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U.S. Officials Pressured Halliburton to Buy Kuwaiti Company's Oil, Documents Show
Times Staff WriterIntervening in a heated business dispute, top U.S. officials exerted pressure to force Halliburton Corp. to buy allegedly overpriced fuel from a Kuwaiti company, according to State Department documents released today. U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait Richard H....Tags: Bribery, Halliburton Company, Dick Cheney, Petroleum Industry, Iraq
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Lawmaker to Head Lobby Group for Drug Firms
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — Facing consumer clamor for cheaper drugs from abroad and official inquiries into the fatal side effects of some medications, the pharmaceutical industry today said it is hiring one of the capital's savviest lawmakers as its top...Tags: Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice, Lance Armstrong, Justice System, Pharmaceuticals
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Do-nothing House Republicans
WASHINGTON -- A meat cleaver hangs over the federal government, but the unflappable men and women of the House majority remain cool and poised. With just a few days to stop automatic spending cuts from affecting everything from air travel to food...
Tags: Virginia Foxx, Steny Hoyer, Michael Burgess, Donna F. Edwards, The Washington Post
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Schiff, senators introduce legislation to regulate helicopter noise
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) joined California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer in introducing legislation on Monday to try and provide Los Angeles County residents a respite from helicopter noise. The Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Adam Schiff, Howard Lawrence Berman, Air Transportation Industry, Brad Sherman
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Fraud cases leave biodiesel industry reeling
Biodiesel producers told a congressional panel Wednesday that they're struggling to stay afloat in the aftermath of fraud cases uncovered in Baltimore and Texas, and a spokesman for petroleum refiners faulted the Environmental Protection Agency for slow...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Petroleum Industry, Renewable Energy
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Cummings seeks Wal-Mart investigation
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday requested a meeting with Wal-Mart officials in response to allegations that the retailer covered up a bribery scheme to expand its business in...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Corruption, Walmart, Michael T. Duke, Bribery
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Wal-Mart under fire, accused of paying bribes in Mexico; Executives could face U.S. prison terms
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claims that U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart used payoffs to speed zoning and other permits in its break-neck Mexican expansion is sparking soul-searching in Mexico, where crowded government offices are the working grounds of shadowy...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mexico City, Bribery, Walmart, Crime, Law and Justice
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Internet sensations the Gregory Brothers Auto-Tune the world
There's a passage at the end of "Auto-Tune the News #4," one of the Gregory Brothers' slightly less popular videos (it's been viewed roughly 750k times, compared with 30 million views of their "Double Rainbow Song"), when former House Speaker Newt...Tags: Apple iTunes, University of Hartford, Rachel Maddow, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Newt Gingrich
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Cell phone companies try to disguise monstrosity of towers
Sometimes I wonder how the human race was able to survive for 50,000 years without having access to worldwide, uninterrupted cellphone service. I guess we were just plain lucky — at least to hear the cellphone companies tell it. For example, how...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Verizon Communications, Washington Monument, Companies and Corporations
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Casey, Schwartz named to payroll tax committee
Call Washington BureauEnding weeks of partisan gridlock -- the norm these days for Capitol Hill -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a tax cut for working Americans with the stipulation that Senate Democrats agree to appoint conferees to negotiate...Tags: Max Baucus, Sandy Levin, U.S. Senate, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Support builds for tax credit
Lawmakers are pushing to extend the California Film and Television Tax Credit program, which has resulted in billions of dollars of economic activity. Enacted in 2009, the legislation was designed to create jobs, increase production spending and generate...Tags: Carol Liu, Crimes, Jerry Brown, Crime, Law and Justice, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Commission won't be last word on Gulf oil spill
ABC26 NewsA presidential commission's conclusion on the largest offshore oil spill in history that decisions meant to save time and money created an unreasonable amount of risk won't be the final word on the disaster. But it already has the companies involved...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Halliburton Company, Petroleum Industry, Science and Technology, Natural Resources
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