[Smlr_net] NYT: he Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way in Mexico

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Title: The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way in Mexico * *Date: Dec. 17, 2012

*Source: *NY Times Author: David Barstow

*Summary: * The plan was simple. The zoning map would not become law until it was published in a government newspaper. So Wal-Mart de Mexico arranged to bribe an official to change the map before it was sent to the newspaper, records and interviews show. Sure enough, when the map was published, the zoning for Mrs. Pineda’s field was redrawn to allow Wal-Mart’s store Link: http://nyti.ms/ZiSAdG