The company's operating earnings, which exclude the charge for work force cuts, rose 3 percent, to $4.3 billion, or $3.91 a share.
Including special items, mainly a $22.2 million gain from the sale of four regional newspapers and nine telephone directories and a $3.8 million charge for work force reductions, net income rose 25percentto to $75 million, or 44 cents a share, compared with $60 million, or 34 cents a share, in the period a year earlier.
As recently as last year, the Museum of Modern Art requested a "handling charge" for works sold in the loan forms it used.
Justice Breyer added that the decision upholding the law would have negative practical consequences, as owners of copyrights now charge for works that were once free.
Mr McCausland said a range of issues had been raised with regard to overcharging, double-charging and "even charging for work that could not have been carried out" by more than one contractor over a number of different districts.
This means Yonkers can now bill Liberia for taxes, and can include on the bill charges for work already done on the property.
The state is suing the Sears, Roebuck & Company, claiming it cheated hundreds of customers at its New Jersey auto repair centers by charging for work that was never done or was unnecessary.
It warned of poor quality work, cash deposits disappearing, overcharging, and charging for work not done.
The new program resulted in mechanics and service managers over-billing customers, charging for work that wasn't performed and charging for work that wasn't needed.
The most prevalent form of misconduct is the practice of simply charging for work done poorly, or not done at all, a HuffPost review found.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failed to keep tabs on thousands of contractors hired to manage more than 1 million foreclosed homes, possibly exposing the mortgage giants to double billing or charging for work that was never done, according to an alarming Federal Housing Finance Agency report.
