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West Texas manufacturer sued by founder for fraud

2014-11-26 04:26:02| Appliances - Topix.net

El Paso entrepreneur Jerry Rubin has accused the hair-care consumer products company he founded 45 years ago and its board of fraudulently and deceitfully forcing him out as chief executive. In a 22-page lawsuit filed in Dallas, Rubin claimed El Paso-based Helen of Troy Ltd. made and then broke promises about his employment that cost him his job earlier this year.

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JJB Sports boss guilty of 1m fraud

2014-11-20 23:27:41| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The former chief executive of JJB Sports, Christopher Ronnie, is convicted of accepting more than 1m in backhanders from suppliers.

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Arizona sues General Motors for fraud over recalls

2014-11-20 23:08:23| Automakers - Topix.net

Arizona's attorney general, Thomas Horne , has sued General Motors over the carmaker's string of recalls, saying customers in that state had been defrauded to the tune of $3 billion. New York Times explained that the move splits Arizona from 47 other state attorneys general that had been cooperating on an investigation into GM's troubles addressing an ignition-switch defect in some of its cars.

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