http://www.fcpaprofessor.com/house-passes-impotent-debarment-bill A Forum Devoted to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Wed, 01 May 2013 10:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.fcpaprofessor.com/house-passes-impotent-debarment-bill#comment-152 Anonymous Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:55:39 +0000 http://fcpaprofessor.com/house-passes-impotent-debarment-bill#comment-152 The facade is even bigger; in addition to companies such as ABB, Siemens, BAE, etc. continuing to be eligible to bid and ultimately be awarded huge government contracts, they are not barred for any period of time from investing in, or buying, U.S. Companies and propogating their corrupt business practices; case in point with ABB after their recent DOJ/SEC settlement and Baldor Electric Co:<br />http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=12276833 The facade is even bigger; in addition to companies such as ABB, Siemens, BAE, etc. continuing to be eligible to bid and ultimately be awarded huge government contracts, they are not barred for any period of time from investing in, or buying, U.S. Companies and propogating their corrupt business practices; case in point with ABB after their recent DOJ/SEC settlement and Baldor Electric Co:http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=12276833

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