Coal Company Hit With E.P.A.âs Largest Civil Penalty
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The fine was part of a $30 million settlement with the government over allegations that Massey Energy violated water pollution permit limits at its mines and plants.
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John A. Lynch Jr. was sentenced to more than three years in prison for accepting payoffs from a mining company.
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One of America&#39;s most popular live rock outfits, the Dave Matthews Band, was facing a hefty fine after state prosecutors in Illinois alleged that a band tour bus had deposited 360kg (800lb) of human waste on 100 boat passengers taking an architectural
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ABINGDON, Va. -- Purdue Pharma LP, the maker of OxyContin, and three of its executives were ordered yesterday to pay a $634.5 million fine for misleading the public about the painkiller's risk of addiction.
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By Madeleine Mathias, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Mar. 4--The public will have a 60-day period to comment in writing on the proposed settlement of a $1.5 million civil penalty for the 2005 fly ash spill into the Delaware River at the PPL Corp.
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Viacom, CBSâs parent company was assessed $550,000 in fines for the âwardrobe malfunctionâ that occurred during the Super Bowl 2004 halftime show in February.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, a subsidiary of Mirant Corp. will pay a $12.5 million civil penalty to settle charges that it tried to manipulate natural gas markets in 2000 and 2001
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Securities regulators have ordered a division of Citigroup Inc. to pay a $275,000 fine plus restitution for allegedly recommending high-risk commodity futures funds to people who shouldn&#39;t have invested in them and failing to fully disclose the risks.
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Oil giant faces new accusations of profiteering after reporting highest-ever annual profits by a UK company
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UK companies are among 30 firms fined by the European Commission for operating a copper fittings cartel.
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Insurer fined Â£1.26m after failing to take reasonable care of policyholders' details
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In today&#39;s fines, Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. was hit with the second largest, at US$1.6 million, followed by American Express Financial Advisors, at $700,000.
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The National Nuclear Security Administration proposed a $1.1 million civil penalty against the former manager of a nuclear weapons lab for safety violations that included a researcher spreading radiological contamination to two other states and workers inhaling radioactive substances.
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Two firms have been fined a total of Â£325,000 after a student was killed while working on tracks.
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Individual penalties for the four Infineon executives who pled guilty in a price-fixing scheme follow a record $160 million fine that Infineon agreed to pay in mid-September stemming from the same investigation.
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The company that ran competitions for GMTV is fined a record Â£250,000 over a phone-in scandal.
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Water firm United Utilities is given a Â£8.5m fine from water regulator Ofwat for breaching trading rules.