An executive board member of the German technology company Siemens has been arrested as part of a bribery investigation. Johannes Feldmayer is accused of paying 34 million to Wilhelm Schelsky, the former head of the AUB trade union who is now in jai

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语基础

Australian consular officials will be barred from a Chinese court when industrial espionage charges are heard against Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu. Hu's trial starts in China today. He and three Chinese co-accused will face the Shanghai In

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Mining giant Rio Tinto says the jailing of four employees, including Australian Stern Hu won't affect its relationship with China. Hu and three colleagues were found guilty of commercial spying and bribery yesterday. Stern Hu's received a 10-year sen

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A car crash on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne has killed two young men and critically injured three others. The car hit a power pole just before midnight and the Defence Department has confirmed the men are Navy personnel. Now former Pri

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20-Year Sentence for Woman Linked to Former S. Korean President The woman whose dealings with former South Korean President Park Geun-hye led to her removal from office has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. 与韩国前总统朴槿惠有往来并导

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1. The FBI says search warrant s have been executed on the Northern Virginia home and office of a top CIA official. Kyle Foggo and a friend have been linked to a congressional bribery scandal. Authori

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This is AP News Minute. Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump unveiled the first major revamp of the nation's tax system in a generation. It's a sweeping 5-trillion plans that would deeply cut taxes for corporations, simplify the code

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New Player Shakes Up Ukraine Before Sunday Vote Vitaly Klitschko stands two meters tall and punches so hard they call him Dr. Ironfist. Now the World Boxing Council's reigning heavyweight champion is fighting a new battle, Ukraine's parliamentary ele

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Homicide Mystery Deepens in Case of Kenya ICC Witness NAIROBI The body of a man thought to be a witness in the International Criminal Court case against Kenyas deputy president was found near his home last year, but doubts about the identity of the v

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Long Conversations 1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.) A: Teacher: (Saying to the principle of the school) Look at little Reggie's history homework, Mr. Bumper. Bumper: Cartoons? Drawings? (Saying to Reggie) Just what has

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A number of senior executives from the Chinese division of GlaxoSmithKline are the focus of a criminal investigation. The Ministry of Public Security has been questioning a number of GSK employees amid allegations they offered large bribes to governm

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Bribespot: Fighting Corruption in Thailand One Click at a Time 新应用程序帮助泰国打击腐败问题 BANGKOK Reporting corruption, at least unofficially, in Thailand is becoming easier with a new Thai version of an international smartphone ap

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1. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he'll work to end the city's teachers strike quickly. Teachers are joining the picket line after failing to come to an agreement on the new contract with the nation's third largest school district. 2. The Mayor of N

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Released Palestinian prisoners arrive home Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier that has been held by Hamas since 2006, has arrived at his home in the northern Israeli village of Mitzpe Hila. He has been reunited with his family after first meeting with

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New evidence has exposed endemic corruption with Australia's construction industry. A joint 7:30Fairfax Media investigation has found that high-raking officials in the CFMEU(Construction,Forestry, Mining and Energy Union)have helped organized crime f

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A former senior employee of the Commonwealth Bank has been arrested and charged after a bribery investigation involving New South Wales police and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. The sixy-one-year-old was arrested yesterday and charged with t

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Todd: So, Aiman, we're talking about bribery. Now you've worked in a very modern country like Dubai in the business setting, so even in large business settings, do you have some type of bribery. Is that still like part of the culture? The System? Aim

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今天我们要学的词是 hunger strike. Hunger strike 绝食抗议。Five Palestinian prisoners launched a hunger strike last Saturday, demanding Israel to end its policy of imposing detention without trial. 五个巴勒斯坦在押者上星期六开

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Norway is a country in mourning a day after at least 92 people, many teenagers, were killed in a shooting spree and bomb attack. Police have charged a 32-year-old Norwegian man, Anders Behring Breivik. He's been questioned about the deaths of seven p

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今天我们要学的词是 ruling party. Ruling party 执政党。South Africa's ruling party is facing a robust challenge from opposition groups in Wednesday's municipal elections. 南非执政党在星期三举行的市级选举中面临来自反对

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