Sentences with phrase «companies against charges»

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Google Inc. (GOOG) is shaking up its news service in Europe, in a move that may help beleaguered publishers, bolster its position vis - a-vis Facebook Inc. (FB)-- and gain the company some allies in its battle against European Union antitrust charges.

That order came as a result of charges the Federal Trade Commission levied against Facebook alleging that the company had deceived consumers about their ability to keep information they posted on the service private.

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled expanded criminal charges against three men in connection with a massive 2014 cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and the hacking of several other major financial companies and financial news publishers.

As France did not seek the Commission's approval Uber argued that criminal charges brought against two of the company's French managers were not valid.

Rare earths company Arafura Resources says it will incur a $ 27.7 million non-cash impairment charge against its Nolans project in the Northern Territory.

«The most you can charge in Washington is $ 25,» explains lawyer Matt Zuchetto, whose firm launched a class - action lawsuit against the company on that basis.

The people behind them may be happy to see the company plead guilty provided no charges are laid against individual executives.

HOUSTON / CARACAS, April 23 - Two Chevron Corp. employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to two sources familiar with draft charges against the U.S. firm's executives.

Mueller's detailed charges against Russian nationals and companies for election meddling aimed in part at trying to boost Trump's candidacy said they cooperated with «unwitting» campaign staffers and outside advisers.

Kaspersky said the charges against Stoyanov related to a period before he joined the company and that it was not aware of all of his prior activities.

Daiichi Sankyo's press release comes in the wake not only of Ranbaxy's highly unusual criminal guilty plea and $ 500 million in fines and penalties — the largest ever against a generic - drug maker — but also a lengthy Fortune article that exposed for the first time the depth and extent of the fraud charges leveled at the company and the knowledge of senior company executives.

Two Chevron employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to two sources familiar with draft charges against the U.S. firm's executives.

Sacca, who is known for his early investments in tech companies such as Twitter and Uber, launched into an impassioned speech criticizing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, firing off a barrage of charges against Trump that were as fast, furious, and hard to fact check as those coming from the candidates themselves.

Two Chevron employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to sources familiar with draft charges against the executives.

On Tuesday, the Justice Department indicted McClendon in a conspiracy in which two unnamed companies agreed not to bid against each other for oil and gas leases in northwest Oklahoma between late 2007 and early 2012, a charge he denied.

Defending Facebook against charges that its algorithm promoted fake news stories that may have influenced the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, Zuckerberg implied that the company can only go so far without compromising on its commitment to neutrality.

Though Silvercorp now appears to have the upper hand over its detractors, one wonders why a mid-cap mining company should be leading the charge against anonymous accusers and their presumed short - selling.

But it appears that treason is the very charge threatened against U.S. technology companies if they meddle in the federal government's attempt to collect private data on millions of Americans.

Now Icahn's leading the charge against AIG, publishing an open letter in January calling for the insurance giant to break up into a «smaller, simpler company.»

However, having the government sell annuities could make sense if you believe Canadians need to ensure against longevity risk (point 7) but the fees that insurance companies charge for these products are too high (point 6).

Charney was never charged or convicted for the sexual harassment claims brought against him, which included allegations from American Apparel board members that he kept kept graphic photographs of him having sex with staff members on company computers.

RALEIGH, N.C. — College basketball has spent an entire season operating amid the specter of an FBI corruption investigation that led to criminal charges against assistant coaches, agents, apparel company employees and others.

The main charge against market capitalization / GDP, for example, is that gross domestic product includes the income of foreign companies generated here in the U.S., and excludes the income of U.S. companies generated abroad.

Regulators in Europe, for example, have filed antitrust charges against Google and other Silicon Valley companies.

In the end, the Secret Service returned all of Steve Jackson's computers and decided not to press charges against the company, since they were unable to find any copies of the E911 document on any of the computers.

The developments come more than a month after the SEC unveiled charges against Zaslavskiy and two related companies.

SAN FRANCISCO — In charges that could delay Uber's chances of delivering the first commercial self - driving trucks, Alphabet Inc.'s self - driving car company Waymo has filed suit against the company for trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement and unfair competition.

The actions will serve as settlement for FTC's charges against the ride - hailing company for deceiving customers by failing to monitor the access of Uber employees on personal information of riders and for failing to secure sensitive customer information that is stored in the cloud.

SNC - Lavalin Group Inc. is pressing Canada's new Liberal government to adopt corporate corruption settlement deals like those in place in the United Kingdom and the United States, saying federal charges laid against the company are hurting its ability to compete against rivals in Group of 7 countries.

Debentures and floating charges provide a broad based security against the shares of a company or a general pool of assets.

Coinbase's appeal against the charges have been dismissed by an appeals court in Georgia, U.S and will have to face a full - blown jury to prove that the company did not help Cryptsy run away.

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See also Misa Han, «ACCC launches first criminal cartel case against an Australian company» (AFR, 15 February 2018), Michael DiFabrizio, «COuntry Care facing charges» (Sunraysia Daily, 16 Feb 2018) and Aisha Dow and Chloe Booker, «Family business making wheelchairs accused of running criminal cartel» (SMH, 15 February 2018).

The charges were brought against the company in response to the Food Authority's investigation into a salmonella outbreak in 10 aged care facilities on the South Coast and ACT between January and March 2015.

Unfortunately the only people that can remove him is the ones that put him in charge of arsenal and the only way the board will move against wenger is when he does not meet their expectations, have you heard any one of the board members come out and say fourth is not acceptable, for several years he has guarantee the board money from the champions league, they also have several agreements or contract signed with major companies, all that points to money coming back to the board.

Even before this week's shocking murder charges against TE Aaron Hernandez, it had been a rocky off - season for the hoodie and company.

The company also is taking a one - time $ 16 million charge against earnings, amounting to 43 cents a share.

The U.S. government has filed criminal and civil charges against a former Equifax Inc. executive over alleged insider trading linked to last year's massive data breach at the credit reporting company, officials said.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman also filed separate charges against Kaloyeros, alleging the former university president worked with Columbia Development head Joseph Nicolla to help direct contracts to the company.

Carl Paladino is on the defensive in the wake of an AP report about a 10 - year - old felony charge against his company, accusing his GOP gubernatorial primary opponent, Rick Lazio, of planting the story.

In court documents submitted earlier this week, attorneys for three former executives of Buffalo development company LPCiminelli, called for charges against their client, at minimum, be tried in Western New York.

In a crucial difference with the version of the legislation that failed to win sufficient Republican support earlier this year, the current incarnation allows states to individually decide which pre-existing conditions insurers must cover and removes caps on how much the afflicted can be charged, and includes an age tax that allows insurance companies to charge higher premiums to individuals between the ages of 50 and 64 — allowing it to win votes from the previously recalcitrant Tea Party - aligned Freedom Caucus and pass by a margin of 217 in favor to 213 against.

The other defendants in the charge which the Police withdrew against Ogah were his company, Masters Energy Oil and Gas Limited; and an ex-employee of United Bank for Africa, Deji Somoye.

Several months ago, LPCiminelli officials insisted the criminal charges against three of the construction firm's top executives were having almost no impact on the company's day - to - day operations.

Alleged Corruption: How Dariye Diverted N204m to Own Company - Witness The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has presented more evidence against a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted on a 23 - count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko, of the Federal Capital Territory, -LSB-...]

DO N'T put the arm on major real estate developer Glenwood Management — in the midst of negotiations affecting the company's profits — to hire a law firm that's secretly paying you kickbacks (which is one of Bharara's charges against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver).

Gage repeatedly said that the charges against the senator failed to show a quid pro quo and that the senator's stances on issues dealing with real estate and the environment were «longstanding» and were not skewed by his relationship to the companies or his son's employment.

Jurors in a Manhattan federal court will start hearing testimony next week on charges of bribery and corruption against a former top aide to the governor, two Syracuse business executives and an energy company official.

Paladino said Thursday a licensed inspector's mistake in the initial inspection and an overzealous federal prosecutor turned what should have been a civil matter into a criminal charge against one of his companies, Ellicott Development Co. of Buffalo.

Bryant, who was compensated with # 30,000 by the newspaper company after it was revealed he was a victim of phone hacking by the News of the World, said he also believed the move was premature given the Crown Prosecution Service is said to be still considering corporate charges against News Corp..