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MILAN, Feb 12- Italian police arrested the head of defence group Finmeccanica SpA on Tuesday over bribery allegations, adding to a series of corporate scandals shaking Italy less than two weeks before a general election.
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Spain's prime minister published his tax returns on Saturday in a bid to quell reports he and other conservative politicians received secret cash payments but the opposition said many questions remain unanswered.
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MADRID, Feb 9- Spain's prime minister published his tax returns on Saturday in a bid to quell reports he and other conservative politicians received secret cash payments but the opposition said many questions remain unanswered.
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MADRID, Feb 9- Spain's prime minister published his tax returns on Saturday in a bid to quell reports he and other conservative politicians received secret cash payments but the opposition said many questions remain unanswered. His ruling People's Party also revealed four years of financial accounts on Friday, in another attempt to put the matter to rest.
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MILAN, Feb 8- A warrant to search the premises of Eni chief executive Paolo Scaroni was based on a meeting he had with the man alleged to have distributed bribes to win Algerian gas contracts for group company Saipem.
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*Canada acting in wake of foreign bribery conviction. OTTAWA, Feb 5- Canada will toughen its laws to be better able to combat corruption by Canadian businesses at home and abroad, the government said on Tuesday following the recent bribery conviction of a Calgary oil company.
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SIENA, Italy, Jan 30- Prosecutors are investigating the former management of Italy's troubled Monte dei Paschi bank for bribery and fraud, judicial sources said on Wednesday, as pressure grew on the Bank of Italy and bourse watchdog Consob.
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SIENA, Italy, Jan 30- Prosecutors are investigating the former management of Italy's troubled Monte dei Paschi bank for bribery and fraud, judicial sources said on Wednesday, as pressure grew on the Bank of Italy and bourse watchdog Consob.
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SIENA, Italy, Jan 30- Italy's market regulator Consob joined the government and the Bank of Italy on Wednesday in defending its oversight of Monte Paschi as magistrates investigated allegations of bribery and accounting malpractice at the historic bank.
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*PM Monti repeats confidence in Bank of Italy. MILAN, Jan 28- Italy's troubled Monte dei Paschi bank said on Monday it had no evidence of bribery in a 2007 takeover now under scrutiny over alleged corruption, but acknowledged accounting irregularities under previous management over derivatives trades.
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Jan 25- A son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi allegedly received 120 million euros in bribes for giving major contracts in Libya to SNC-Lavalin Inc, Canada's biggest engineering and construction company, a police document said on Friday.
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Jan 15- A former compliance officer for Siemens AG in China sued the company on Tuesday, accusing it of firing him after he tried to expose a kickback scheme involving medical equipment sales to hospitals there. The allegations come after Siemens resolved charges in 2008 that it paid bribes in exchange for business around the world.
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U.S. lawmakers on Thursday released documents they said showed Wal-Mart Stores' CEO was informed in 2005 of Mexico bribery allegations.
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*Documents appear to contradict Wal-Mart statements. WASHINGTON/ CHICAGO, Jan 10- U.S. lawmakers on Thursday released emails that appeared to show Wal-Mart Chief Executive Mike Duke knew as far back as 2005 of allegations that company representatives had bribed Mexican officials.
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CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports more documents related to the Wal-Mart-Mexican bribery allegations have surfaced.
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CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports U.S. lawmakers are saying Wal-Mart's CEO know of the Mexican bribery allegations back in 2005.
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Dec 20- Wal-Mart Stores Inc, which is facing bribery investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, named a new general counsel, Karen Roberts, effective Feb. 1, 2013. At the same time, Wal-Mart named former Sidley Austin partner Jay Jorgensen to the newly-created position of global chief compliance officer.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 20- Eli Lilly and Co agreed on Thursday to pay $29 million to settle civil charges that its subsidiaries made improper payments to foreign government officials to win business in Russia, Brazil, China and Poland.
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*Bangladesh probe alleges bribery, Globe and Mail reports. TORONTO, Dec 19- A unit of SNC Lavalin Group Inc said on Wednesday that a senior executive left the company earlier this month, which was just ahead of corruption accusations by Bangladeshi authorities, according to a report in the Globe and Mail newspaper.
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LONDON, Dec 19- The complex world of inter-dealer broking took centre stage on Wednesday as UBS admitted that its traders paid bribes to brokers in return for their help rigging interest rates.