BOSTON – A former employee of the City of Worcester’s Housing Development Office and Executive Office of Economic Development was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for her role …
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Driver Who Led Officers on High-Speed Chase Charged with Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. – A man who led police officers on a high-speed chase in a stolen car driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 was charged in federal court …
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Honduran Man Charged with Illegally Using Social Security Number to Obtain Louisiana Identification Card
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that HENRY EDGARDO ORTIZ, age 42, a native of Honduras, was charged on March 25, 2022 in a one-count …
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Felon Indicted for Federal Firearms Offenses
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEW ORLEANS, LA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAVID COULTER, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on March 25, 2022 by a federal grand …
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Rockford Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressROCKFORD — A Rockford man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for illegally possessing loaded handguns. JAMES PETERSON, 41, last year illegally possessed a .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun and a .45-caliber handgun. …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK -A federal judge on Monday dismissed long-running litigation accusing seven U.S. stock exchanges of defrauding ordinary investors by quietly allowing high-frequency traders to trade faster …
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Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Unregistered Destructive Devices During Portland Protests
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPORTLAND, Ore.—An Indiana man pleaded guilty today in federal court after repeatedly and intentionally jeopardizing the lives of police officers, destroying public property, and encouraging others to commit violence during …
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Exclusive-Paraguay central bank chief says 2022 inflation seen at 6%, top of tolerance range
by Reutersby ReutersBy Daniela Desantis ASUNCION – Paraguay will end 2022 with inflation close to 6%, the country’s central bank head told Reuters on Monday, right at the ceiling of the entity’s …
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WASHINGTON – The powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a brief on Monday, urging a D.C. appeals court to reject an appeal by a big group of U.S. states to …
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(Reuters) -The holding company of U.S. insurer American International Group Inc’s life and retirement business, SAFG Retirement Services Inc, filed for an initial public offering in the United States on …
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Ex-Goldman banker’s wife testifies in husband’s defense at 1MDB trial
by Reutersby ReutersBy Luc Cohen NEW YORK – The wife of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng on Monday testified in her husband’s defense at a U.S. trial over the looting of …
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By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK -U.S. corporate stock buybacks are being targeted in U.S. President Joe Biden’s 2023 budget plan announced on Monday, which seeks to discourage corporations from using …
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RIYADH – Saudi budget airline flynas is in negotiations with both Boeing and its current supplier Airbus to buy aircraft worth $13 billion to $15 billion, Chief Executive Bander al-Mohanna …
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La Crosse Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Trafficking Cocaine
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Antjuano Green, 40, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced on Friday, March 25, by …
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York Woman Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressHARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Melinda Bixler, age 49, of York, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty before Judge …
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Hardy County man sentenced for drug charge
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Matthew Curtis Delawder, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 80 months of incarceration for a methamphetamine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Delawder, …
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Upshur County man sentenced for carjacking and firearms charges
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Chad C. Newcome, of Rock Cave, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 125 months of incarceration for carjacking and firearms charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld …
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Four years after ‘Volmageddon’, new volatility ETFs to hit market
by Reutersby Reuters(Corrects paragraph 9 to make clear investor did not own XIV shares) By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – Two new funds that let investors place bets on stock market …
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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA -Canada has picked Lockheed Martin Corp as the preferred bidder to supply 88 new fighter jets, Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi said Monday, in a clear sign …
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By Iain Withers and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed LONDON/NEW YORK -British bank Barclays faces an estimated 450 million pound ($592 million) loss and regulatory scrutiny for exceeding a U.S. limit on …
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Huawei ‘more united’ in face of U.S. pressure, says repatriated CFO
by Reutersby ReutersBy Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI – U.S. pressure on Huawei Technologies has served to strengthen the resolve of the Chinese telecoms giant, finance chief Meng Wanzhou said on Monday after its …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it charged seven California residents for allegedly generating more than $1 million in profits via insider trading ahead of …
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U.S. consumer watchdog takes aim at repeat corporate wrongdoing
by Reutersby ReutersBy Chris Prentice WASHINGTON – The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to establish “dedicated units” within its enforcement and supervision divisions to better detect repeat corporate offenders, the …
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Dollar hits 6-year high vs yen as BOJ moves against rising bond yields
by Reutersby ReutersBy John McCrank NEW YORK -The dollar hit a six-year high versus the yen after the Bank of Japan moved to contain rising bond yields, while U.S. Treasury yields soared …
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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK -Oil prices tumbled about 7% on Monday after China’s financial hub of Shanghai launched a lockdown to curb a surge in COVID-19 infections, prompting renewed …