News from November 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today praised the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 6156, legislation granting permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to Russia. The measure mirrors legislation that was reported out of the Senate Finance Committee in July. Hatch called on the Senate to take up the House-passed bill as soon as possible.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2012
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Christopher Napoli, 46, of Newtown Square, Penn., Daniel “DJ" Johnson, 40, of Pekin, Ill., and Joseph Carozza, 67, of West Orange, N.J., were convicted by a federal jury yesterday of conspiring to distribute and distributing controlled substances that were not based on valid prescriptions...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 LONG ISLAND, N.Y.— Prior to joining the President on his visit to New York today, this morning Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan traveled to Long Island, N.Y. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — Exelon Corporation has agreed to pay $400,000 as part of a civil settlement with the Department of Justice that resolves Exelon’s alleged violations of two court orders entered in connection with Exelon’s acquisition of Constellation Energy Group. The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will require Star Atlantic Waste Holdings L.P. and Veolia ES Solid Waste Inc. to divest commercial waste collection or disposal assets in northern New Jersey, central Georgia, and the Macon, Ga., metropolitan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the filing of several criminal and civil business opportunity fraud cases, initiated as part of a joint sweep with the Federal Trade Commission and several states. Business opportunity fraud schemes take advantage of people looking for work by luring them in with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in the District of New Hampshire returned an indictment late yesterday charging a Dutch national with allegedly conspiring to hack into and disable computer servers belonging to Rampid Interactive, a New Hampshire-based company that publishes and hosts a multi-player ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) today announced the completion and delivery of an eight-month review of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s use of force policies and practices. The report, funded by a grant from the COPS Office, lists 75 findings and recommendations regarding officer-involved shootings and other use-of-force issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: BP Exploration and Production Inc. (BP) has agreed to plead guilty to felony manslaughter, environmental crimes and obstruction of Congress and pay a record $4 billion in criminal fines and penalties for its conduct leading to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people and caused the largest ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday released the economic and financial market scenarios that will be used in the next round of stress tests for large financial institutions.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Bankers' Bank of the West Bancorp and Bankers' Bank of the West, both of Denver, Colorado Written Agreement dated Feb. 19, 2010 Terminated November 8, 2012 Butte State Company and Butte State ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: Investigations find contractors on federally funded project violated Davis-Bacon and Related Acts, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act SMYRNA, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $787,548 in back wages for 124 employees who performed work on a federally funded project at the Nissan ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas Los Poblanitos LLC, doing business as Panaderia Chuy Bakery, has paid a total of $244,770 in back wages owed to 101 restaurant and bakery employees at two of the company's locations in Austin. The unpaid wages resulted from violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions that were uncovered during an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is encouraging retail employers to take precautions to prevent worker injuries during Black Friday and other major sales events during the holiday season.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Nov. 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 439,000, an increase of 78,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 361,000. The 4-week moving average was 383,750, an increase of 11,750 from the previous week's revised average of 372,000.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 15, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 15, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2012
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 15, 2012
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
