Niko to plead guilty to bribery

Fri, 06/24/2011 - 07:10 EDT - Financial Post

Calgary-based Niko Resources will admit in court Friday that it bribed a Bangladeshi minister with the use of a vehicle and a trip, the oil and gas company has announced

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