
CONCACAF nations lash out at disgraced ex-leaders
A damning list of alleged financial mismanagement by former CONCACAF leaders Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer was outlined to 40 soccer nations Wednesday, ...
US goes after ex-Mexican governor's Texas property
The former governor of a Mexican state bordering Texas accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels and invested the money in Texas real ...
2 key proxy firms urge shareholders oppose CEO
Two leading proxy adviser firms are telling Wal-Mart shareholders to vote against certain board members up for re-election next week, saying the ...

China sentences fugitive smuggler Lai to life term
The man once considered China's most-wanted fugitive was sentenced to life in prison for smuggling and bribery in a lurid corruption case that reached ...

Wal-Mart's 1Q profit up 10.1 percent
Wal-Mart may have gotten its groove back, but an alleged bribery scheme threatens to curtail its progress. As Wal-Mart reported first-quarter profit ...

Ex-tabloid boss Brooks faces phone hacking charges
Former U.K. tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four close aides were charged Tuesday over alleged attempts to conceal evidence in ...

Again? Wal-Mart's rep takes another beating
In business, you're only as good as your last good deed. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, in recent years has tried to repair a reputation ...
Coty boosts buyout bid for Avon to about $10.7B
Beauty products maker Coty Inc. is raising its buyout offer for direct-seller Avon Products Inc. by about 6.5 percent to almost $10.7 billion, with ...
California pension fund sues Wal-Mart leaders
One of the nation's largest public pension funds has filed a lawsuit against current and former Wal-Mart executives and board members, saying they had ...
Pension fund urges vote against Wal-Mart directors
New York City Pension Funds is urging shareholders to vote against the re-election of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO Mike Duke and four other board members ...
Rebekah Brooks called to UK press ethics inquiry
Former News of the World editor and Rupert Murdoch lieutenant Rebekah Brooks will testify next week at Britain's media ethics inquiry, organizers ...
Police arrest ex-officer in phone hacking scandal
Detectives investigating allegations that British journalists bribed police have arrested a retired London officer on suspicion of misconduct in ...

UK lawmakers: Rupert Murdoch unfit to lead company
A committee of British lawmakers called Rupert Murdoch unfit to run his global media empire — a finding that reflects just how deeply the phone ...

Problems in pacifying Rio de Janeiro slums
Jose Martins de Oliveira has lived with plenty of weapons and violence during his 45 years in the sprawling hillside shantytown of Rocinha. For most ...
FIFA publishes anti-corruption code of conduct
FIFA published a new code of conduct for all soccer players and officials on Thursday that includes orders to reject bribery and corruption in the ...

TSA screeners charged in LA drug trafficking probe
Duane Eleby, a suspected drug courier, was all set to sneak 10 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport ...

Wal-Mart faces big fines amid bribery charges
Allegations that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. covered up the findings of an internal probe that proved its Mexican subsidiary bribed officials in that country ...
Wal-Mart Stores stock slides on bribery probe
Shares of Wal-Mart Stores fell nearly 5 percent after a news report alleged executives at the company's Mexican subsidiary carried out a vast bribery ...

Watchdog: Mexican government should probe Wal-Mart
Mexico's federal government should investigate allegations of a vast bribery campaign by top executives of Wal-Mart's Mexican subsidiary to build ...

Report: Wal-Mart hushed up bribe network in Mexico
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across that country, ...
Murdochs to appear at UK media ethics inquiry
Britain's media ethics inquiry said Thursday it will hear testimony from News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son James next week, as officers ...
Court to hear Bin Hammam's challenge on FIFA ban
Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam's appeal against a life ban from soccer for allegedly bribing voters during his election ...
UK sentences ex-head of Nigerian state to 13 years
A former governor of Nigeria's oil-rich Delta state was sentenced in Britain on Tuesday to 13 years in prison for fraud and money-laundering, capping ...

Defendant asks for new judge in US shooting
The neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing an unarmed black teenager in Florida asked a judge in the case to step down Monday after she ...

Avon hoping to get a makeover with new CEO
Avon is hoping a new CEO can give it a much-needed makeover. The struggling cosmetics seller on Monday tapped long-time Johnson & Johnson executive ...