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Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter Campaign Hits $1 Million
Double Fine's Kickstarter campaign for the "Double Fine Adventure" game project has surpassed $1 million. Originally they were asking for $500,000 in funding but within eight hours of launching the appeal they had raked in well over $800,000 for a point-and-click adventure game and a documentary to be filmed by 2 Player Productions...

Boeing Settles Whistleblower Suits
Boeing Co. has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that accused the company of overcharging the U.S. government. In the lawsuit, Edward Quintana alleged that the company manipulated billing statements for a U...

China Hits Couple With Record Fine For Second Child
Turtle Bay and Beyond: If you thought it was costly to have a child, consider how much one couple in China paid. For violating China?s one-child policy by having a second child, the parents were fined 1...

Boeing Sees $150 Million Expense for Health-Care Law (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. , the world?s second- largest commercial-plane maker, plans to record a $150 million charge in the first quarter because of a new law reshaping the U...

Redacted GAO Decision on Boeing Protest
Further to the June 18, 2008 post, GAO Sustains Boeing Bid Protest of Massive Air Force Contract, the United States Government Accountability Office has released the full, redacted, decision on the Boeing protest, which can be found here...

Boeing Strike To End
The eight-week Boeing strike is coming to an end (see here for a past post). Machinists members ratified a proposed CBA with Boeing by almost 75% and, as a result, are expected to go back to work on Sunday...

Petroleum Storage
Hess Corp. to pay $1.1 million fine.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Goldman Sachs Agrees $550 Million Civil Suit Settlement
$550 Million Fine Against Goldman Sachs

Daniel V. Leccese Sr.
$250,000 fine for felony mail fraud.

J.M. Brennan Inc. and Rexnord Corp.
$45,600 fine in propane leak explosion suit.

Health Plan Boycott
Connecticut chiropractic groups to pay $87,000 fine in civil suit.