WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Executive of Miami-Based Seafood Wholesale Company Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing Conspiracy * The vice president of a Miami-based seafood wholesaler pleaded guilty today to conspiring with competitors to fix prices for the purchase of stone crab claws and spiny lobster in Florida. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in Miami, Florida, Dennis Dopico, of Miami, was a vice  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida posted the following news release on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * Executive of Miami-Based Seafood Wholesale Company Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing Conspiracy The vice president of a Miami-based seafood wholesaler pleaded guilty today to conspiring with competitors to fix prices for the purchase of stone crab claws and spiny lobster in Florida. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Cour  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida posted the following news release on Sept. 18, 2025: * * * Executive of Miami-Based Seafood Wholesale Company Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing Conspiracy The vice president of a Miami-based seafood wholesaler pleaded guilty on September 16 to conspiring with competitors to fix prices for the purchase of stone crab claws and spiny lobster in Florida. According to documents filed with the court, Denni  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 16 -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * How the PE playbook pierced Claire's PE Files #001: Claire's PESP's PE Files take a look at how portfolio companies are impacted by the private equity playbook, from beloved businesses bankrupted to mass layoffs at formerly mom-and-pop operations. WHO: Claire's; private equity firms Apollo Global Capital, Elliott Investment Management, Monarch Alternative Capital, Ames Watson; devastated   more

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 17 (TNSjou) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: * * * Turning seafood waste into sustainable wearable health sensors QUT researchers have created a prototype electronic device using a material made from seafood waste, paving the way for safe, flexible and sustainable wearable health sensors. A team from the QUT Centre for Materials Science has demonstrated that chitosan, a naturally derived, biodegradable biopolymer recovered from   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13107) on Sept. 18, 2025, by Shayerah I. Akhtar, international trade and finance specialist: * * * U.S.-EU Tariffs and Trade Framework Agreement In July 2025, the world's two largest economies - the United States and the 27-member European Union (EU) - announced a bilateral framework agreement to address some tariff and trade issues. The deal is one of a few preliminary deals   more