Channel NewsAsia
| 11 months ago
Guitar-maker Gibson has agreed to pay $350,000 to avoid US prosecution over allegations it illegally imported endangered wood from India and Madagascar, according to US officials. "Gibson has acknowledged that it failed to act on information that the...
BBC
| 11 months ago
PwC Economic Outlook finds NI lost 11,000 jobs in two years BBC NI Business Correspondent The construction sector has been badly affected by job losses Almost 11,000 jobs have been lost in the private sector in Northern Ireland in the past two years,...
BBC
| 11 months ago
Thirty-three police officers have been suspended from duty over the past year in Northern Ireland. The suspensions followed a series of allegations including assault, a sexual offence, death threats, being drunk in charge of a loaded firearm and...
Los Angeles Times
| 11 months ago
Gibson Guitar agreed Monday to pay more than $300,000 in penalties to avoid federal prosecution over charges that it illegally imported rare wood from Africa and Asia, ending a protracted fight with federal law enforcement that conservatives and...
Nashville Scene
| 11 months ago
Department of Justice settled its case against the Nashville-based six-string manufacturer which the government alleged illegally imported rosewood and ebony from India and Madagascar, a violation of The Lacey Act of 1900. Gibson, which acknowledged...
Merced Sun-Star
| 11 months ago
Storied manufacturer Gibson Guitar Corp. will pay $350,000 and improve its import controls in exchange for the government deferring prosecution of environmental crimes, the Department of Justice announced Monday. The case involved allegations that...
Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 11 months ago
Musician Gary Barlow and his wife Dawn say their daughter was stillborn, and are asking for privacy. The ride probably shaved a few weeks off Mary Carillo's life, but the look of sheer terror on her face as James Bond's Aston Martin briefly went...
United Press International
| 11 months ago
Gibson Guitar Corp. reached agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to pay $350,000 to resolve an investigation over wood imports. The case was brought under the Lacey Act, which covers the use of wood and other plant products, among other things.
