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Book detailing corruption allegations against Malaysian ruler moves forward
2014-11-05 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A book alleging massive corruption by Sarawak's long-time ruler, Abdul Taib bin Mahmud, is being released despite apparent legal threats against the book's publisher and author. Money Logging, written by the Bruno Manser Fund's executive director Lukas Straumann, argues that Taib and his associates made billions of dollars by auctioning off Sarawak's rainforests to loggers and palm oil companies since the early 1980s. The allegations aren't new, but the book provides new details on Taib's dealings...
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Brazil presidential campaign ends in slugfest over corruption
2014-10-25 11:10:07| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Presidential candidates traded accusations over political corruption on Friday night in a last ditch attempt to sway undecided voters before Sunday's election runoff in Brazil's closest race in decades. In the final television debate of a bitter campaign, leftist President Dilma Rousseff and pro-business opposition candidate Aecio Neves sparred over who was best suited to restore growth to a stagnant economy, fight inflation, bring down rents and deal with open sewers in Brazilian cities.
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GSK as a Watershed in the International Fight Against Bribery and Corruption
2014-10-10 08:40:54| Biotech - Topix.net
GlaxoSmithKline PLC may well be a watershed in the global fight against bribery and corruption. Behavior and conduct, which was illegal under Chinese law but previously tolerated and even accepted by Chinese government officials, quickly became a quagmire that the company was caught in when charges of corruption were leveled against them last year.
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Exclusive: Drugmaker GSK Investigating Corruption Allegations In UAE
2014-10-07 19:54:35| Biotech - Topix.net
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which was slapped with a record $489 million fine for corruption in China last month, said on Tuesday it was looking into allegations of corruption in the United Arab Emirates. Britain's biggest pharmaceuticals group confirmed the investigation following allegations of improper payments set out in a whistleblower's email sent to its top management on Monday.
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MRT woes traced to corruption, says Tiangco
2014-10-05 01:23:49| Grocery - Topix.net
Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco yesterday accused Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II of using the Metro Railway Transit system as a milking cow of the ruling Liberal Party during his stint as secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications . Tiangco, interim president of the United Nationalist Alliance , said Roxas cancelled almost all transport-related contracts of the government to accommodate favored suppliers of the administration.
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