Jefferies Paying $9.7 Million Over Gifts
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WASHINGTON -- Brokerage firm Jefferies & 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 to a Fidelity mutual-fund adviser firm in exchange for their trading business.
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For months, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been fending off accusations he bungled government programs and awarded jobs and contracts to contributors and cronies. But suddenly, one issue has cut through the clutter: a $1,500 gift to one of his daughters.
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Life & style: Donor fatigue labelled a 'myth' as giving to top 500 UK charities rises by nearly Â£1bn to Â£10.9bn in 2006.
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Â· Multimillionaire has given Â£125m to charity already Â· First step to fortune made selling trainers in garage
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The antitrust settlement between MicrosoftÂ and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) announced earlier this month included a payment of $9.75 million to the CCIA's president, according to a report published Wednesday.
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A $1,000 pair of cufflinks from a supporter, tens of thousands of dollars of clothing from a wealthy Little Rock businessman and thousands in gift certificates and cash from staff and appointees were among the lavish gifts given to Republican presidential candidate and unexpected frontrunner Mike Huckabee while he was governor of Arkansas.
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Nine vendors have been charged with taking part in a scheme to inflate earnings of a Maryland-based subsidiary of supermarket giant Royal Ahold NV by more than $800 million.
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CBS got the bill Wednesday for Janet Jackson&#39;s breast-baring &quot;wardrobe malfunction&quot; during the Super Bowl halftime show: a record $550,000.
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By The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Dec. 14--The 61st annual Christmas Basket Fund climbed to $5,623 with donations of $1,430 Tuesday and Wednesday.   Wednesday's gifts were topped by a $200 donation by Seymour Tubing Inc.
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The Jefferies Group said it had acquired the Putnam Lovell investment banking business, a provider of merger advice to asset managers and broker dealers, from National Bank Financial Group of Canada. Terms were not disclosed. Jefferies, an underwriter and merger adviser to midsize companies, said this is the fifth industry-focused M.& A. group it has acquired in less than five years. The purchase will expand Jefferiesâ ability to make deals in the asset management sector.
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A former sales chief at CA Inc. has agreed to pay $29.7 million in restitution after pleading guilty last year to criminal charges.
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he United States Department of Labor announced yesterday that it had reached a $1.9 million settlement with a contractor for the Target Corporation after finding that the contractor had
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Martha Stewart, the imprisoned celebrity homemaker, is asking her company to help pick up about $3.7 million in legal expenses stemming from her criminal trial.
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Richard Jefferson&#39;s Christmas wasn&#39;t spoiled just because he found out what Santa was going to bring him a week early. He has not stopped thinking about his present since last week.
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Jefferies Group Inc.  agreed to pay about $9.7 million to settle charges it lavished $2 million worth of gifts, travel and entertainment to win trading business from mutual fund giant Fidelity, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.
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After a $7.9 billion write-down, what's next for the financial powerhouse?
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The family members of the victims of the Daping Coal Mine accidents in central China&#39;s Henan Province have received 3.7 million yuan (approximately 445,800 US dollars) and