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New rise of the extreme right in Europe

Through travel agents to pay bribes in the form of cross-border tourism. Shopping bag full of banknotes in the parking lot. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), just above year United States Asian government officials in many facilities for the IBM corporate bribery in two ways.

SEC settle in March, the multinational computer companies to $ 10 million fine, civil accusations against it. SEC complains, IBM attempted to China and Korea when its hardware products in government procurement, violated the foreign corrupt practices Act (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act).

IBM is not alone. Only 6 weeks ago, the United States Department of Justice, said California energy storage products manufacturer maikesiwei technology company (Maxwell technologies) to sell power to State-owned enterprises in China to the underlying device, bribed to exaggerate the contract price, the company paid nearly 15 million dollar fine to settle criminal and civil charges against themselves.

There are other examples of known companies, for example in 2009 France Alcatel-Lucent (Alcatel-Lucent), and United States regulators settle, which found that group Telecom was a group of Chinese officials visited the factory and training trip, most of the time spent in Disneyland (Disneyworld), Universal Studios (Universal Studios) or Las Vegas.

The United States authorities with unprecedented intensity, possible violations of the foreign corrupt practices Act investigations, attracted by reconciliation, publishing, and also fined is more and more, Weijia, New York law firm (Weil Gotshal & Manges), United States Department of Justice and the allegations of SEC brought a total of 74 last year, only 12 and 5 years ago. As part of the reason is that companies are increasingly in the Western world to indicate the countries whose economies are largely controlled by the Government. "It is part of globalisation," said a regulator. -When in the market of emerging countries, it is difficult to go from a compliance perspective. ”

But there is also another reason, namely surveys might be hard-pressed to provide federal financial matters also with regard to this pre-admits that harvest. WAI-Kay law firm (White & Case) study showed that within 3 years, target reconciliation brought revenue of us $ 3 billion to the Treasury. When the relevant bodies to get congressional approval when their larger budgets, this is a lot of "selling points". The global financial crisis and bonade · maduofu (Bernard Madoff), after the fraud, the supervisory authorities also felt the pressure to prove his ability to work. The foreign corrupt practices Act is a strong proof of the tool objectives.

As a result, for those companies that do business abroad--whether it is the largest transnational corporations, including the smallest investment institutions--the problem is becoming increasingly difficult. Also operate problem, organizing travel for customers or vendors, may also incur unsecured.

United States businesses complained about strict rules which constitute unfair barriers and United States complain businesses than United States regulators for cross-border jurisdiction. When under beike · maijian advokatbyr? (Baker & McKenzie), in fact, six cases in which foreign corrupt practices act in the largest settlement, 5 has its headquarters in the United States outside the company. Siemens AG (Siemens) to pay fines and up to ever profit recovery in the United States and Germany paid a total of 1.6 billion dollars, since companies in Argentina, Bangladesh, Iraq and other places undue payment of money to government officials to obtain contracts.

Other Governments would follow the United States. United Kingdom anti-bribery law entered into force on 1 July. The OECD (OECD) has several anti-bribery initiative, but transparency International (Ti) noted in 2011 survey, OECD member countries, only 7 countries to actively implement these initiatives, 21 countries which have failed to take action, or a very small, the other 9 countries had taken appropriate measures.

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Twitter ye not Europe, but a random meme

"Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds" by Charles Mackay he is the spiritual state of many today's economically as a hackneyed phrase treated paid "random"; new bubbles meme demographic crowd.

Self article, new statesman "random" is a universal term nonce phrase and dare since 2009, credit crunch, he and the word "random" alluding to register itself Bank's willingness to accept systematically but incomplete awareness of recognized in response to the vocalisation of the British near-the flaws the postured to calculate risks led to the collapse of the Western financial system. "Random" his words back to the form of asserting, prayer like resurged with addresses.

When you extend the European banks are busily based on the State of the bankruptcy creditors "is cannot go bankrupt", relief celebrity European Governments issued like a burgeoning underclass; 1000000000 they receive Greece or Ireland, is under Portugal and Spain as well as pressure to request.

This goes global financial crisis on the precipice of the entire financial system, Spain and spell decisive financial chapter of the big elephant Europe led observers forecast and unstable to note that some addresses.

Holds as random meme at the same time, according to value of instability in the euro zone and CNBC spike become silver cause. Manhattan coin dealer admitted: "this is a strong demand for silver is probably the last 25 years," this very expensive and may.

Belgium, Italy "danger, of if you extend the France and Germany these"guarantees"and also talk about hell havoc on'm and.

"Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds," is the history of the nation Follies such as the South Sea bubble in England and Netherlands Tulip frenzy. Charles Mackay observed was Scotland's history: "man, it has been well known, I think of herd; displayed it they recovered their senses while slowly, one by one in flock to lose my mind. "-" Money again often numerous delusion caused by has. A sober nation has become at once a hopeless gambler and risked their presence in most of the piece of paper.

These words looks early 1600s Netherlands Tulip Mania to the specificity of its own. 1600'S average Netherlands workers about 150 florins per year but during the Netherlands words of very wealthy was noble; rare Tulip bulb, however, and 1,000 florins to easily sell might. Tulip was worth more than gold.

However, has crashed the market for unregulated futures and derivatives market tulip bulbs had increased dramatically. Tulip bulbs are frequent had the market suddenly collapsed. No longer invest in Tulip futures, but actual product traded only as a market that was decreed. How strangely familiar.

Between the bubbles and financial Mania described in the crowd syndrome Mackay 1711 of the South Sea company bubble – 1719 and 1720 – is the Mississippi company bubble of 1720.

A rare turn of the Millennium all of the bubbles seems England's first recorded if the bubble was 1569 State Lottery. South Sea company ￡ had monopolized trade with the English government bond underwriting stands at 30 South America. Stock prices rose quickly 10 times the value; went wild in the country, and made a vast fortune.

Then the bubble burst; the nobility lost their life savings and stock market crashes and lost all the countries the most money rich clergy, bishops and all people. Was hit by a devastating loss of the nation's money and property. Suicide became a daily occurrence and innate desire, had lain behind the collective hysteria wealth for gullible mob, revenge request, many like it today to banks, especially Government (knowing Obama inheritance of global of some sort of pyramid scheme), elected in General. Social, to restore order in the South Sea company bubble riot act read until desperate bankers flock to lobby Congress to have occurred.

Another of his articles, Stockholm syndrome refers to the self. Landing airport 1, he observed and man's cell phone "on was the story of Wotan or schizophrenic patients" mobile phones. He cannot say. What today civil society and the he's pizzas, cell phone anyone now that the inalienable rights "of Yalta" is published as inordinate length and trombonist and loud thinking? To see Samsung-soliloquise confused on who to start as a random meme antidote he Schopenhauer... From trying to bring their sense by reading aloud "in the bubble of mobile; communication center of sanity.

Reading is the only country about a year ago bankruptcy ever doubtfully now Newfoundland. Now Spain financial obligations for seven times during the 1800s alone to default, see. 2001 Bankruptcy Argentina the collapse of the country's currency is Bank runs caused by; Germany went to the 1920s as a result of bankruptcy again appears two times in recent memory, lose during first world war dubious distinction you're; was the bankruptcy of the United Kingdom after the second world war; Russia suffered when the former Communist country, ruble crisis ", went bankrupt in 1998.

P J... of Chaplin, rumor, fear and crowd crazy 1926 August 24 the worst one, riots in the history of New York Jet, to 60 to 8,000 people between. Vertical layout is uncontrollable in his State school at the heart of New York City, Rudolph Valentino's corpse.

It excessive and exposure time in outbreak of mass hysteria was known. His words: "seems sheer stupidity of no human creative ingenuity restrictions in 巡らして masterpiece". Smell for riot today this one event seems to be.

Added fuel to the newspaper report as exaggerated wild grief and long delays, the actor's death and his departure Hollywood panic and fear of crazy fire.

Today, in the Auditorium of the financial false dignity of sadness, is fuelling a random meme. In Shakespeare's words, "in the myriad of blind Monster head still discordant, wavering multitude" of like social media actively dialogue fear and panic are also drive a random meme wounds in this theme interactions between abandon.

Is Media Director John Sylvester V9 design & build (http://www.v9designbuild.com) and search engine optimization, web marketing strategy expert.

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