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Energy giant accused of cashback mis-selling scandal affecting...

2016-02-19 12:42:57| Energy - Topix.net

MP Richard Arkless says ScottishPower has "vital questions" to answer and reckons one in four people in Scotland have been hit by the problem ScottishPower has been accused of "evading" compensations payments owed to customers who bought extended warranties on white goods more than a decade ago. He said: "This is a scandal of massive proportions affecting over 290,000 people in Scotland and thousands across Dumfries and Galloway.

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European car sales rise 6% in January but VW share hit by diesel scandal

2016-02-16 13:51:37| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

European car sales rose 6.3 percent to 1.09 million vehicles in January, industry data showed today, even as Volkswagen Group saw registrations of VW-brand cars fall 4 percent in the wake of the automaker's emissions scandal. VW rivals Ford and Opel/Vauxhall posted gains of 11.4 percent and 12.4 percent, respectively, as the diesel-emissions cheating scandal weighed on VW's European sales for a fifth consecutive month.

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More Than Money: Inside the Knoedler Art Fakes Scandal

2016-02-16 11:39:54| Apparel - Topix.net

A drawing by Victor Juhasz of the defense team for the Knoedler Gallery forgery trial, with ex Knoedler president Ann Freedman. There were several takeaways from the just-completed Knoedler art trial-which ended with a whimper and not the bang that many in the art world had been eagerly awaiting-that stretched over a fortnight in lower Manhattan until last week.

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VW Spends $4.5 Billion in China as GM Pursuit Trumps Scandal

2016-02-16 09:47:03| Automakers - Topix.net

Volkswagen AG will invest more than 4 billion euros in China this year, as spending plans for new SUVs and plug-in models are spared from cuts the carmaker makes elsewhere in the wake of its emissions scandal. New models will include a locally produced Audi A6 plug-in hybrid in the second half, Jochem Heizmann, Volkswagen's China chief, told reporters Tuesday in Beijing.

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