Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Corporate bribery

  • Corporate Bribes Not Tax-Deductible In Russia, Finance Ministry Says

    ... Corporate Bribery, Bribery Scandal, Corporate Corruption, Daimler, Pfizer, Russia Bribery, Siemens, Walmart Bribery, Business News.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Foreign Firms Most Affected by a US Law Barring Bribes

    A law intended to prohibit the payment of bribes to foreign officials by United States businesses has produced more than $3 billion in settlements.

    www.nytimes.com

  • Corporate bribery and political corruption on display at Republican ...

    Corporate bribery and political corruption on display at Republican, Democratic conventions. By Barry Grey 28 August 2012. The world was spared one day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida thanks to the arrival of Hurricane Isaac, ...

    www.wsws.org

  • Three executives face bribery charges

    Two executives of an insurance company have also been referred to the financial court for offering bribes to the oil company employee. The accused are the executive director and the former director general of the insurance company's branch office in ...

    gulfnews.com

  • Where the Bribes Are – And How to Address Them

    In recent years, bribery and corruption qualify as the second most frequent legal violation companies commit in emerging markets (behind unlawful activities related to competition and antitrust).

    businessfinancemag.com

  • Pfizer Agrees to Settle Foreign Bribery Case With US

    (BMY) and GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) for possibly breaking an overseas anti-bribery law that bars employees or their agents from paying bribes to foreign government officials to obtain or retain business. Today's settlements stem from payments and gifts ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • India Inc braces for stricter bribery laws

    MUMBAI: India Inc is gearing up to face more stringent and specific anti-bribery laws with the government planning to amend the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to cover bribes given domestically by the private sector. Once this comes into force, the employee ...

    timesofindia.indiatimes.com

  • Fight bribery in the boardroom

    While some argue that bribery and corruption is embedded in the business culture of Africa, the tide is fast turning where ethics and legislation combine to combat such criminal activity with unlimited fines and prison sentences for those who do not ...

    www.fin24.com

  • Shareholder sues Wal-Mart to get Mexico bribery documents

    Aug 16 (Reuters) - An Indiana union pension fund that owns shares in Wal-Mart Stores Inc has sued the company to gain access to thousands of internal documents related to allegations that a Wal-Mart subsidiary bribed Mexican government officials.

    in.reuters.com

  • US chief of Czech truckmaker faces bribery charges

    PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech police have arrested the American boss of truckmaker Tatra on charges of bribery, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, the latest step in an anti-corruption drive which has seen several ministers and senior government ...

    www.reuters.com

  • SFO's Green acts to end fears of bribery charges over hospitality

    We are interested in hearing that a large company has mysteriously come second in bidding for a big contract. The sort of bribery we would be investigating would not be tickets to Wimbledon or bottles of champagne. We are not the "serious champagne ...

    www.thisismoney.co.uk

  • Walmart May Have Engaged In Bribery, Money Laundering, Tax Evasion ...

    "We have obtained internal company documents, including internal audit reports, from other sources suggesting that Wal-Mart may have had compliance issues relating not only to bribery, but also to 'questionable financial behavior' including tax evasion ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Indictment Alleges Complicated Bribery Scheme to Win Army Contracts

    The 72 count indictment charged David Young, Christopher Harris, Michael Taylor and American International Security Corporation with conspiracy, procurement fraud, bribery of a public official, acceptance of a bribe by a public official, wire fraud ...

    blogs.wsj.com

  • Expro Re-Investigates Bribery Allegations

    An oil field management company owned by a Goldman Sachs-backed private equity consortium is re-investigating claims that its employees paid bribes in Kazakhstan. Expro International and the consortium, Umbrellastream, received allegations from an ...

    blogs.wsj.com

  • Corporate Anticorruption Compliance by the Numbers

    After the 2010 UK Bribery Act, which, unlike the FCPA, did not recognize the payments as an exception to liability, many companies reevaluated whether to revise their corporate policies. Indeed, many countries do not allow such payments. The Bribery ...

    www.law.com

  • RBA faces questions over bribery connections

    ... worst corporate corruption scandal is currently playing out before a Victorian court. Eight former senior executives from two firms owned by the Reserve Bank of Australia are facing allegations that they paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes ...

    www.abc.net.au

  • Oracle to pay $2 million to settle India bribery charges

    Thursday's settlement, which involved no admission of wrongdoing, resolved charges that the world's third-largest software company violated the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In a complaint filed with the federal court in San Francisco, the SEC ...

    www.mercurynews.com

  • Pfizer Caught Running Global Bribery Network

    The biggest of the Big Pharmas, Pfizer, has agreed to pay $60 million in fines to the federal government to settle charges the company paid millions of dollars in bribes to foreign officials. View Full Image. REUTERS A view of the Belgian headquarters ...

    au.ibtimes.com

  • Federal court denies ex-Illinois governor's appeal

    In an argument rejected now by the courts, Ryan's attorneys contended there was no evidence Ryan took bribes - that gifts and vacations Ryan received from people who later got state business were based on friendship and not in exchange for financial ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • Anti-bribery policies: Not as easy as ABC

    IN JULY Transparency International published Transparency in Corporate Reporting, a report on anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) policies and controls at financial institutions and other multinationals.

    www.financialdirector.co.uk

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