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Business
Friday, April 16th, 2010
The U.S. has joined German and Russian authorities in investigating whether Hewlett-Packard Co. executives paid millions of dollars in bribes to Russian officials to win a contract in Russia, according to people familiar with the matter. The U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether H-P committed any violations of the Foreign [...]
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Business
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
German and Russian authorities are investigating whether Hewlett-Packard Co. executives paid millions of dollars in bribes to win a contract in Russia, according to people familiar with the matter. German prosecutors are looking into the possibility that H-P executives paid about €8 million ($10.9 million) in bribes to win a €35 million contract under which [...]
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Finance
Monday, March 15th, 2010
The former president of a small business bank in New York closed by regulators on Friday has been arrested and charged with engaging in a variety of schemes to defraud the bank and its regulators, including the U.S. government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program.