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China fines British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline $492 million, jails executives in bribery case
2014-09-19 11:43:30| Biotech - Topix.net
A state news agency says a Chinese court has fined British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline $492 million and sentenced its British former country manager and others to prison for bribing doctors and hospitals to use its products. The Xinhua News Agency said the former country manager, Mark Reilly, and others were sentenced to two to four years in the case, which highlighted widespread payments to Chinese doctors by sellers of drugs and medical equipment.
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China jails British GSK investigator
2014-08-08 18:09:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A British businessman and his American wife are sentenced to prison for illegally obtaining Chinese citizens' personal data, at a high-profile trial in Shanghai.
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Arctic 30 captain re-evaluates protest methods after Russian jails
2013-11-24 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When armed Russian coast guards descended on to the Arctic Sunrise from helicopters and screamed at everyone to get on the ground, Captain Peter Willcox took it as just another day at work. The 60-year-old American has a long history of entanglements with law enforcement across the world, and has been arrested at various times in Turkey, the Philippines, Peru and Denmark. He was also the captain of the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior, which was bombed by French special forces in 1985, not...
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Indonesian graft court jails third Chevron employee
2013-07-20 04:17:13| Energy - Topix.net
An Indonesian anti-corruption court on Friday jailed a third employee of the local subsidiary of US energy giant Chevron Corporation, in a case that has spooked foreign investors.
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Indonesian graft court jails third Chevron employee
2013-07-19 19:59:23| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
An Indonesian anti-corruption court on Friday jailed a third employee of the local subsidiary of US energy giant Chevron Corporation, in a case that has spooked foreign investors.
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