Jefferies settles charges over illegal gifts
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Jefferies Group Inc.  agreed to  pay about $9.7 million to settle charges that it lavished $2  million worth of gifts, travel and other entertainment to win  trading business from mutual fund giant Fidelity, the U.S.  Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.
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Dutch food retailer Ahold and three former top executives have agreed to settle fraud charges related to $1bn overstatement of profits.
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Federal prosecutors have announced the convictions of three Oregon residents, saying they had colluded to buy and resell some $29 million worth of Microsoft software intended for educational institutions to non-academic customers.
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The former C.F.O. of SkillSoft agreed to pay fines to settle accusations that he had let the company incorrectly book revenue.
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December 03, 2004 - Five former executives from Kmart and its vendor companies settled Securities and Exchange Commission civil charges this week stemming from a $24 million accounting fraud they oversaw at the retail giant, the
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Qwest Communications agrees to make a  $250m payment to settle charges stemming from an inquiry into an alleged securities fraud.
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Michael Douglas has settled his lawsuit against two Florida companies that he alleged improperly used his name and image to promote their own products and services.
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Cingular, Priceline and Travelocity settled with New York state's attorney general over adware charges.
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The deal will settle claims that Merck overcharged Medicaid programs, and resolve charges over marketing.
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The founders of the money management firm Pilgrim Baxter &amp; Associates agreed yesterday to each pay $80 million in a settlement that resolves a longstanding complaint that they improperly profited
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Company agrees to settle charges over copy-protection software it included in music CDs.
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Stephen Richards will pay more than $29 million in restitution as part of an accounting fraud at the company.
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Brokerage Jefferies &amp; Co. Inc. is paying some $9.7 million to settle regulators' charges that it illegally lavished nearly $2 million in golf trips, entertainment and other gifts on Fidelity mutual fund traders in exchange for their trading business.
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The deal will settle claims that Merck overcharged Medicaid programs for four drugs, including Vioxx and Zocor, and resolve allegations of improper marketing to doctors.
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Global grocery retailer Ahold NV has agreed to a settlement of civil fraud charges over an alleged &#36;1 billion overstatement of earnings in a deal with U.S. regulators that does not fine the company.
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The TJX Companies, Inc., a discount retailer, said Friday it settled class action lawsuits in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico stemming from a massive security breach of customer data that affected at least 45 million credit and debit cards.
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Macy's department store will pay  $600,000 to settle New York state charges that it used racial  profiling in efforts to detect shoplifters, parent company  Federated Department Stores Inc., said on Friday.