WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department
and the state of California sued online retailer eBay Inc
on Friday over what they called an illegal agreement
with Intuit Inc not to recruit Intuit’s employees.

The agreement eliminated competition for workers, depriving
them of access to better job opportunities, the Justice
Department and California Attorney General Kamala Harris said in
simultaneous news releases.

NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the deal a “critical step forward” but was adamant that it did not end the criminal investigation of the 2010 spill.

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster that caused the worst offshore oil spill in the country’s history, the company said on Thursday.

The settlement includes a $1.256 billion criminal fine, the largest such levy in U.S. history, the company said. A settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is also part of the deal, as are payments to the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences.

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) – BP Plc will
pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony
misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster that caused the
worst offshore oil spill in the country’s history, the company
said on Thursday.

The settlement includes a $1.256 billion criminal fine, the
largest such levy in U.S. history, the company said. A
settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is
also part of the deal, as are payments to the National Fish &
Wildlife Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences.

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) – BP Plc will
pay a $4 billion penalty and plead guilty to felony misconduct
in the Deepwater Horizon disaster that caused the worst offshore
oil spill in the country’s history, the company said on
Thursday.

The company will also pay $525 million to settle securities
claims with U.S. regulators. In aggregate BP said it will pay
$4.5 billion over six years for the various resolutions.

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP Plc is expected to pay a record U.S. criminal penalty and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster which caused the worst offshore spill in the country’s history, sources familiar with discussions said.

They told Reuters that a plea deal with the Justice Department over the 2010 disaster, in which 11 workers died, may be announced as soon as Thursday.

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP Plc is expected to pay a record criminal penalty and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster through a plea agreement it has reached with the U.S. Department of Justice that may be announced as soon as Thursday, according to sources familiar with discussions.

Three sources, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said BP would plead guilty in exchange for a waiver of future prosecution on the charges.

HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – BP Plc is
expected to pay a record criminal penalty and plead guilty to
criminal misconduct in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster
through a plea agreement it has reached with the U.S. Department
of Justice that may be announced as soon as Thursday, according
to sources familiar with discussions.

Three sources, who spoke to Reuters on condition of
anonymity, said BP would plead guilty in exchange for a waiver
of future prosecution on the charges.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former CIA Director David Petraeus and the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, both recently intervened in a child custody battle on behalf of the twin sister of the Florida woman at the center of a scandal that has engulfed both men, court documents show.

Petraeus and Allen wrote letters in September to the District of Columbia Superior Court in support of the twin sister, Natalie Khawam, as she sought to gain more visitation rights with her son, according to a review of the court file.

Nov 11 (Reuters) – New details emerged Sunday about the
extramarital affair that abruptly ended the career of CIA chief
David Petraeus, including the identity of a second woman whose
complaints about harassing emails from the woman with whom he
had the relationship, Paula Broadwell, prompted an FBI
investigation.

A person familiar with the investigation identified the
second woman as Jill Kelley, a long-time friend of the Petraeus
family.