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...companies one by one with overcharging customers for gasoline, heating oil and other products. Last week the DOE hit its biggest target to date. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, one of the nation's largest gasoline retailers under the trade name of Amoco, signed a sweeping $690 million consent decree settling all alleged sale-price violations since...
...Students wishing to be excused from prayer do not need written consent from parents...
...past behavior of RKO's parent, General Tire & Rubber Co., determined the decision. Ten years ago, General Tire signed a consent decree with the Justice Department, which charged it with forcing buyers of its tires to advertise them on RKO stations. Four years ago, General Tire disclosed that it made illegal political campaign contributions and foreign payoffs and agreed to pay fines of $200,000 after signing a consent decree with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The FCC complaint emphasized that "RKO was effectively controlled by General Tire and hence General Tire's wrongdoing had a direct bearing...
...David Mugar tried to gain control of the broadcaster's Boston TV station and hired a former Watergate attorney, Terry Lenzner, and Washington Post Reporter Scott Armstrong to investigate General Tire. The team uncovered evidence of a number of unsavory practices, which led to the SEC's consent decree...
...suggested phasing out the dollar bill, which would save taxpayers $50 million a year in production costs because coins are more durable than paper currency, but Congressmen balked. More than 60 have co-sponsored legislation to make sure that dollar bills are not taken out of circulation without congressional consent. The Susan B. is still a wallflower, and the time may come when this buck will no longer be passed...