DoJ and SEC get their pound of flesh.
HP (NYSE:HPQ) has, err, "resolved" several allegations that it bribed officials in Mexico and Eastern Europe. The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission don't take kindly to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, you see.
Oh. Wait. Did I say "HP"? Of course I actually meant "HP subsidiaries." So that's all right then.
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