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PREVIEW-Bribery scandal may dampen Wal-Mart annual party
Reuters* What: Wal-Mart hosts shareholders meeting * When: Friday, June 1 * Several shareholders angered by bribery allegations * Shares setting 12-year highs after recent decline By Jessica Wohl May 25 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's annual meeting in...Tags: Bribery, Services and Shopping, Economy, Business and Finance, Mexico, Pension and Welfare
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Bribery scandal may dampen Wal-Mart annual party
Reuters(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's annual meeting in northwest Arkansas was supposed to be an unbridled celebration of the world's largest retailer's 50th anniversary. But a bribery scandal has led to growing calls for its chief executive and others to be...Tags: Bribery, Services and Shopping, Economy, Business and Finance, Mexico, Pension and Welfare
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Fitzgerald: 10 years of major cases
Patrick Fitzgerald has overseen thousands of criminal prosecutions and high-profile cases. He took on public corruption, international terrorism, corporate fraud and organized crime. Public corruption ROD BLAGOJEVICH: The first impeachment of a...
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TEXT-Fitch affirms Avon Products ratings
ReutersMay 23 - Fitch Ratings has removed Avon Products, Inc. and Avon Capital Corporation's (Avon Capital) ratings from Rating Watch Negative and affirmed the ratings as follows: Avon Products, Inc. (Avon) --Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-';...Tags: Corporate Crime, Business, Concerts, Sales, Avon Products Incorporated
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Ex-Haiti official given 9 years in telecom bribery case
A former senior executive at Haiti's state-run telecommunications company was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for money laundering offenses tied to nearly $500,000 in bribes he accepted from U.S. businesses. U.S. District Judge Jose E....Tags: Corporate Crime, Bribery, Haiti, U.S. Department of Justice, Companies and Corporations
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UPDATE 1-US lawmakers frustrated in Wal-Mart corruption probe
Reuters* Wal-Mart briefed panel on compliance program * Cummings, Waxman want information on bribery allegations By Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers investigating Wal-Mart Stores Inc for alleged bribery in Mexico are frustrated...Tags: Corporate Crime, Bribery, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, The New York Times
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Ex-Haiti official gets U.S. prison for telecom bribery
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - A former senior telecommunications official in Haiti was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday for accepting about $500,000 in bribes from two U.S. companies that secured lucrative long-distance phone contracts in the Caribbean...Tags: Corporate Crime, Bribery, Haiti, Miramar, Companies and Corporations
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ReutersAdd/update to the Weekahead Please add and update the following to the Reuters Diary for the Week Ahead for Saturday, May 19 through Friday, May 25, 2012: Saturday, May 19 No items added or updated. Sunday, May 20 No items added or updated....Tags: Corporate Crime, Google+, EMC Corporation, National Security, U.S. Department of Justice
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Wal-Mart posts 10.1% profit increase, possibly ending its struggles
Despite multiple corruption probes into its Mexican subsidiary, retail giantWal-Mart Stores Inc.reported first-quarter profits that exceeded Wall Street expectations as more shoppers returned to its U.S. stores. Analysts say that the 10.1% jump in...Tags: Prices, Corporate Crime, JC Penney Company Inc., Earnings Forecasts, Services and Shopping
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India drugs inquiry could prompt new U.S. scrutiny
Reuters* India cites collusion between drug regulator, pharma firms * US foreign bribery drug probes focus on sales, marketing * Report could initiate new US inquiries-sources By Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - Global drugmakers could face...Tags: Bribery, AstraZeneca Plc, Hospitals and Clinics, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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PREVIEW-Wal-Mart results could move investors past bribe probe
Reuters* What: Wal-Mart to report Q1 results * When: May 17 * Rising sales, profit expected * Focus remains on investigation of possible bribery By Jessica Wohl May 15 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will try to get investors' minds back on business and...Tags: Corporate Crime, Bribery, Earnings Forecasts, Services and Shopping, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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TEXT-S&P affirms Avon Products ratings
ReutersOverview -- Coty Inc. has withdrawn its unsolicited proposal to acquire Avon Products Inc. -- We are affirming our 'BBB-' corporate credit rating and our 'A-3' short-term rating on Avon, and removing the ratings from CreditWatch with negative...Tags: Corporate Crime, Concerts, Avon Products Incorporated, Entertainment, Credit Ratings
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