by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: court, economic development, incentive, judge, justice, legal, loan, manufacturer, manufacturing, masnufacture, plant, settlement, solar energy, solar panel, state government
SENATOBIA — The state of Mississippi settled a lawsuit Tuesday with Twin Creeks, a California solar panel company that went out of business after the state spent $27.7 million to construct a building for the business in Senatobia and buy equipment, The Associated Press has learned. “I believe we will make a full recovery of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 15,2013
Tags: home, homeowner, house, law enforcement, loan, mortgage, real estate, residence, resident, residential real estate, settlement
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood is reminding Mississippians that all claims applications covered by the National Mortgage Settlement are due Jan. 18. The State of Mississippi joined 49 other states in a $25-billion joint state-federal mortgage servicing settlement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers over unacceptable mortgage servicing practices. Mississippi was awarded $47.1 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 3,2013
Tags: accident, bench, cobntracvtor, contaminant, contaminatyion, court, crude oil, death, disaster, disaster recoveryu, ecosystem, energy, explosion, fatality, federal government, gasoline, judge, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Justice Department has reached a $1.4-billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Two people with knowledge of the negotiations say Switzerland-based Transocean would pay the money [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 20,2012
Tags: bench, court, dispute, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, land, landowner, law, legal, property, real estate, settlement
WARREN COUNTY — A long-running land dispute in federal court between Warren County and two groups of landowners has been settled. Terms of the settlement were not made public. Ken Rector, an attorney representing the county, told the Vicksburg Post neither the county nor anyone else involving in the case is out any money as [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 18,2012
Tags: back wages, construction, contractor, federal government, pay, roof, roofer, roofing, salary, settlement, wages
GULFPORT — Mandal’s Inc. has agreed with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay 94 employees $85,106 in back wages. The Labor Department said in a news release that its Wage and Hour Division found the company had paid the employees “straight time” for hours worked beyond 40 in a work week. The government says [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 18,2012
Tags: gouging, law enforcement, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, payment, pricing, refund, settlement, state government
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood is reminding consumers and businesses entitled to a cash refund from a private billion-dollar LCD screen settlement fund that the deadline for applying is approaching. The fund is made up of settlements with 10 manufacturers over an illegal conspiracy to raise the price of LCD (thin-film transistor liquid display) [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 5,2012
Tags: air conditioner, air conditioning, cooling, COST, earnings, electricity, energy, expense, heater, heating, light, lighting, power, publicly traded company, revenue, settlement, tax, utility
NEW ORLEANS — Entergy Corporation reported third quarter 2012 as-reported earnings of $337.1 million, or $1.89 per share, compared with $628.1 million, or $3.53 per share, for third quarter 2011. On an operational basis, Entergy’s third quarter 2012 earnings were $347.7 million, or $1.95 per share, compared with $628.1 million, or $3.53 per share, in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 5,2012
Tags: amphibian, contamination, ecosystem, environment, figh, fish kill, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, mill, pollution, restock, settlement, spill, wildlife
PEARL RIVER — After a three-hour journey in a truck-mounted fish tank, thousands of young bluegills were released into the West Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish, La., last week. In small batches, state wildlife officials released 200,000 bluegills — raised at a state hatchery in Alexandria, La., — into the river near Interstate 59 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 2,2012
Tags: class action, federal government, finance, financial, ijnvest, investment, investor, lawsuit, settlement, state government
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state securities regulators from Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee are notifying investors entitled to reimbursement from the recent Morgan Keegan settlement that their states’ fund distribution checks will be mailed Nov. 5. A.B. Data, Ltd., as the fund administrator, will be mailing checks to all investors who filed an [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Officials say they’re sending out notices to Mississippi residents who might have overpaid for e-books and are eligible for a share of a nationwide settlement. Attorney General Jim Hood says the state is getting $407,823 of the $69 million settlement with publishers Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Shuster. Officials say the money [...] [...]
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