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Comcast's NBCUniversal acquires Dreamworks Animation for $3.8 billion.
2016-04-28

Bloomberg News reports that Comcast will walk away from its $45 billion takeover for Time Warner Cable.
2015-04-23

Coca-Cola buys a ten percent stake in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters for US$1.25 billion.
2014-02-7

The company Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $2.2 billion in regards to a U.S. probe of the drug risperdal.
2013-11-4

JPMorgan Chase is fined $920 million for illegal practices (misleading investors and government regulators) related to trading losses in 2012. [http:--www.foxbusiness.com-markets-2013-09-19-jp-morgan-to-pay-20-million-whale-fine- (FOXBusiness)]date=April 2020
2013-09-19

The United Nations appeals for $4.4 billion of aid for refugees, the largest such request in the UN's history.
2013-06-7

The U.S. Justice Department approves SoftBank's proposed $20.1 billion purchase of Sprint Nextel. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is the final hurdle in the way of the deal's final approval.
2013-06-7

Google will pay a $7 million penalty to settle an investigation into the collection of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive information sent over wireless networks from 2007–2010 in the United States. Google company cars taking street-level photos for its online mapping service also had been vacuuming up personal data transmitted over wireless networks that weren't protected by passwords.
2013-03-9

The United States Air Force grounds its entire $400 billion fleet of 51 F-35 jets due to a major engine technical issue. During a routine inspection of the aircraft, maintenance personnel detected a cracked engine blade.
2013-02-23

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Justice Department approve a $28 billion merger of Comcast and NBC Universal with critics complaining of even greater media consolidation in the U.S. and how this merger removes competitive forces and hurts consumers.
2011-01-18