El Paso Corp. to Pay $7 Million as Settlement in Oil-Food Case
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The largest American natural gas pipeline operator settled allegations of involvement in illegal payments under the United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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El Paso Corp. put a $3.6 billion price tag on a long-expected series of write-downs and charges Monday while shedding more light on the improper accounting surrounding its past natural gas hedging efforts.
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BP Plc and subsidiaries have agreed to pay $373 million in fines and restitution for environmental violations and fraud charges, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
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Fannie Mae yesterday agreed to pay the government $7.5 million to settle a case in which the Justice Department alleged that the giant housing-finance company knowingly accepted proceeds of a mortgage scam.
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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&#39;s pension plan discriminated against older workers.
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., which has restaurants in 41 states, said it will pay $8.7 million to settle all discrimination lawsuits brought or supported by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney said Friday.
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National Commerce Financial Corp. has agreed in principle to settle pending shareholder class-action lawsuits that challenge its proposed $7 billion merger with Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks Inc.
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American International Group and federal regulators have completed a settlement that calls for the company to pay $126 million in penalties and restitution and to
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International Business Machines Corp. said yesterday that it agreed to settle most of the issues in a lawsuit over changes in its pension plans on terms that allow the company to continue to appeal a key question while capping its liability at &#36;1.7 billion.
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Brocade Communications Systems has agreed to pay a $7 million penalty to settle charges of stock-option backdating fraud.
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Cracker Barrel has agreed to an $8.7 million settlement to resolve all lawsuits brought or supported by the NAACP that accused the restaurant chain of segregating blacks in the smoking section and denying them service.
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Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. said Wednesday that it will pay the government $2 million to settle a lawsuit related to its purchase of shares of IBP Inc.
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An agreement has been reached to lend 1.7 million barrels of oil from the government&#39;s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to two companies whose refineries were running short of crude
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Mike Cameron and the Milwaukee Brewers finalized a $7 million, one-year contract Monday.
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McDonald's has agreed to pay &#36;8.5 million to settle a lawsuit over artery-clogging trans fats in its cooking oils, the company said on Friday.
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Two more former natural gas traders for  El Paso Corp. have pleaded guilty to reporting bogus deals in a  widening investigation of the industry, the U.S. Attorney's  Office said.