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Website to pay $950K for posting Beatles hits
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A website that sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents apiece before they became legally available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton Tucker...Tags: Lily Allen, The Beatles (music group), Music Industry, Companies and Corporations, Lawyers
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Mishawaka council OKs Gates' off-site car sales despite objections from competitors
Tribune Staff WriterMISHAWAKA — The Mishawaka Common Council voted 8-0 Monday to allow a use variance so that Gates Chevy World could hold an off-site car sale three times this summer at the north end of the University Park Mall parking lot. It came over the...Tags: Passenger Cars, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Vehicles, JC Penney Company Inc.
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21 airlines fined for fixing passenger, cargo fees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a massive price-fixing scheme among international air carriers has cost U.S. consumers and businesses hundreds of millions of dollars. The airlines allegedly conspired with competitors to inflate passenger...Tags: Prices, Air Transportation Industry, Punishment, Air France-KLM, Fines
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Michigan AG: 5 gas stations conspired on prices
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general says five Detroit-area gas stations located within two miles of each other participated in a price-fixing operation. Bill Schuette (SHOO'-tee) on Thursday announced criminal charges had been...Tags: Detroit, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Michigan
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On the Supreme Court's docket
Here are the top cases that the Supreme Court is expected to decide in the next two weeks: California's Proposition 8: Does the California ballot measure limiting marriage to a man and a woman deny same-sex couples their right to the equal protection of...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Gays and Lesbians, Federal Trade Commission, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Crime, Law and Justice
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Joan Jett sues Hot Topic over Blackheart trademark
Punky apparel chain Hot Topic Inc. is getting raked over the coals by rock 'n' roll queen bee Joan Jett, whose Blackheart Records Group Inc. is accusing the clothier of ripping off the Blackheart name for a new lingerie line. Blackheart sued Hot Topic...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Walmart, Hot Topic Incorporated, Target, Mattel Inc.
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EXCLUSIVE-US in antitrust probe of Lockheed-Boeing rocket venture
Reuters(Adds date of FTC document, sources saying FTC has requested for documentation) By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have opened a probe into whether a Lockheed-Boeing joint venture that launches U.S. government...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Satellite Technology, Joint Ventures, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Vehicles
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Exclusive: Antitrust probe of Lockheed-Boeing rocket venture
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have opened a probe into whether a Lockheed-Boeing joint venture that launches U.S. government satellites into space has flouted antitrust laws. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating whether United...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Alliant Techsystems Inc., Companies and Corporations, U.S. Air Force, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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Stronger financially, property insurers face scrutiny
With hurricane season little more than a week old, Florida's property insurance industry is weathering storms on multiple fronts in the form of new legislative scrutiny, a class-action lawsuit settlement and questions about its financial stewardship....Tags: Locke Burt, Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Fort Lauderdale, Property-Casualty Insurance
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Judge tosses Corbett's suit against NCAA over Penn State sanctions
Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit to reverse NCAA sanctions over Penn State's role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal fails to show how the penalties harm Pennsylvanians, a judge said in dismissing the case. U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane granted...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Punishment, Executive Branch, Government, Financial Aid
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Canada charges chocolate makers Mars, Nestle with price fixing
ReutersBy Peter N Henderson TORONTO, June 6 (Reuters) - Canada has charged two of the world's biggest chocolate makers, Nestle SA and Mars Inc with colluding to fix the price of their products, the country's competition watchdog said on Thursday. Canada's...Tags: Prices, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Restraint of Trade, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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EU oil pricing probe spurs lawsuit against BP, others
ReutersNEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago-based commodities trading firm has filed suit against three of the world's largest oil companies, accusing them of colluding to fix oil prices after European authorities opened an investigation last week. Prime...Tags: Prices, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Energy Saving, Eric Holder, North Sea
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