Archive for

Chevron agrees to $30 million oil-for-food settlement

by bgetch.

Chevron Corp. today agreed to pay $30 million to settle charges over its alleged role in illegal payments to Iraq related to oil purchaes made in 2001 and 2002 through the United Nation’s oil-for-food program, federal regulators said.

Posted in Companies Tracked | Print | No Comments »

More Yahoo! reactions…

by bgetch.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2007/11/06/yahoo-berated-at-house-hearing/trackback/

Posted in Companies Tracked | Print | No Comments »

Yahoo-China II: Boomerang

by bgetch.

NGOs like Reporters without Borders will no doubt see the opportunity to repackage the wave of 2006 news and protests about Yahoo! and their censorship role in China.  Yahoo! was considered the worst offender, according to some reports. 

Microsoft, Yahoo! and others attempted to get the government to intervene on their behalf  but were dismissed by Rep. Lantos.  Lantos is the same Congressional member who stung Yahoo! with his "moral pygmies" quote.

Posted in Companies Tracked | Print | No Comments »

|