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How Do Chinese Officials Explain Their Corruption? People's Daily Counts the Ways

How Do Chinese Officials Explain Their Corruption? People's Daily Counts the Ways
“My motive wasn't for the money itself, but because it's normal job behavior to accept gifts and payments when offered them,” insisted Tan, who is currently serving twelve years for corruption. Another offender, a vice mayor from Shanxi province, said ...
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'Me too' O'Malley takes aim at Wall Street
Underdog Democratic presidential candidate former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley released a detailed plan outlining his plans to combat Wall Street corruption, as he tries to catch up with frontrunner Hillary Clinton and avowed socialist, Vermont Sen ...
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Brazil's Petrobras Slashes Five-Year Investment Budget

Brazil's Petrobras Slashes Five-Year Investment Budget
“All the majors are [cutting] because oil prices are down,” Brazilian Finance Minster Joaquim Levy told The Wall Street Journal in New York. “That's how it should be done ... The spending created an environment ripe for corruption. Brazil is now ...
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What's News— - WSJ - Wall Street Journal
Zhou Benshun, the head of China's Hebei province and a former aide to disgraced official Zhou Yongkang, was placed under investigation, part of a widening probe into alleged corruption. Syrian leader Assad said his regime's recent battlefield setbacks ...
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Latest Market Manipulation News

China's CSRC to Crack Down on Market Manipulation
The China Securities Regulatory Commission is currently examining recent short-selling activity for stock-index futures amid the slump in equity markets, said people with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg's Stephen Engle has more on "First Up ...
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Oil refiners are manipulating California gas prices, consumer advocates say
California state senators have for years held meetings and launched preliminary probes on the subject of price fixing and market manipulation, even asking the U.S. Justice Department in 2012 to examine refineries one by one. The efforts, including a ...
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China has uncovered 'major' evidence of market manipulation, and has turned ...
China's stock market regulator, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), has released six cases of information fabrication and vowed to work with the police to crack down on market rumors. According to state-run newswire Xinhua, on June 5 the ...
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Sydney Roosters' freedom style of play getting rewards – Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Roosters' freedom style of play getting rewards - Sydney Morning Herald
Roosters coach Trent Robinson speaks of the "freedom" now instilled in his players. And statistics prove his team has responded. Statistics provided by Prozone show the Roosters are shifting the ball 50 per cent more times than last season and their ...
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4 adults, 2 children injured in accident at Freedom Grove, SR 19 - WTOC-TV ...
Four adults and two children are recovering in the hospital after a serious wreck took place in Liberty County, around 4:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. According to the Georgia State Patrol, one of the children was ejected and is currently in the ...
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Editor's Note: Teachers union knocks religious freedom - The Detroit News
The National Education Association, which boasts 3 million members, says its mission is “advancing the cause of public education.” But in reality, the country's largest teachers union—with 150,000 members in Michigan—has a strong political agenda ...
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