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BP shut out of U.S. contracts: Feds cite deadly blast, poor response
BP, which has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges in connection with the nation's worst offshore oil spill, was suspended from new government contracts on Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced. In suspending the company, the...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution, Crime, Law and Justice, Gulf of Mexico, WikiLeaks
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SolarCity pegs IPO at $13 to $15 a share, or up to $151 million
SolarCity Corp., a Bay Area solar energy company, is looking to raise as much as $151 million in its initial public offering, widely considered to be the most anticipated renewable-power IPO coming down the pike. The San Mateo business – which...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Energy Saving, eBay Inc., U.S. Military
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Advocates cheer SEC consideration of corporate disclosure rule
WASHINGTON — A decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to consider a new rule this year requiring companies to release information about their political spending has buoyed disclosure advocates, who say such a move could be a game-...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Interior Policy, Litigation and Regulation
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Obama designates Elisse Walter as new SEC chief, lauds Schapiro
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Monday designated Elisse Walter as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, but it's unclear if the Democratic commissioner will be the permanent replacement for outgoing Mary Schapiro. Walter, who has...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Republican Party, White House
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Ex-Angels player Doug DeCinces indicted in insider-trading case
L.A. NOWFormer Angles baseball player Doug DeCinces and three others were indicted on insider trading charges for allegedly using non-public information to buy stock in a Santa Ana medical device company, federal authorities said Wednesday afternoon.... -
Corporations and execs need penalties that hurt
If you're concerned about corporate crime, 2012 looked like a pretty successful year for the good guys. The Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen paid $762 million in fines and penalties and pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to illegal marketing of...
Tags: Schering Plough Corporation, Crime, Law and Justice, Mortgages, Abbott Laboratories, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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SeaWorld files for IPO, could raise $100 million
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. and its killer whales are going public, filing for an initial public offering that could raise $100 million. The theme park company, famous for using the orca Shamu as a performer, said in a filing with the Securities and...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Tourism and Leisure, Financing and Stock Offerings, Busch Gardens Orlando
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SolarCity slashes IPO share price, boosts size of offering
SolarCity Corp. expanded the size of its highly anticipated initial public offering but knocked down the share price in what analysts said was a bid to boost investor demand. The San Mateo company said in a Wednesday filing with the Securities and...
Tags: Alternative Energy, Financing and Stock Offerings, Solyndra LLC, Environmental Issues, Energy
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SunPower, solar stocks surge after Warren Buffett buys Calif. plants
Solar stocks were burning up Thursday, led by a 41% share price boom for SunPower, which this week said it sold a pair of massive Southern California solar power plants to a Warren Buffett company. San Jose-based SunPower said in a filing with the...
Tags: MidAmerican Energy Company, SunPower Corp., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren Buffett, Alternative Energy
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Apple CEO Tim Cook made $4.17 million in 2012
Apple chief executive Tim Cook took home $4.17 million in compensation for the fiscal year 2012, a year in which Apple blew past all revenue projections and became the most valuable company in the world, according to a filing the company made Thursday...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Tim Cook, Xbox 360, Kim Kardashian, Corporate Officers
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Netflix status update irks SEC. Midseason preview. Slow box office.
Before the coffee. After remembering why today matters. The Skinny: Sure was foggy this morning. That and sad music at Starbucks put me in a blue mood. Friday's headlines include ... wait for it ... the weekend box office preview!!! Also, teens are...
Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, News Corp., Romance (genre), Television Industry, Trayvon Martin
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SEC questions Netflix over Facebook posts
Any teenager knows anything posted on Facebook is public -- but apparently the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission begs to differ. The SEC issued a "Wells notice" to Netflix Inc. and its chief executive, Reed Hastings, taking issue with...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Media Industry, Social Media
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