The iPhone owners pay the alleged overcharge directly to Apple.
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He might have been overcharge in order to squeeze him.
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"I will not overcharge for the urine test," she promised.
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The amount these contracts overcharge is called the FX basis.
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The Donaldsons deducted the overcharge amount from their monthly rent payments.
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Explain that the charge is illegal, as it constitutes a rent overcharge.
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She wasn't condescending, didn't overcharge and didn't treat female clients differently from males.
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Taylor responded by filing a rent overcharge complaint with the state, records show.
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They don't overcharge their customers, and in many ways they're good corporate citizens.
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A few executives are indeed paid too much, and consultancies sometimes overcharge, they say.
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A bad cable can over-volt or potentially overcharge a battery, eventually damaging it.
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After 85033 minutes of frustration, she said she eventually got an $8 overcharge removed.
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That enables these dealers to lie about prices, overcharge clients and skim off the top.
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When bills are submitted, helicopter companies inflate prices for rescues and hospitals overcharge for services.
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We're obsessed with money: Overcharge the taxpayers for official use of stationery and you risk assassination.
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The payments made by the companies "exceeds the amount of the individual overcharge," the department said.
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Yes, the company was indeed a leader in exploiting fear to overcharge suffering patients and taxpayers.
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Two of the biggest concerns are that mechanics will recommend unnecessary services and overcharge for their work.
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Taxi drivers may pretend the meter is broken, or do a few extra laps to overcharge travelers.
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They collaborated with Petrobras workers to systematically overcharge the company, then kept the excess profits for themselves.
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Construction executives worked together to overcharge Petrobras for work and used the excess funds to bribe politicians.
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"With 97% profit margins, it's no secret that traditional ISPs overcharge and underdeliver," said Bender, in a statement.
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We are building intelligence and analytics to optimize spending with real time overcharge alerts and auto- detect duplications.
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"I think it's irritating when you go to a hotel and they overcharge for certain things," Kjellgren said.
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These weren't the affluent Twitter or Google bros I'd hoped for, the ones you actually wanted to overcharge.
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Basically, construction executives secretly created a cartel to coordinate bids on Petrobras contracts and systematically overcharge the company.
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An earlier version of this article mischaracterized the extent of an overcharge to credit card accounts by Citigroup.
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Larger sums might take longer, but I have never had any bank ultimately decline a currency overcharge claim.
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Another option: Pay the fee and take the landlord to small claims court to recoup the overcharge later.
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Co-president Blake Nordstrom said the company has taken steps to ensure it doesn't overcharge customers in the future.
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Apple said the consumers were indirect purchasers, at best, because any overcharge would be passed on to them by developers.
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Once there, he would overcharge for "fuel, tugboats, barges, food, water, and sewage removal," the Washington Post reported last year.
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Just as powerful firms may use their clout to overcharge customers, they can also manipulate markets to pay lower wages.
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High-quality rechargeable battery chargers don't overcharge your batteries, extend the life of the cells, and are easy to use.
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We must not hand this gift to a French drug company without making it pledge not to overcharge American consumers.
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Drivers may be tempted to overcharge, the authors believe, because members of the higher-fare sex are less likely to complain.
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Apple has said the consumers were indirect purchasers, at best, because any overcharge would be passed on to them by developers.
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Government leaders dismiss such criticism as an effort by opposition leaders to protect smugglers and unscrupulous businesses that overcharge for goods.
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The White House is alleging that brokers often overcharge investors by placing them in investments where they can collect hefty commissions.
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Once our reservation is made, we protect ourselves against future fare increases and airlines are denied the opportunity to overcharge us.
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"One hospital reported to us that this would amount to an overcharge of more than $100,000 in the last year," Barrett wrote.
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Many of them overcharge customers and give the business a bad name, said Mr. Zuman, who drives a pedicab in Midtown Manhattan.
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The overcharge gained so much international reaction that the mayor had to intervene, and the restaurant was later fined 14,000 euros ($17,500).
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Another theory holds that restaurants dramatically overcharge for things like coffee and wine because these complement the ambience, which is nominally free.
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In part because awful, predatory scientific publishers massively overcharge for access to scientific papers, often even when they're funded by public money.
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A recent study showed that NFIP rates randomly overcharge about 22019 percent of policyholders and randomly undercharge the remaining roughly 50 percent.
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Ironically, it was accused of doing so by allegedly misrepresenting their product as a generic drug, apparently allowing them to overcharge for it.
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Plus, the Extreme Boost offers surge, overcharge, and overcurrent protection, preventing your devices from getting overloaded or wearing down with too many charges.
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That's partially why Seventh Fleet ships kept returning to his ports, and why he was able to overcharge so much for his services.
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Plus, many prisons overcharge for simple items (the jar of peanut butter cost $2.50, significantly more than the average cost at the time).
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It operates on a mission of "Radical Transparency," whereby it partners with ethical factories and doesn't overcharge you for its high-quality basics.
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I am talking about digital pickpockets: hotels, restaurants and shops that systematically overcharge foreigners who use credit and debit cards in their establishments.
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The industrywide investigation began in 2014 after complaints of foreign auto brands abusing their control over supplies of spare parts to overcharge consumers.
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So protect your batteries, keep them out of the heat, and make sure you don't overcharge them or use the wrong cable or powerbrick.
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It said the developers are the injured party in the matter, and plaintiffs are only injured if the developers choose to pass on the overcharge.
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That 1977 ruling limited damages for anti-competitive conduct to those directly overcharged rather than indirect victims who paid an overcharge passed on by others.
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It apparently won't license these patents directly to competing modem suppliers, therefore allowing it to overcharge phone makers by threatening their access to modems altogether.
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Allowing oligopolies to form, as America has, creates big companies that overcharge their customers and, sooner or later, exert more effort controlling markets than innovating.
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AT&T, America's once-mighty telecoms firm, used its dominant position in the operation of local phone networks to overcharge consumers for service and handsets.
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That 1977 precedent limited damages for anti-competitive conduct to those directly overcharged rather than indirect victims who paid an overcharge passed on by others.
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And when your device is done charging, the whole charging pad shuts off rather than overcharge (and burn up) both its battery and your phone's.
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Heinous crimes such as homicide even have gotten the "kid gloves" treatment because Krasner believes that we should not "overcharge" felons, even those who kill.
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With the advent of ride-sharing services like Uber, consumers have seen firsthand the overcharge and lack of quality that comes with government-created monopolies.
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New York Attorney General Tish James on Tuesday said the state won't countenance merchants exploiting coronavirus fears to overcharge for hand sanitizers and disinfectant sprays.
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The rule allows the government to punish drug companies that "knowingly and intentionally" overcharge customers with fines up to $5,000 for each instance of overcharging.
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To thwart competition, some drug makers simply refuse to sell the needed samples to their potential competitors, or overcharge for them, or slow-walk delivery.
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But even with insurance, she's become an expert at negotiating prices for services and getting her bills reduced whenever she senses an error or overcharge.
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They coordinated with Petrobras workers to systematically overcharge the company, then sent some of the profits to these workers as well as to some politicians.
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Ticketmaster, a case that affected around 50 million people who bought tickets and paid high overcharge fees from October 1999 to February 2013, according to Gawker.
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The government said it would now consult on handing the CMA new powers to fine firms that overcharge or mislead customers without first going to court.
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The House is expected to vote next week on a bill to crack down on drug companies that overcharge the government, according to two House aides.
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But amazingly, a host from CNBC acknowledged that while it might be immoral to overcharge during a crisis, he still wondered if the law should be enforced.
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This is due to pre-deployment barriers, in which local government and public utility officials overcharge for "rights of way" or "pole attachment fees" in certain regions.
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In that case, the court limited damages for anti-competitive conduct to those directly overcharged rather than indirect victims who paid an overcharge passed on by others.
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And in October, the company agreed to pay the US government $465 million after it was accused of falsely classifying the EpiPen to overcharge the Medicaid system.
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In cases of natural monopoly, in transport and telecommunications, nationalisation is an alternative to allowing a dominant firm to use its market power to overcharge for subpar service.
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The social network admitted to a bug in the most recent update to its Android app that caused it to overcharge advertisers throughout much of the past month.
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Because of a glitch in FedLoan's system, the company overcharged thousands of borrowers and hasn't refunded their money or even notified them of the overcharge, the suit claims.
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Odebrecht SA was accused of colluding to overcharge state firms for contracts, then using part of that to channel donations and bribes into Brazil's former ruling Workers Party.
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While property rights, rule of law, and free markets are key factors for economic growth and human flourishing, monopolies overcharge consumers and retard economic growth by misallocating resources.
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It essentially suggests that one provision, to eliminate an Obamacare insurance regulation, would foster profiteering by insurance companies, by encouraging them to overcharge the government for certain plans.
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It also features intelligent recognition and overcharge protection, which is a fancy way of saying it gives your devices the right amount of power as quickly as possible.
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Upfront prices, however, still overcharge customers if the time or distance are substantially different than previously estimated, allowing Uber to improve its margins on more rides than not.
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Prosecutors in Brazil allege Odebrecht and rivals colluded to overcharge state firms for contracts, then used part of the extra proceeds to bribe politicians in Brazil and abroad.
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"I will not overcharge for the urine test but I will not be low-balled either do not contact me if you are going to be difficult," she warned.
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They could lowball you on the sale and overcharge you for an apartment that isn't exactly what you want, all because you're stuck in the framework of a trade.
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It comes armed with smart IC technology to ensure that the correct current is being transferred to your device, as well as overcharge protection to protect your gadgets from damage.
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"We had to intervene because, given that only a few people understand how to handle the equipment, they were likely going to take advantage and overcharge their clients," he said.
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In the agreement announced by Schneiderman's office on Thursday, Citigroup agreed to pay a $1 million penalty and to report overcharge issues to the office for the next three years.
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Per CNET, the suit alleges that Qualcomm took advantage of a non-competitive marketplace to overcharge Apple and other smartphone makers for use of its chips, technology, and intellectual property.
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It also comes with two USB-A ports with QC 3.0 quick charging technology, as well as overcharge, discharge, current, temperature, and short circuit protection to keep your devices safe.
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In the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) order, the agency finds that State Street's scheme to overcharge transition management customers generated approximately $20 million in improper revenue for the firm.
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You could also report the violation to the New York State Attorney General's office or your state legislator, in the hopes of getting the law enforced, or your overcharge refunded.
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The following month, Fieldbridge offered to reduce the legal rent back to a preferential rate of $1,675 — if Taylor dropped the overcharge case and paid more than $6,63 in arrears.
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The opportunity for this generation to buy a first home has been thwarted by sluggish income growth in the job market often made worse by the overcharge of student loan debt.
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The proposals would maintain rules requiring such internal transfers to be at market prices for routine transactions so companies do not undercharge or overcharge in order to cut their tax bills.
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It claims Mylan engaged in a scheme with pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs - companies that act as intermediaries between pharmacies, insurers and drug companies - to dominate the market and overcharge consumers.
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He said he would not overcharge defendants, would not ask for cash bail or bond, would turn over evidence earlier to defense attorneys and would establish a wrongful conviction integrity unit.
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Apple has seized upon a 1977 Supreme Court ruling that limited damages for anti-competitive conduct to those directly overcharged instead of indirect victims who paid an overcharge passed on by others.
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Odebrecht was accused of colluding to overcharge Petróleo Brasileiro SA and other state-controlled firms for contracts, then using part of proceeds from the scheme for donations and bribes to political parties.
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Brazil's largest-ever corruption investigation has unveiled a scheme in which local construction and engineering firms colluded to overcharge Petrobras for work and used the excess funds to bribe high-level officials.
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"Airlines should not overcharge captive passengers just because they need to change or cancel their flight, and my amendment will protect consumers from these sky-high fees," Markey said in a statement.
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ISPs like AT&T, Charter, CenturyLink, Comcast, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and Cox, meanwhile, have promised not to overcharge, charge late fees or terminate service, in an attempt to keep people connected.
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ObamaCare does the opposite for people in relatively good health, requiring insurers to overcharge them for a product they may not want or need, while discounting premiums for those in poorer health.
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Pricing restrictions — which essentially mandated that insurers overcharge younger customers relative to older ones — created the wrong incentives, and so too many older, sicker individuals joined, and younger, healthy people were discouraged.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's energy market is inefficient and gives the biggest players too much power to overcharge customers, Energy Secretary Greg Clark said on Tuesday as he set out plans to cap tariffs.
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The case hinges on a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited damages for anti-competitive conduct to those directly overcharged rather than indirect victims who paid an overcharge passed on by others.
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Whoever is running the CFPB in the days and years ahead, consumers deserve to know that our government will have our backs when companies overcharge us, withhold important information or ignore our complaints.
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Unfortunately, thanks to a convoluted, unreliable healthcare system riddled with opportunities for providers and insurers to overcharge patients and chalk it up to hapless "error" or "miscommunication," that is far from the case.
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Should the tax agency find that a violation occurred, the Trump Organization would have to refund any overcharge and the inaugural committee would be hit with a 25% tax on the money, Owens said.
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So if you pump power into the device and shut down the fans, then overcharge the circuits until they start to throw off sparks, you're going to have quite an explosion on your hands.
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A rule in the health law limits how much of their premiums insurers can keep for overhead and profits, which may hinder a monopoly insurer's ability to overcharge, even in the absence of competition.
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By relying on national averages to set rates instead of more detailed, property-specific information commonly used in the private sector, the NFIP tends to undercharge wealthy, coastal customers and overcharge lower-income homeowners.
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If you see an increase on your rent history that doesn't seem to add up, you can seek a rent abatement by filing an overcharge complaint with the Division of Housing and Community Renewal.
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Excessive school apparel Not only is your school bookstore going to overcharge you, but you're not going to need all that branded apparel right away, no matter how many games you anticipate going to.
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McLellan is one four ex-employees of the Boston-based bank who since 2016 have faced U.S. charges that they engaged in schemes to overcharge institutional clients, allowing State Street to earn millions of dollars.
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It's full of safety recommendations for general consumers (keep hoverboards away from flammable materials while charging, don't overcharge or charge it overnight, etc.) and information for manufacturers or distributors looking to get their product certified.
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LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Britain's Manchester Airport could be regulated to ensure it does not overcharge airlines on fees after its passenger numbers jumped by a third over a decade, giving it more market power.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and HHS' Office of Inspector General will conduct a "two-part study," expected to be completed by 2020, that will scrutinize how hospitals overcharge Medicare — a practice known as upcoding.
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The Florida employees allegedly called the police after the couple "refused to pay for a $1.50 overcharge on an orange juice that was listed at $1 on the menu," Intercept columnist Shaun King wrote on Facebook .
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According to our database, this very video could have very well been filmed near the Ontario Science Centre, which for foreigners is a place where they overcharge on slices of pizza and sell Lego Bionicle toys.
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Odebrecht is the largest of Brazil's major engineering firms accused of colluding to overcharge Petrobras for work and using the excess as bribes that were funneled to ruling coalition politicians and, in some cases, Rousseff's opponents.
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OSLO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Norway's Consumer Council will appeal against a court ruling which found that banking group DNB did not overcharge customers who invested in its funds, the watchdog said in a statement on Thursday.
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And I serve on the Aging Committee, making sure that seniors have secure retirement and don't get targeted by rip-off artists who will scam them out of their savings or overcharge them for prescription drugs.
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Amazon is taking a leading role among American companies in pushing for ways to bring down health costs, which are skyrocketing as insurers pass on the expenses associated with emergency room visits and providers that overcharge.
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And I serve on the Aging Committee, making sure that seniors have a secure retirement and don't get targeted by rip-off artists who will scam them out of their savings or overcharge them for prescription drugs.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled a plan on Tuesday to crack down on pharmaceutical companies which overcharge for prescription drugs, making her the latest 2020 White House candidate to seize on the issue.
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The drug companies use their extraordinary monopoly power, whether due to patents or FDA approvals on out-of-patent drugs, to overcharge Americans with markups that are sometimes hundreds of times the production cost of the medicines.
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Francis is already in jail in San Diego because he pleaded guilty in January 2015 to charges of bribery and fraud; his bribes and fraudulent invoices helped him overcharge the Navy for his services by around $35 million.
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Our city problems are those of overcharge and hyperabundance—the San Francisco problem, where so many rich young techies have crowded in to enjoy the city's street ballet that there's no room left for anyone else to dance.
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A former State Street Corp executive was sentenced on Wednesday to six months in prison for participating in a scheme to overcharge customers of the bank by applying secret commissions on billions of dollars' worth of securities trades.
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Their proposal also called for foreign companies to obtain I.R.S. approval for related-party transactions between the parent and subsidiary to ensure fair pricing so that the foreign parent did not overcharge the subsidiary to create more tax deductions.
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McLellan is one four former employees of the Boston-based bank who have since 2016 faced charges by the U.S. Justice Department that they engaged in schemes to overcharge institutional clients, allowing State Street to earn millions of dollars.
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"Typically, in residential, you're dealing with wives," she tells CNBC Make It. One man told her that when he installed rocks in women's yards, he'd overcharge them and have them pay for two tons, though he'd only use one.
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Dozens of executives from Brazil's largest engineering firms have been jailed for allegedly colluding to overcharge Petrobras, as the oil company is known, and using the proceeds to bribe Petrobras executives and politicians, mostly in President Dilma Rousseff's coalition.
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It's obviously a net good that ISPs are signing this pledge not to overcharge customers, but the detail about data caps is just one example of how all of this could be handled a little better by everyone involved.
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Qualcomm abused its position as a giant of the semiconductor industry to harm competition and overcharge cellphone makers, a federal judge has ruled, striking at the heart of the company's business and sending shock waves through the smartphone industry.
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If you cast your eye down the list of the 180 American signatories this week, many are in industries that are oligopolies, including credit cards, cable TV, drug retailing and airlines, which overcharge consumers and have abysmal reputations for customer service.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in New York rejected Sotheby's bid to dismiss a $380 million lawsuit where Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev accused the auction house of helping his longtime art dealer's scheme to overcharge him on dozens of masterworks.
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Thirty-one contractors, including Brazil's largest builders, have been banned from signing new contracts with state-run Petroleos Brasileiros (Petrobras) since late 2014 due to accusations they colluded to overcharge the oil company and used the extra funds to bribe politicians.
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Amex must be allowed to overcharge merchants, says the court, so that it can give consumers incentives, like cash-back awards and airline miles, or else it would not be able to attract enough consumers to make itself attractive to merchants.
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Brazil's largest-ever corruption investigation has uncovered a massive graft scheme in which local construction and engineering firms colluded to overcharge Petrobras for work and used the excess funds to bribe executives and provide kickbacks to politicians in Rousseff's governing coalition.
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Spaces such as Human Resources, Pehrspace, Gal Palace, and Pieter are inclusive and offer a necessary laboratory type venue for artistic expression outside of more formalized venues like art galleries, museums, and music venues that overcharge for drinks and aren't all ages.
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NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) - A federal judge in New York rejected Sotheby's bid to dismiss a $380 million lawsuit where Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev accused the auction house of helping his longtime art dealer's scheme to overcharge him on dozens of masterworks.
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If you file an overcharge complaint, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal will look at the first time the landlord offered a preferential rent — even if it was more than four years ago — to determine whether the registered legal rent is lawful.
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BOSTON (Reuters) - A former State Street Corp executive was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months in prison after being convicted of taking part in a scheme to overcharge customers of the bank by applying secret commissions on billions of dollars' worth of trades.
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Twenty-one contractors, including Brazil's largest builders, have been banned from signing new contracts with state-run Petroleos Brasileiros, known as Petrobras, since late 2014 amid accusations they colluded to overcharge the oil company and used the extra funds to bribe politicians.
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Odebrecht is the largest of Brazilian engineering firms accused of colluding to overcharge Petróleo Brasileiro SA and other state firms for contracts, then using part of that to channel donations and bribes into Brazil's former ruling Workers Party and domestic and international allies.
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U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan refused to dismiss SEC claims that James Im tried to overcharge customers on bonds, by using such tactics as inflating the prices Nomura paid, understating Nomura's profit on trades and making up conversations in order to close sales.
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Odebrecht is the largest of the Brazilian engineering companies accused of colluding to overcharge Petróleo Brasileiro SA and other state firms for contracts, then using part of that to channel donations and bribes into Brazil's former ruling Workers Party and domestic and international allies.
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There was a time—astonishing to a contemporary New Yorker, shuffling ratlike to a precarious lunchtime perch at a Hale and Hearty Soups—when the places you'd go for a nosh and a cup were genuinely splendid, spacious and rich in an overcharge of luxury.
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There were too many prosecutors who had the astounding freedom to indict anyone more or less as they chose, and who could so overcharge the indicted that plea bargains were forced upon good and bad alike, as confessions were once forced by the Inquisition.
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Prosecutors, in a long-running investigation known as Operation Carwash, have claimed that a small number of top officials at the company, known as Petrobras, conspired with a group of other companies to overcharge Petrobras for construction and service work, receiving bribes in return.
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Odebrecht SA is the largest of Brazil's engineering firms accused of colluding to overcharge state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA and other state firms for contracts, then using part of that to channel donations and bribes into the former ruling Workers Party and allies.
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The largest-ever corruption investigation in Brazil has revealed an elaborate scheme of price-fixing among engineering firms, allegedly led by Odebrecht, to overcharge state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA and use the access funds to bribe officials, many in President Dilma Rousseff's coalition.
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What would they say about student loan companies that overcharge young people, struggling to get out of debt, even young men and women serving our country in the military or corporations that shift their headquarters overseas to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
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Anti-tax activists, such as Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, for instance, have labeled return-free filing an attempt to "socialize all tax preparation in America," while warning, without explanation, that it would lead the IRS to deliberately overcharge folks and withhold information from them.
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UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation's largest health insurers, is accused in a scheme that allowed its subsidiaries and other insurers to improperly overcharge Medicare by "hundreds of millions — and likely billions — of dollars," according to a lawsuit made public on Thursday at the Justice Department's request.
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One fifth of all payday loan recipients wind up in default and with their credit ratings destroyed, which effectively bars them from getting loans for the next seven years of their lives from anyone except, you guessed it, predatory lenders, who will continue to overcharge them at every turn.
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But its past behavior has shown that it likes to scale up to turn previously risky gambles into generally accepted norms — two-day shipping and a ceiling on the price of e-books, for instance — rather than abuse them in the short term to overcharge consumers later on.
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Despite being routinely heralded as a technology and innovation hub, the city is plagued by a lack of competition in the broadband sector, leaving city residents with the choice of just one or two giant internet service providers (ISPs) eager to overcharge consumers for what's usually substandard service.
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Similarly, Pai has taken steps to make it easier for prison phone monopolies to overcharge inmate families, attempted to weaken broadband measurement metrics to obscure broadband availability gaps, and eliminated price caps designed to protect consumers from the country's business broadband monopoly (which feeds everything from ATMs to cellular towers).
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"Airlines should not be allowed to overcharge captive passengers just because they need to change their flight or have to check a couple of bags," according to a statement by Senator Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, an author of the bill along with Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut.
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"An open internet has been a crucial place for California's Black artists, entrepreneurs, and activists to create freely, without needing the approval of traditional media gatekeepers and without fear that their work will be shutdown by an ISP eager to overcharge or censor content," said Brandi Collins, senior campaign director for Color of Change.
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This is an accusation you hear everywhere around town, but it strikes me as the least compelling, because it overlooks the reality that prosecutors often overcharge as a matter of process, and that it's standard procedure in a criminal case to begin with the most extreme indictment that can be squeezed under the rubric of probable cause.
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Capital Rx, a New York-based pharmacy benefits management (PBM) startup that contracts with employers, announced the launch of a novel "clearinghouse" pricing model in an attempt to clamp down on "spread pricing" — a common practice in which PBMs overcharge insurers for the price of prescription drugs and keep the difference for themselves — Fierce Healthcare reports.
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The Vermont senator is pushing to empower Medicare to cover all treatments and testing for the disease, he wants to establish an agency to deal with the economic fallout for working-class voters and he proposed creating an oversight agency to ensure that corporations do not misspend the bailout money coming their way or overcharge consumers during the panic.
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A half century ago, if you were an industrial firm thinking about locating production in a different country, you either had to accept the risk that production might not occur on schedule, that the foreign plant would overcharge you, or that when the products showed up they were poorly made or not to specification; or you had to know you had a partner in that country that you trusted implicitly.
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The company said in March that some executives would seek plea bargains with prosecutors, a radical shift for the company, which had done little to cooperate in the probe that has targeted major political parties and contractors of state-controlled oil firm Petróleo Brasileiro SA. Odebrecht is the largest of Brazil's major engineering firms accused of colluding to overcharge Petrobras for work and using the excess as bribes that were funneled to ruling coalition politicians and, in some cases, Rousseff's opponents.
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Chuck GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyWhite House denies exploring payroll tax cut to offset worsening economy Schumer joins Pelosi in opposition to post-Brexit trade deal that risks Northern Ireland accord GOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation MORE (R-Iowa) and Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenWyden blasts FEC Republicans for blocking probe into NRA over possible Russia donations Wyden calls for end to political ad targeting on Facebook, Google Ex-CIA chief worries campaigns falling short on cybersecurity MORE (D-Ore.) will seek to crack down on the tactics used by drug companies like Mylan to overcharge taxpayers for Medicaid rebates.
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McConnell faces pressure to bring Senate back for gun legislation Criminal justice reform should extend to student financial aid MORE (R-Tenn.) and Patty MurrayPatricia (Patty) Lynn MurrayOvernight Health Care: Planned Parenthood to leave federal family planning program absent court action | Democrats demand Trump withdraw rule on transgender health | Cummings, Sanders investigate three drug companies for 'obstructing' probe Democrats demand Trump officials withdraw rule on transgender health The Hill's Morning Report - Progressives, centrists clash in lively Democratic debate MORE (D-Wash.) introduced a bipartisan bill to finally end the money games of medicine — games that have relied on secrecy, kickbacks and ruling class rules to overcharge everyday Americans at a time when they are most vulnerable.
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