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December 11, 2002

Corporate misdeeds: tough talk, little action

  • So much for making companies and the people who lead them pay dearly for bad behavior.
    • By RACHEL BECK
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK -- Remember all that talk about coming down hard on corporate misdeeds? Maybe it was only talk.

    At least that's the way it looks from some of the lax punishments that securities regulators have levied on companies lately. Do something wrong, sometimes seriously wrong, and it often doesn't get you much more than a slap on the wrist.


     
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