Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 368,000, an increase of 68,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 300,000. The 4-week moving average was 328,750, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Health Matters America Inc. Issues Allergy Alert On Undeclared Milk In Organic Traditions Brand Dark Chocolate Hazelnuts, Dark Chocolate Hazelnuts With Chili, Dark Chocolate Almonds, And Dark Chocolate Almonds With Chili
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. HEALTH MATTERS AMERICA INC. of Cheektowaga, New York is recalling specific lots of ORGANIC TRADITIONS DARK CHOCOLATE HAZELNUTS, ORGANIC TRADITIONS DARK CHOCOLATE HAZELNUTS WITH CHILI, ORGANIC TRADITIONS DARK CHOCOLATE ALMONDS, and ORGANIC TRADITIONS DARK CHOCOLATE ALMONDS WITH CHILI because they were found to contain undeclared[Read More…]
Leading Medical, Scientific Experts Discuss New Cannabis Monograph on Google Hangout at 5:30pm PT Today
Scientific data, standards put to rest the notion that medical marijuana is a dangerous drug with no medical value Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. Patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is hosting a Google Hangout today at 5:30pm PT (8:30pm ET) with a panel of leading medical and[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Few Consumers File Arbitration Cases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released preliminary research on the use of arbitration clauses in connection with consumer financial products and services. The research indicates that arbitration clauses are commonly used by large banks in credit card and checking account agreements and that roughly 9[Read More…]
Santa Claus is Coming … to South Suburban College Basketball Games This Weekend
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. The South Suburban College Basketball Program is hosting “Kid’s Day” for their home matchups this Saturday, December 14, 2013. The Lady Bulldogs will play Cincinnati State at 2:30 p.m. followed by the #1 ranked Bulldogs vs. Joliet Junior College at 5:00 p.m. All kids[Read More…]
First Deadline Approaches for Participation in the Program for Non-Prosecution Agreements or Non-Target Letters for Swiss Banks
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. The Tax Division of the Department of Justice today strongly encouraged Swiss banks that want to seek non-prosecution agreements to resolve past cross-border criminal tax violations to submit letters of intent by the Dec. 31, 2013 deadline required by the Program for Non-Prosecution Agreements or Non-Target[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Hacking into Multiple Computer Networks
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to hack into computer networks and sell access to those networks. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U .S. Attorney Carmen M.[Read More…]
Former Chief Executive of Mortgage Servicing Company Sentenced for Scheme to Withhold Funds from Wells Fargo Bank
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. Earl Gross, 74, of Las Vegas, the former President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Mortgage, a loan servicing company, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for his role in an $8 million scheme to defraud Wells Fargo Bank. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili[Read More…]
Alabama Shrimper Convicted for Shooting Dolphin
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. An Alabama man pleaded guilty yesterday in a federal court in Gulfport, Miss., to knowingly shooting a dolphin, the Justice Department announced. Brent Buchanan, 38, of Bayou La Batre, Ala., pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of knowingly taking a protected marine mammal, a federal crime[Read More…]
German Engineering Firm Bilfinger Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges and Agrees to Pay $32 Million Criminal Penalty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. Bilfinger SE, an international engineering and services company based in Mannheim, Germany, has agreed to pay a $32 million penalty to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by bribing government officials of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to obtain and retain[Read More…]
