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The Associated Press is calling the Justice Department's secret monitoring of its phone calls a "massive and unprecedented intrusion," reports CNBC's Eamon Javers.
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*Ranbaxy says money set aside sufficient to cover costs. May 13- Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd pleaded guilty on Monday to felony charges related to drug safety and will pay $500 million in civil and criminal fines under the settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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The cell hacked into credit card processors to steal MasterCard debit card data, which it used to make about 36,000 transactions over 10 hours, the Justice Department said.
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The European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice are also conducting antitrust investigations into the banks and Markit relating to anticompetitive behavior in CDS.
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The European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice are also conducting antitrust investigations into the banks and Markit relating to anticompetitive behavior in CDS.
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WASHINGTON, May 1- Compassionate release programs at overcrowded U.S. federal prisons are poorly run and lack clear standards, resulting in some eligible inmates dying before they can be freed, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, May 1- A third executive of the U.S. arm of French power and transport engineering company Alstom. William Pomponi, a former vice president of sales for the U.S. company, was charged in federal court in Connecticut late on Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department said.
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CNBC's Andrea Day reports that Novartis is accused of wining and dining doctors in places like Hooters. Meanwhile countries across Europe are cutting corporate rates. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, (R-UT), says U.S. companies would bring back profits if rates were lower.
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Rob Sands, President & CEO of Constellation Brands talks with CNBC's David Faber, about the company's settlement with regulators, allowing it to move forward in its purchase of Grupo Modelo; a move that will transform the wine seller to a beer giant.
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-Standard& Poor's asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss a U.S. Justice Department civil suit against the rating agency, arguing the government's case is based on vague statements that cannot be used to prove fraud.
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BOSTON, April 22- Federal prosecutors charged the surviving man suspected of bombing the finish of last week's Boston Marathon with one count of using a weapon of mass destruction and one count of malicious destruction of property resulting in death, the Justice Department said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, April 12- Smaller wireless carriers should be able to get a fair share of spectrum in the forthcoming U.S. auction to ensure the market is competitive, the Justice Department told the Federal Communications Commission in a filing made public on Friday.
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WASHINGTON, April 12- Smaller wireless carriers should be able to get a fair share of spectrum in the forthcoming U.S. auction to ensure the market is competitive, the Justice Department told the Federal Communications Commission in a filing made public on Friday.
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There's a positive development in the Justice Department's case against Constellation Brands, reports CNBC's Kate Kelly.
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*Justice Department alerts victims to possible resentencing. WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK, April 4- Jeffrey Skilling, the former Enron Corp chief executive serving a 24- year prison term over the energy company's spectacular collapse, may get a chance to leave prison early.
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Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen is leading a coalition of attorneys general that brought state cases against the McGraw Hill Cos Inc unit in February. Those cases were announced the same day that the Justice Department said it was seeking $5 billion in its own civil lawsuit against S&P.
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WASHINGTON, March 29- The U.S. Department of Justice opposed Standard& Poor's efforts to move a spate of lawsuits charging the ratings agency with fraud to federal from state courts. But the Department of Justice, in a filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut on Friday, said there was no basis in law to move the cases to the higher-level.
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The Department of Justice is in advanced stages on an investigation into JPMorgan's London "Whale" trades, reports CNBC's Kate Kelly.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 18- A former chief executive of Calpers, the largest U.S. public pension fund, was indicted on federal conspiracy charges in connection with a scheme to commit fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday.
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March 4- The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking additional details of AMR Corp and US Airways Group Inc's proposed $11 billion merger which aims to create the world's largest airline.