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Join the Kentucky Human Rights Commission at the State Capitol this week
Victoria Stephens502-641-0760
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SEC Charges Smith and Nephew PLC with Foreign Bribery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE2012-25Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged London-based medical device company Smith & Nephew PLC with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when its U.S. and German subsidiaries bribed public doctors in Greece for more than a decade to win business.Additional MaterialsSEC ComplaintSmith & Nephew PLC and its U.S. subsidiary Smith & Nephew Inc. agreed to pay more than $22 million in agreements with ...
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Message-- Blocking Property of the Government of Iran and Iranian Financial Institutions
Release Time: For Immediate Release TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the "order") that takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995.In Executive Order 12957, the President found that the actions and policies of the Government of Iran threaten the national ...
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Executive Order -- Blocking Property of the Government of Iran and Iranian Financial Institutions
Release Time: For Immediate Release EXECUTIVE ORDER- - - - - - -BLOCKING PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRANAND IRANIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law ...
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First Lady &Dr. Biden Announce ?Joining ForcesCommunity Challenge"finalists from across the country
Release Time: For Immediate Release From more than 300 submissions, 20 finalists recognized for displaying exemplary support to military families and veteransChallenge winners to be announced this Spring, based on input from Tom Brokaw, J.R. Martinez, Sloan D. Gibson, Mayor Julian Castro and Deanie DempseyPublic encouraged to vote for the “The People’s Choice Winner” athttp://joiningforces.challenge.gov/WASHINGTON—First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden ...
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Remarks by the First Lady ata DNC Event -- Los Angeles, CA
Release Time: For Immediate Release Location: Private Residence, Los Angeles, California 1:18 P.M. PST        MRS. OBAMA:  All right!  (Applause.)  All right, this is some good stuff.  This really is.  (Applause.)  Wow.  Thank you all so much.  Please, rest yourselves, because you obviously have been working hard already.  (Laughter.)        Wow, the power ...
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FTC Issues The FY 2011 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book; Nearly 210 Million PhoneNumbers on Do Not Call List
The Federal Trade Commission today issued the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011. The FTC's National Do Not Call Registry provides consumers with an easy way to stop unwanted telemarketing calls.
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WEEKLY ADDRESS: It?s Time for Congress to Act to Help Responsible Homeowners
Release Time: For Immediate Release WASHINGTON, DC—In this week’s address, President Obama continued his call for a return to American values, including fairness and equality, as part of his blueprint for an economy built to last.  This is why the President is sending Congress his plan to give responsible homeowners the chance to save thousands of dollars on their mortgages by refinancing at historically low rates without adding a cent to the deficit.  The ...
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U.S., Canadaand Mexico Officials Reaffirm Antitrust Ties
The heads of the antitrust agencies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico – Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Acting Assistant Attorney General Sharis A. Pozen of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, Canadian Commissioner of Competition Melanie Aitken, and President Eduardo Perez Motta of the Mexican Federal Competition Commission – met today to reaffirm their commitment to effective enforcement cooperation.
Source: FTC

SEC Charges Former Credit Suisse Investment Bankersin Subprime Bond Pricing Scheme During Credit Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE2012-23Washington, D.C., Feb 1, 2012 ? The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged four former veteran investment bankers and traders at Credit Suisse Group for engaging in a complex scheme to fraudulently overstate the prices of $3 billion in subprime bonds during the height of the subprime credit crisis.The SEC alleges that Credit Suisse?s former global head of structured credit trading Kareem Serageldin and former head of hedge trading David Higgs along with two ...
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