China's market regulators are investigating foreign medical-equipment makers over suspicion that they may have paid bribes or used illegal strategies to achieve market dominance, according to some people familiar with the matter. ...
Fourteen months after General Motors started recalling more than 2 million small cars with faulty ignition switches worldwide, the company says it has repaired about 70 percent of the vehicles that are still on the road. The figures, ...
Tags: GM, Ignition Switches, Manufacturing
A legislation in the Ohio senate proposed by senator Shannon Jones calls on making childproof packaging necessary for containers of liquid nicotine used to refill electronic cigarettes. The goal of the law is to ensure that children do ...
Honda Motor has been fined $70m in penalties by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for not reporting deaths, injuries, and certain warranty claims. The penalty is divided into two parts, a maximum civil penalty ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), has been fined $531,000 for alleged Clean Air Act violations at its chemical manufacturing plant in Deepwater, New Jersey. The EPA ...
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It's been confirmed that Apple is once again selling Bose headphones and speakers in its retail stores. Two months ago, Apple stopped selling Bose equipment amidst litigation for noise cancelling technology patent infringements. Bose ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined Triax Turbine Components for violations of the hazardous waste law and, in a separate action, Hill Brothers Chemical Company for violations of pesticides law. These actions support ...
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Hyundai and Kia have agreed to pay $100m fine for exaggerating the gas mileage in 1.2 million vehicles. The ruling came from the US justice department which stated that the vehicles could emit approximately 4.75 million tons of greenhouse ...
In the year 1920 in China, women still bound their breasts and those who wore low-cut clothing revealing even the slightest bit of skin risked being arrested by outraged authorities. But only seven years later, the Chinese government ...
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US-based global food marketing and distribution company Sysco has agreed to pay a settlement of US$19.4 million with the State of California, for claims related to the Company’s use of drop sites in California. The $19.4 million ...
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Brazil Fast Food Corp, one of the largest food service groups in Brazil with 1,235 points of sale, operating under (i) the Bob's brand, (ii) the Yoggi brand, (iii) KFC and Pizza Hut São Paulo as franchisee of Yum! Brands, and (iv) ...
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(Seattle—July 22, 2014) Columbia Sportswear Company has reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for distributing mislabeled clothing containing insect repellent and violating federal insecticide laws. ...
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Local news reported Tuesday that the Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality fined Severstal North America’s Columbus steel mill $135,000 due to the company's pollution control monitors not functioning properly after the plant ...
Tags: Severstal Columbus Fined, Malfunction, Pollution Control Monitors
The US Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Monday that Lorain, Ohio-based Republic Steel has agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine and "settle alleged health and safety violations" at four of its ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Hannam Mart and NJ Hannam Chain Inc. for selling insecticides and anti-bacterial cleaning products at the Hannam Mart retail store in Fort Lee, New Jersey that were not registered and ...
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