Indie group agrees to pay campaign fines
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A conservative independent group that ran millions of dollars in ads against Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004 will pay $750,000 to settle charges that it violated federal campaign laws.
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Three former employees at fund manager Amvescap yesterday agreed to pay penalties totalling $3.34m (Â£1.9m) to settle charges relating to the US mutual funds scandal.
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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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The radio industry has agreed to pay &#36;1.7 billion over six years to a group that doles out royalties to songwriters under an agreement in which stations will now pay a set fee for music, rather than a percentage of yearly revenue.
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An independent inquiry is helping to defuse a controversy over ink used in Saturday's election.
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An independent political group allied with Democrats and heavily bankrolled by billionaire George Soros has agreed to pay $775,000 to the Federal Election commission for violating campaign laws during the 2004 presidential campaign.
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UBS agreed to the payments to resolve accusations it steered inappropriate customers into fee-based accounts, the state Attorney Generalâs office said.
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A Florida man and his company will pay a $25,000 fine to settle a spam lawsuit brought in Massachusetts in the first use by a state of the federal CAN-SPAM Act.
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Making use of the rule that allows party committees to make independent expenditures*, the National Republican Congressional Committee reported several payments over $100,000 on Friday, including a payment of $118,882 for "media placement" in opposition to Brad Ellsworth's campaign in Indiana's 8th District, a payment of $102,996 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Ron Klein in Florida's 22nd District, a payment of $132,136 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Phil Kellam in Virginia's 2nd, a payment of $131,976 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Friends of Baron Hill in Indiana's 9th, and a payment of $111,751 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Leonard L. Boswell in Iowa's 3rd.
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Former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer's campaign has agreed to pay a &#36;31,000 fine to settle a campaign finance case.
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A company that distributed human growth hormone to "well known athletes and entertainers" has agreed to pay a $10.5 million penalty and cooperate with ongoing law enforcement investigations, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Microsoft, Yahoo and Google agreed to pay a combined $31.5 million to settle federal civil allegations that they had accepted ads for illegal gambling.
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Media group Tribune Co has agreed to  pay $15 million in a settlement with federal prosecutors after  two of its newspapers, Newsday and Hoy, admitted to inflating  circulation numbers.
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Two units of mutual fund company Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to pay $20 million in civil penalties to settle charges that they used fund assets
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The Business Software Alliance collects out-of-court settlements from companies that violated copyright rules.
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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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The founders of PBHG mutual funds agreed to pay &#36;160 million in restitution and civil fines and to be banned for life from the securities industry to resolve allegations they facilitated improper trading in the funds, regulators said on Wednesday.