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Record fine for nuisance calls firm
2015-09-30 01:01:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A firm has been handed a record fine for nuisance calls after making more than six million automated calls in a solar panel marketing campaign.
Safety regulators fine Chrysler record $105 million
2015-07-27 21:34:21| Automakers - Topix.net
The U.S. auto safety watchdog, toughening its stance against manufacturer defects, announced a record $105 million in fines against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV over lapses in safety recalls involving millions of vehicles. The Italian-U.S. automaker's consent agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contains an unprecedented buyback option covering hundreds of thousands of vehicles, including more than 1 million Jeep sport utility vehicles, whose owners can receive a trade-in or a financial incentive to get their vehicles repaired.
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California irrigator faces record $1.5 million fine for drought violation
2015-07-21 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: State regulators on Monday proposed a record $1.5 million fine against a northern California irrigation district accused of defying emergency drought restrictions by continuing to draw surface water placed off-limits for such diversions. The penalty, if approved by the state Water Resources Control Board, would be largest ever levied against a water user for an alleged unauthorized diversion during a drought, agency officials said. It also marks the first such enforcement action facing any of California's...
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PG&E record fine
2015-04-10 20:26:05| Energy - Topix.net
State regulators slapped PG&E with a record-setting $1.6 billion penalty Thursday for causing the fatal gas-pipeline explosion in San Bruno more than four years ago, after a hearing marked by emotional statements from victims of the blast and sharp words about continued flaws in the utility's safety record. "PG&E is safer.
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Qualcomm's $975m record China fine
2015-02-10 01:54:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US chipmaker Qualcomm will pay $975m (640m) to Chinese authorities to end a 14 month anti-trust investigation into its patent licensing practices.
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