Regulators Show Mettle, Companies Settle

Source Article: (The Guardian, 31 August 2010)

Computer giants are finding themselves in regulator crosshairs: Hewlett-Packard settled claims that it paid companies to recommend its products; two former Dell employees were fined on accounting charges.
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