Vivendi and its former boss fined
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The French media giant and its former chief executive Jean-Marie Messier are each fined 1m euros for misleading the public and investors.
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Vivendi Universal on Thursday sold a 15 per cent stake in its former water subsidiary Veolia Environnement, raising about â¬1.5bn for the French group to pay back debt and tighten its focus on media and telecommunications.
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Jean-Marie Messier, the former chief of Vivendi Universal SA who is under investigation for alleged fraud and stock manipulation, was fined 1 million euros ($1.3 million) by French regulator
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Dutch  retailer Ahold's former chairman and its ex-finance officer are barred from executive posts as part of a US fraud case settlement.
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A French court fined a businessman fined 200,000 euros (135,300 pounds) on Wednesday for defacing his 18th century home in a quiet suburb of Lyon in order to turn it into a work of art called "The Abode of Chaos".
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The company behind the Richard and Judy premium rate telephone quiz scandal is fined Â£150,000.
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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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French regulators fined Vivendi Universal (EAUG.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) and its former CEO Jean-Marie Messier one million euros each on Tuesday for
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A German manufacturer of technology commonly used in personal computers has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $160 million fine for engaging in an international price-fixing conspiracy that drove up computer prices, the Justice
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Former ImClone Systems Inc. Chief  Executive Sam Waksal has agreed to pay a $3 million civil  penalty to settle charges over the insider trading scandal that  also involved lifestyle entrepreneur Martha Stewart, U.S.  regulators said on Wednesday
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Securities regulators fined Veritas Software to settle accusations that the company engaged in an assortment of accounting schemes.
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Four Fidelity Investments brokerage units were fined a total of $3.75 million, regulator NASD said yesterday, citing broad record-keeping lapses it said it uncovered while probing the lavish gifts some company traders accepted from outside brokerages.
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Southampton midfielder Fabrice Fernandes was fined 10,000 pounds (US$18,000) and handed a two-year driving ban Wednesday for trying to elude police in a high-speed chase five months ago.
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Jean-Marie Messier, the former chief of Vivendi Universal SA who is under investigation for alleged fraud and stock manipulation, was fined 1 million euros ($1.3 million) by French regulator Autoritee des Marches Financiers.
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Symantec Corp has paid a $30m penalty to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a charge relating to a dodgy deal between America Online and Veritas Software, which it acquired in 2005.
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French retail giant Carrefour said Tuesday it was fined euro2 million (US$2.69 million) by a French regional court for false advertising, selling items below cost and collusion with suppliers at its hypermarket chain in France.
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General Reinsurance, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, is fined Â£1.2m by the FSA for writing two bogus deals.