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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies, already sweating under heightened enforcement of anti-corruption laws at home, are nervously reviewing their policies on how they wine and dine business contacts abroad in the wake of tough new regulations imposed in Britain. The new law, which took effect July 1, bans all so-called facilitating payments and does not expressly allow entertainment of government officials and others.
The jury is still out on how rigorously British authorities will choose to enforce the law. Compannies in the defense, pharmaceuticals, energy and telecommunications sectors are seen as particu...-bribery, anti-corruption and compliance group. Legal experts say U.S. companies are girding for ...
U.S. conglomerate GE says it is buying British oil and gas services group Wellstream Holdings PLCC for $1.3 billion to bolster its energy unit. GE said Monday that Wellstream intends to un...
...: RWE npower 200 Table 114: Key Facts: British Energy Group plc 202 Table 115: Key Financials: Br...
Stocks in Europe and Latin America rebounded Thursday, led by drugmakers and utilities, whose profits are immune to an economic slowdown. U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Canadian stocks gained, led by Research In Motion Ltd. GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Europe's largest drug company, Novartis AG of Switzerland and Brazil's Eletropaulo Metropolitana SA advanced. Air France-KLM Group rallied the most in more than four years after reporting earnings that beat analysts' estimates.
...British Energy Group Plc, the U.K.'s biggest power generat...
... natural gas used by industrial, (including energy generators purchasing gas from utilities), commerc... Utilities CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 6.1 British Energy Group plc 6.2 RWE npower 6.3 Centrica CHAPT...
... also offers gas storage and associated energy management services in the U.K., Ireland, the U.S....* British Energy Group plc . * Good Energy Group PLC . * Sco...
... 2008 and efforts by consumers to contain energy costs during the economic downturn. In 2007, the m...Companies Mentioned: . * BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC . * CENTRICA PLC . * EDF ENERGY P...
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