telecommunications company, and Deutsche Telekom AG, a German telecommunications company and majority owner of Magyar Telekom, have agreed to pay a combined $63.9 million criminal penalty to resolve a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation into ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Essroc Cement Company has agreed to pay a $1.7 million penalty and invest approximately $33 million in pollution control technology to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at ...


News Release: GE Healthcare Inc. has paid the United States $30 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that a company it acquired in 2004, Amersham Health Inc., had violated the False Claims Act by causing Medicare to overpay for Myoview, a radiopharmaceutical used in certain cardiac diagnostic imaging procedures, the Justice Department announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Joshua Moses Morales, 36, of San Diego, was extradited to Mexico today, where he is wanted to stand trial for the alleged 2009 killing of a toddler in Tijuana, Baja California, announced U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner of the Eastern District of California and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.


US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $288,000 in fines to Case Farms Chicken for 61 violations at Winesburg, Ohio, processing facility

News Release: WINESBURG, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Case Farms Processing Inc., which operates Case Farms Chicken in Winesburg, for 61 safety and health violations. Violations related to OSHA's process safety management standards allegedly resulted in an ammonia release at the facility on June 30. Proposed fines total $288,000.


ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims    Report

News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Dec. 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 381,000, an increase of 15,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 366,000. The 4-week moving average was 375,000, a decrease of 5,750 from the previous week's revised average of 380,750.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a four page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.