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• Vonage Settles Patent Suit With Sprint

  Published: October 8, 2007, 11:20 am

  Tags: Vonage, Settles, Patent, Suit, Sprint

  NEW YORK -- Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. took a step back from the brink Monday, saying it has settled for $80 million a patent suit filed by Sprint Nextel Corp.

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• BP Settles Cases for $373 Million

  Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Settles, Cases, For, 373, Million, Bp Plc, Alaska, Texas, Granta Nakayama, Peter Keisler, Robert Malone, United States, U S Postal Service, Chicago, Europe, London, North America, Prudhoe Bay, Texas City, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, National Fish Wildlife Founda

  Global energy giant BP agreed yesterday to pay $373 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it overcharged U.S. propane consumers by millions of dollars and ignored warnings before an oil spill in Alaska and a deadly explosion in Texas.

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• Cairo tries to escape life under a black cloud

  Published: November 5, 2007, 1:44 pm

  Tags: Cairo, Environment, Escape, Health, Limit, Nile, Settles, Times, Tries

  "CAIRO (AFP) - Ranked one of the most polluted cities in the world, Cairo is once again under the shadow of a highly toxic black cloud which mysteriously read more

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• Yahoo Settles With Chinese Families

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Yahoo, Settles, With, Chinese, Families, Yahoo Inc, United States, Jerry Yang, China, Chris Smith, Harry Wu, Michael J Callahan, Shi Tao, Cisco Systems Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft Corporation, Asia, Morton H Sklar, Sophie Richardson, Tiananmen Square, Wang Xiaoning, Human Righ

  Yahoo settled yesterday with the families of two Chinese dissidents imprisoned after the company helped identify them to the Chinese government. The terms of the settlement are not being disclosed and Yahoo is not admitting fault, an attorney for the families said.

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• Deloitte Settles in Key Case Over Faulty Audit

  Published: December 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Deloitte, Settles, Key, Case, Over, Faulty, Audit, James L Fazio, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Christopher M Cutler, Enron Corporation, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc, Mci Inc, Bert Deixler, Mark W Olson, U S Securities And Exchange Commission

  Accounting firm Deloitte & Touche agreed yesterday to pay $1 million to resolve charges over faulty work for a pharmaceutical company in the first major disciplinary case filed by the board that oversees the audit industry.

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• After the Dust Settles!

  Published: December 21, 2007, 3:39 am

  Tags: After The Dust Settles, The Late Bishop G E Patterson, Bishop G E Patterson

  The Late Bishop G. E. Patterson preaches After the Dust Settles!

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• Maker of Tainted Dog Food Settles

  Published: January 5, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Maker, Tainted, Dog, Food, Settles, Diamond Pet Foods Inc, South Carolina, Tennessee, Jeffrey Thompson, Jim Andrews, Knoxville, China, Food And Drug Administration, New York

  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 yesterday.

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• Maker of Tainted Dog Food Settles

  Published: January 5, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Maker, Tainted, Dog, Food, Settles, Diamond Pet Foods Inc, South Carolina, Tennessee, Jeffrey Thompson, Jim Andrews, Knoxville, China, Food And Drug Administration, New York

  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 yesterday.

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• Sears Settles Suit by Agreeing to Install Safety Brackets on Stoves

  Published: February 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sears, Settles, Suit, Agreeing, Install, Safety, Brackets, Stoves, Sears Holding Corporation, Illinois

  Sears will install safety brackets on its stoves in millions of households or offer gift cards in settling an Illinois class-action lawsuit over the appliances' supposed propensity to topple.

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• Fidelity Settles After Employees Accepted Gifts

  Published: March 6, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Fidelity, Settles, After, Employees, Accepted, Gifts, Fidelity Investments, Peter Lynch, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Boston, Scott E Desano, Ryder Cup Ltd, John S Martin Jr, Miami, Sandy Bailey, Thomas H Bruderman, Bermuda, Financial Industry Regulatory Author

  Mutual fund manager Fidelity Investments yesterday settled allegations that more than a dozen of its current and former employees, including star executive Peter Lynch, accepted such perks as sports tickets, tropical vacations and a $160,000 bachelor party from brokers seeking to win business.

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• AT&T Settles Class Action Suit, Will Rebate Hidden Content Charges

  Published: June 6, 2008, 11:38 am

  Tags: Att Settles Class Action Suit, Will Rebate Hidden Content Charges

  Settles Class Action Suit, Will Rebate Hidden Content ChargesThe suit centers over the fact that when customers sign up for a ringtone or other piece of third party content by responding to a web ad or text message, the ensuing charges are sometimes hidden or confusing & are often recurring, which the customer might not be aware of.

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• U.S. Settles With Scientist Named in Anthrax Cases

  Published: June 28, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Settles, With, Scientist, Named, Anthrax, Cases, Steven Hatfill, U S Department Of Justice, Toni Locy, John Ashcroft, Washington Dc, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Allan Lengel, Rush Holt, The Washington Post Company, U S Court Of Appeals, Usa Today, Abbe Serphos

  The Justice Department agreed yesterday to pay biological-weapons expert Steven J. Hatfill a settlement valued at $5.85 million to drop a lawsuit he filed after then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft named him a "person of interest" in the investigation of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks.

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