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Grand Jury Hears Evidence Against Avon

Case to probe whether executives broke bribery laws.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Federal prosecutors have presented evidence to a grand jury against U.S. executives of cosmetics company Avon Products, in a case that probes whether those executives broke foreign bribery laws, The Wall Street Journal said. In 2008, Avon said that it had started an internal investigation into whether it had violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars U.S.-linked companies from paying bribes to officials of foreign governments. U.S. authorities are studying a 2005 internal...

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