News published on Federal Newswire in December 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: The organizer of a $56 million Medicare fraud conspiracy and an accomplice physician pleaded guilty today in federal court in Louisiana to health care fraud charges. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite of the Eastern ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: Avon Products Inc. and Avon Products (China) Co. Ltd. Will Pay More than $135 Million in Criminal and Regulatory Penalties Avon Products (China) Co. Ltd. (Avon China), a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York-based cosmetics company, Avon Products Inc. (Avon), pleaded guilty today to conspiring to violate ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: William J. Lednum, 41, of Tilghman Island, Maryland, was sentenced today in federal court in Baltimore to a year and day in prison, respectively followed by six months of home detention as part of three years of supervised release, for conspiring to violate the Lacey Act and to defraud the United States ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: Senior Venezuelan Banking Official Received at Least $5 Million in Bribes in Exchange for Directing Business to U.S. Defendants The former chief executive officer and former managing director of a U.S. broker-dealer (the Broker-Dealer), pleaded guilty to bribery charges arising from their scheme to pay ...

By Fed Newswire | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions improved further, with solid job gains and a lower unemployment rate. On balance, a range of labor market indicators suggests that underutilization ...

By Fed Newswire | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the December 16-17 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker highlighted the productive travel and tourism sector relationship enjoyed by the U.S. and China during a speech at the Travel and Tourism Cooperative Program hosted by the U.S. Travel Association earlier today. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Vice ...

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: On the eve of the 25th Session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered keynote remarks at the Shared Vision for Global Economic Partnership event hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement on the actions President Obama announced on Cuba.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: La secretaria de Comercio de Estados Unidos Penny Pritzker dio a conocer hoy sus declaraciones sobre las medidas anunciadas por el Presidente Obama con respecto a Cuba.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement following the passage of the Revitalize American Manufacturing Innovation (RAMI) Act - bipartisan legislation to create a new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI).

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: International visitors inject more than $597million a day into U.S. economy in October U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that international visitors spent $18.5 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States in October, an increase of nearly 3 percent when compared to October 2013.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker highlighted the productive travel and tourism sector relationship enjoyed by the U.S. and China during a speech at the Travel and Tourism Cooperative Program hosted by the U.S. Travel Association earlier today. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Vice ...

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: On the eve of the 25th Session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered keynote remarks at the Shared Vision for Global Economic Partnership event hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: “These historic actions by the President chart a new course for our country's relationship with Cuba and its people. It will improve the lives of millions and will help spur long overdue economic and political reform across the country. Expanding economic engagement between the Cuban people and the American business community will be a powerful catalyst that will strengthen human rights and the rule of law.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: “Estas históricas medidas por el Presidente trazan un nuevo curso para la relación de nuestro país con Cuba y su pueblo. Mejorará la vida de millones y ayudará a promover reformas económicas y políticas que son necesarias desde hace tiempo en todo el país. La expansión de la interacción económica entre el pueblo cubano y la comunidad empresarial de Estados Unidos será un potente catalizador que afianzará los derechos humanos y el imperio de la ley.

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today issued a statement following the passage of the Revitalize American Manufacturing Innovation (RAMI) Act - bipartisan legislation to create a new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI).

By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that international visitors spent $18.5 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States in October, an increase of nearly 3 percent when compared to October 2013.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division announced today that it would extend the completion date to May 29, 2015, for an ongoing building and heavy construction wage survey sent to contractors and others. The survey will collect data on wages paid to laborers and mechanics on building and heavy construction projects in Massachusetts between June 1, 2013, and May 31, 2014.

By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2014

News Release: ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division announced today that it would extend the completion date to May 29, 2015, for an ongoing building and heavy construction wage survey sent to contractors and others. The survey will collect data on wages paid to laborers and mechanics on building and heavy construction projects in Florida between April 1, 2013, and March 31, 2014.