BP paying $373m to settle 3 US claims
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LONDON - BP PLC agreed to pay $373 million to resolve charges related to a fatal refinery explosion, market manipulation, and an oil pipeline leak, as Europe's second-largest oil company tries to recover from lapses that dented its share price and image.
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BP, the worldâs second-biggest oil company, said production over the third quarter would be about 3.88 million barrels a day. That was an 11 per cent rise on the same period the year before and was helped
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WASHINGTON - By agreeing to pay $30 million, Chevron Corp. has reached the largest of five settlements in the government's ongoing investigation of illegal kickbacks made to Iraq in connection with the United Nation's oil-for-food program.
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Time Warner Inc. and other  defendants including America Online and Ernst &amp; Young have  agreed to pay &#36;23 million to settle a lawsuit accusing them of  defrauding pension and investment funds in Pennsylvania, the  state&#039;s Attorney General said on Thursday.
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International Business Machines Corp. said yesterday it will pay at least $300 million to settle part of a lawsuit that claimed the firm's pension plan discriminated against older workers.
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WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 25 -- US and UK regulators Tuesday confirmed a $150 million settlement with Royal Dutch/Shell Group that the company first disclosed last month.
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The nation's third-largest operator of kidney-dialysis clinics has agreed to pay the government &#36;350 million to settle allegations it defrauded Medicare.
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Hurricane Ivan may cost insurers less than first estimated after the third storm to hit the US in six weeks skirted New Orleans. US claims will probably total $2 billion to $7 billion, down from a previous
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Workers could be offered pay settlements lasting up to three years
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Energy giant BP has agreed to pay 303 million dollars to settle civil charges that it manipulated prices in the US propane market during 2004, the Wall Street Journal online reported Tuesday.
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RS Investments, a $6.7 billion money manager based in San Francisco, said Wednesday it had settled US and state allegations of improper trading by agreeing to pay $30 million in fines and reduced management fees.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc., one of the largest providers of health insurance in the United States, has paid $20 million to 37 states in order to settle claims processing problems, according to the New York State Department of Insurance.
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The  world's largest insurance group pays $126m in fines as part of a settlement with US regulators over its dealings with two firms.
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DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Royal Dutch/Shell Group will pay a $120 million penalty to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of its overstatement of nearly 4.5 billion barrels of proven reserves, the federal agency said Tuesday.
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Oil Giant BP Plc reported bumper  third-quarter profits thanks to high oil prices, but its higher  capital expenditure plans raised some concerns about the size  of future share buybacks.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group agreed on Tuesday to finalized settlements with U.S. and UK regulators which will cost the oil giant &#36;150.7 million over its mis-statement of proven oil reserves.
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The nation&#39;s third-largest operator of renal-dialysis clinics has agreed to pay the federal government $350 million to settle civil and criminal charges that it defrauded Medicare, a US attorney said Thursday.