"Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a company……" — Andrew Ross Sorkin
"Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a company is not allowed to provide a personal benefit to a decision maker in return for business. But hiring the sons and daughters of powerful executives and politicians is hardly just the province of banks doing business in China: it has been a time-tested practice here in the United States."
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Andrew Ross Sorkin
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