News tagged with corruption
7 in NY charged in Craigslist prostitution ring
May 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Seven people have been indicted on charges of running a 24-hour prostitution ring on Craigslist, New York's attorney general announced Wednesday, the day after Craigslist's CEO filed a lawsuit to keep South Carolina's ...
Odyssey Flight Team to Check Status of Backup System
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter plans a procedure next week to address a long-known, potential vulnerability of accumulated memory corruption.
Study finds link between political corruption and FEMA money
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Where natural disasters strike, political corruption is soon to follow, say the authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics. But it's not the wind and rain that turns good folks bad; it's the money that floods ...
Transparency in politics can lead to greater corruption
Oct 10, 2008 |
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Why are some countries more prone to political corruption? Viviana Stechina from Uppsala University, Sweden, has investigated why corruption among the political elite was more extensive in Argentina than in Chile during ...
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Policy Reforms May Increase Petty Corruption
May 26, 2008 |
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A study in the International Journal of Economic Theory published by Wiley-Blackwell finds that certain proposed reforms intended to reduce petty corruption can actually have the opposite effect and increase the occurrence of cor ...
Swedish probe into Nobel corruption to close: prosecutor
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Sweden is to close its investigation into allegations of corruption at the heart of several of the prestigious Nobel prize science committees, a prosecutor announced Friday.
Corruption is Expensive, But Who Pays the Bills?
Mar 25, 2008 |
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One often must look no further than today’s headlines to find examples of personal failure, corporate financial woes and political corruption. But how does political integrity affect the bottom line? A University of Missouri ...
British colonial past no protection from corruption
May 12, 2008 |
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Former British colonies are just as likely to suffer from bribery and sleaze as any other country according to an international study.
Scientific Understanding of Corruption Sought
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Corruption is one of the most cited factors inhibiting economic development. It impedes political and economic growth, reduces the welfare of societies, increases income inequality and reduces trust in political ...
Royal corruption is rife in the ant world
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Mar 11, 2008 |
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Far from being a model of social co-operation, the ant world is riddled with cheating and corruption – and it goes all the way to the top, according to scientists from the Universities of Leeds and Copenhagen.
Smith Micro Launches File Recovery Software Tool
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Smith Micro has released its MediaRECOVER 4.0, a file-recovery software tool that enables users to recover their lost or corrupted digital media files.
Offsetting perceptions: Firms use charitable giving to clean up their international reputation
Apr 02, 2009 |
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British multinationals operating in countries that lack basic human rights give around 70% more money to charity than firms that do not have a presence in such politically controversial nations, a new study has revealed.
Tennis officials a-Twitter: US Open players warned
Aug 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Watch what you tweet. That's the message tennis authorities are delivering as the U.S. Open gets set to start Monday, telling players and their entourages to be careful about what they post on the social networking ...
Relaxed trade rules boost African development, study finds
Jan 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Often thought to be hobbled by corruption, poor infrastructure and a weak financial system, African exporters rose to the opportunities presented by a U.S. trade liberalization policy, a recent University ...
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