Since 1998, the statute also applies to foreign firms and persons who take any act in furthering a corrupt payment while in the U.S. Unlike the recent setbacks encountered by the government in criminal cases stemming from the subprime mortgage meltdown, defendants haven't done well with juries in FCPA-related cases.
An article last Sunday about business setbacks encountered by the pharmaceutical giant Merck misstated the number of its recent layoffs.
We assume that some institutions are in a position to be more helpful and understanding about the setbacks encountered by early-stage businesses, and that the institutions' skillset and tolerance offers entrepreneurs an environment to learn and grow their businesses.
Christian Wolmar (In praise of the tram: how a love of cars killed the workers' transport system, 6 June) fails to mention Toronto, Canada, where trams have flourished since 1861 without the setbacks encountered in Britain.
As a consequence of several setbacks encountered by viral technology in achieving efficient and safe gene therapy in clinical trials, non-viral gene delivery vectors are considered to date as a valuable alternative and to hold promise for future therapeutic applications.
Mr. Rumsfeld's journey to the region was his first since early May, when President Bush declared major combat operations in Iraq to be over, but preparations for this trip have been darkened by the heavy casualties and other setbacks encountered by American forces in Iraq.
We used the word 'ideology' because a belief in the value and prospects of distributed control, in spite of all difficulties and setbacks encountered by this technology since its inception, has more to do with passions and value systems than individualistic calculation of personal interests.
"Spend just five minutes a day to note the progress you made, any setbacks you encountered, and what you might do the next day to enable further progress," she says.
Outfielder Michael Hermosillo has not encountered any setbacks in his recovery from sports hernia surgery, but he still hasn't participated in baseball activities.
Many of the paintings in the exhibition show the setbacks they encountered during their travels, the bandits who robbed and harassed them, and even raped them.
In this scenario, sexual love was flatly instrumental, and this too was exciting, as it illuminated a reality many of us were, unwittingly, beginning to inhabit: that of the unexpected setbacks one encountered on the road to experience.
