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Top TeliaSonera Exec Replaced Over Uzbek Scandal
2013-10-03 18:30:52| IT Services - Topix.net
Did Scandinavian telecoms giant TeliaSonera pay Gulnara Karimova upwards of $300 million in bribes in order to break into the Uzbek mobile-phone market? A top manager of the Swedish telecommunications company TeliaSonera has been replaced amid ongoing investigations into the company's business dealings with a partner in Uzbekistan.
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BANGLADESH: US apparel groups voice Uzbek cotton concerns
2013-09-25 13:37:46| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A number of apparel groups from North America have voiced concern at reports that Bangladesh is set to source cotton from Uzbekistan to feed its ready-made garment (RMG) industry.
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US: Activists call for halt to Uzbek cotton imports
2013-05-16 14:36:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A US-based labour and human rights watchdog has filed a formal complaint with the US Customs service calling for a halt on imports of cotton from Uzbekistan grown and harvested with forced labour.
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Korean consortium wins Uzbek power plant order
2013-03-20 13:56:10| Steel - Topix.net
Daewoo International Corp., a trading company affiliated with steelmaker POSCO, won an $819 million contract to build a thermoelectric power plant in Uzbekistan, company officials said Wednesday.
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TeliaSonera CEO resigns despite clean bill from auditors on Uzbek bribery allegations
2013-02-01 16:20:13| Telecom - Topix.net
The chief executive of TeliaSonera resigned Friday after an independent review on alleged bribery by the telecoms company found it had failed to conduct a proper background check on a partner Uzbek firm believed to be connected with the family of the country's autocratic ruler.