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Real estate agents caught breaking new under quoting laws

2016-01-16 05:49:42| Real Estate - Topix.net

A new-year crackdown on deceptive price advertising by real estate agents following the passage of new laws has revealed the practice remains widespread, particularly in Sydney's west. The compliance operation carried out by the Department of Fair Trading between January 4 and 8 detected 176 "cases of non-compliance" with the new advertising laws introduced from January 1 as part of legislation to deter under-quoting.

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VW Scrutinized for Reliance on German Privacy Laws in Withholding Documents

2016-01-14 13:22:29| Automakers - Topix.net

German automaker, Volkswagen AG, has recently drawn frustration from forty-eight state attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice for resisting cooperation with investigations into its recent emissions scandal. In September of 2015, Volkswagen came under fire for installing software in 11 million diesel automobiles worldwide that would underreport the vehicles' emissions.

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Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS) Coverage Initiated at Avondale Partners

2016-01-06 05:26:59| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

The brokerage set a "market outperform" rating and a $26.00 price target on the stock. Avondale Partners' price objective would indicate a potential upside of 15.35% from the company's previous close.

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US files civil suit against Volkswagen for violating clean air laws

2016-01-04 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The US government has sued Volkswagen over allegations that the German company illegally installed special software to cheat emission tests. The lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice in federal court in Detroit on Monday claims that VW violated the Clean Air Act by installing defeat devices in almost 600,000 diesel vehicles in the US. After being caught by the regulator in September, VW admitted installing the software, which was designed to trick regulators into believing its cars are...

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