News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today a groundbreaking settlement to resolve allegations that American Honda Finance Corporation (Honda) engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American, Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: A Vietnamese national was sentenced to 13 years in prison for hacking into U.S. businesses’ computers, stealing personally identifiably information (PII), and selling to other cybercriminals his fraudulently-obtained access to PII belonging to approximately 200 million U.S. citizens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) announced the appointment of key positions within his leadership staff. Varu Chilakamarri – Chief of Staff As Chief of Staff, Chilakamarri will advise Assistant Attorney General Cruden ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint today seeking to recover approximately $12.5 million in assets found in the United States that derive from bribery and kickback schemes in the Philippines spanning nearly a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: A Hawaii businessman was convicted yesterday following an 11-day jury trial in Honolulu of one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Code and six counts of filing false individual income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Settlement Preserves Competition That Benefits Radio Advertisers Entercom Communications Corp. (Entercom) will be required to divest three radio stations in Denver, in order to proceed with its acquisition of Lincoln Financial Media Company (Lincoln). Without these divestitures, the transaction would have resulted in higher prices and a reduced quality of service to purchasers of English-language radio advertising in Denver.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II of the District of Maine announced today that Lawrence Estrella, 65, of Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal of the District of Maine to 92 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for interstate transportation of stolen property. Estrella pleaded guilty on Feb. 20, 2015.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Raton Capital Corporation (PDF), Raton, New Mexico Written Agreement dated July 10, 2015 The Federal Reserve Board also announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Village Bancshares, ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meeting on June 15, 2015.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Earlier this week, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered remarks at the closing of the first-ever U.S.-Ukraine Business Forum. At the event, Secretary Penny Pritzker, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Deputy Secretary Andrews, and other government officials met with U.S. business leaders to discuss the future of the economic partnership between the United States and Ukraine.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker addressed the first-ever U.S.-Ukraine Business Forum. The Forum consisted of a series of high-level discussions focused on advancing Ukraine’s economic reform agenda and improving trade and investment opportunities between the U.S. and Ukraine.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker today released 19 new reports designed to help U.S. exporters identify their next export market by comparing opportunities across borders. As part of the International Trade Administration’s (ITA) new Top Markets Series , each report projects and ranks future export opportunities within a particular industry, providing in-depth commentary on key opportunities, trends, and challenges facing U.S. companies who export across the globe.
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By Labor Gazette | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. — A consent judgement issued by a Kentucky federal court will recover nearly $300,000 for a pension plan in Michigan, and ban the defendants from serving as plan fiduciaries or service providers again.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 14, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 14, 2015
The US State Department published a three page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 14, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 14, 2015
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 14, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
