News from November 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that First Niagara Bank N.A. and HSBC Bank USA N.A. have agreed to sell 26 branch offices in the Buffalo, N.Y., area with approximately $1.6 billion in deposits, to resolve antitrust concerns from the sale of HSBC’s branch network in upstate New ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a scheme to fraudulently gain control of condominium homeowners’ associations (HOAs) in the Las Vegas area so that the HOAs would direct business to a certain law firm and construction company, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court in Philadelphia has permanently barred Dorthea Alexander from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, to which Alexander agreed without admitting the government’s allegations, was signed by Judge R. Barclay Surrick of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has sued Kenia Marrero seeking to bar her and her business, Kenia Immigration Services, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Federal officials announced a civil settlement with the state of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) resolving claims brought by the Presidio Trust and the U.S. Army resulting from Caltrans’ construction and operation of Highway 1 (also known as Park Presidio Boulevard) through ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former member of the Arizona Army National Guard was charged today for his alleged role in a widespread bribery and illegal drug trafficking conspiracy that operated from January 2002 through March 2004, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Pittsburgh man was sentenced today to 88 months in prison for conspiring to conduct a racketeering enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton of the Western District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that District Court Judge David C. Godbey has granted the request of the department and Dallas County to end court supervision of a lawsuit concerning conditions at the Dallas County Jail. The department and the county had entered into a comprehensive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its settlement with BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, servicemembers whose homes were unlawfully foreclosed upon will each receive a minimum $116,785 plus compensation for any equity lost to compensate them for the bank’s alleged violation of the Servicemember Civil Relief Act (SCRA).
By Fed Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the issuance of Consent Orders of Prohibition against Thomas B. Hebble and Angel Guerzon, former senior officers and institution-affiliated parties of Orion Bank, Naples, Florida, a former state-member bank that failed in November 2009.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Acting Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank issued the following statement today on the release of the September 2011 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Cites Jobs Benefits for American Exporters U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson applauded the outcome of today’s meeting of the Working Party on Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which agreed to the terms and conditions for Russia’s accession to the WTO. The decision opens the way for WTO Ministers to approve a formal invitation for Russia’s membership, expected to take place at the trade body’s ministerial conference on December 15-17.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Secretary John Bryson signs Letter of Intent at APEC to form new Global Buyers Initiative U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson and Michael Ducker, executive Vice President and COO of FedEx announced today a new effort, the Global Buyers Initiative (GBI), designed to help U.S. small- and medium-sized businesses reach more markets and sell more products and service oversees.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs today announced a partnership with the National Academy of Sciences to further enhance the Site Exposure Matrices website, a tool that aids the adjudication of claims under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending November 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 390,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 400,000. The 4-week moving average was 400,000, a decrease of 5,250 from the previous week's revised average of 405,250.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Nov 10, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
