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News Corp. said to be nearing end of Justice corruption probe
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is get past more than two years of bruising scandals and a U.S. government investigation into alleged corruption as the company seeks to split into two publicly traded companies this summer. The Wall Street Journal reported...Tags: Justice System, Corporate Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, News Corp., News of the World
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Rosenthal: Emerging world markets offer opportunities as well as cultural, ethical land mines
Here in Chicago, where locals intuitively know a wink and a nod might have as many different meanings as Tom Skilling has descriptions for precipitation, we should well understand the difficulties faced by companies looking to do business in emerging...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Corporate Crime, Global Expansion, Ethics, Cadbury plc
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. faces scrutiny in Macau and Spain
Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino behemoth run by Republican fundraiser and billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is facing criticism for its operations in Spain and Macau. The gambling company recently acknowledged it is likely that in Macau it violated the...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Parties and Movements, Spain, Sheldon Adelson
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India bribery scandal threatens to ground $750-million copter deal
NEW DELHI – India’s defense minister threatened Wednesday to cancel a $750-million helicopter deal with an Italian defense company if an official investigation proves contracts were secured through kickbacks, in the latest corruption scandal...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Elections, Police Arrests, Manmohan Singh, Prosecution
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The Latin America mistake
The United States is expanding its military presence in Honduras on a spectacular scale. The Associated Press reported this month in an investigative article that Washington in 2011 authorized $1.3 billion for U.S. military electronics in Honduras. This...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, Patrick Leahy, Karen Bass, Government
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Study: Afghans paid nearly $4 billion in bribes last year
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghans paid bribes totaling about $3.9 billion last year -- twice the country’s domestic revenue -- and two-thirds of the population says it’s acceptable for civil servants to take kickbacks for providing basic services,...Tags: Hamid Karzai, Corporate Crime, Kabul (Afghanistan), Civil and Public Service, Afghanistan
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Vietnam releases American activist accused of subversion
An American democracy activist accused of trying to overthrow the Vietnamese government was freed Wednesday and sent home to Southern California to rejoin his family, more than nine months after he was first detained in Saigon. The unexpected decision...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Justice System, Activism, Trials, Prisons
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Rosenthal: Perhaps Illinois should market its corruption
Invest in Chicago, you'll make out like a bandit. Illinois awaits you with open palms. For years, marketing efforts to lure investment and business here have focused on our standing as a global crossroads, our quality of life and so on. Alas, we've...
Tags: Venezuela, Corporate Crime, The New York Times, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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The billionaires' long game
What's the biggest political lesson of 2012? Some say it's that money doesn't count all that much. Even though billionaires and big corporations poured huge amounts into the 2012 election, they lost big. They learned the lesson and won't try to buy...
Tags: TD Ameritrade Holdings Corp., Corporate Crime, Federal Election Commission, Elections, Finance
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In Theory: Should secessionists succeed?
More than 750,000 Americans have signed a petition to let their states secede from the U.S.A. since the Nov. 6 election, including people from Alaska, Maryland, Texas, Iowa and Vermont. And many of them, or at least their leaders, are claiming they're...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Crime, Law and Justice, Christianity, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Government
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Sowing the seeds for a future in Afghanistan
It's a world away, or at least it seems like it. Afghanistan conjures images of barren stretches of land where farmers struggle to grow enough food to feed their families, let alone sell for a profit. But it wasn't always this way. "Grapes were a huge...Tags: Corporate Crime, Farms, Education, Colleges and Universities, Pakistan
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India hosts Pakistani lawmakers during Parliament meltdown
World NowPakistan India law : Pakistani Parliamentarians visit India during week of legislative meltdown....
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