Once out of arrears, Semtek says, Transworld set out to sway Russian officials in order to win the contract.
But this was not found to be in any way deliberate or negligent, and the architects did not mislead the assembly to win the contract.
Paris could offer additional political and economic incentives to win the contract for Areva, which suffered a major setback recently when it lost a contract in the United Arab Emirates to a South Korean firm.
It was typical of an era when civil servants with little knowledge of what was involved in building and maintaining a site were content to entrust the job to the "experts" at one of the few IT firms deemed substantial enough to win the contract.
To win the terminal contract Sempra beat out five other energy companies.
Mr Orsi is facing allegations that the Italian group's AgustaWestland unit used bribes in order to win the India contract for 12 helicopters in 2010.
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Mr. Fusco has asked Switzerland to extradite two men suspected of having acted as intermediaries to help AgustaWestland win the contract, but he has yet to hear from the Swiss authorities, according to the judicial official.
The Heat signed Varnado to a guaranteed contract in late January but if the Heat win the NBA championship this season, they'll break a D-League jinx: A team that has signed a Development League call-up to a guaranteed contract during the NBA season has never gone on to win a title in the same year.
"If there are job losses as a result of this decision it won't be the direct consequence of Thales failing to win this contract, it will be the result of their reorganisation of their business across the United Kingdom, " added Mr Hoon.
Gillespie, who has won 86 international caps, was with Bradford City last season but failed to win a contract with the League Two club.
It is not easy getting a company with such a dismal past cleared to win what may prove to be the largest Pentagon contract ever.
She was the bookmakers' favourite to win the six-month contract.
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Mr Saburi hints that the Russians, who hoped to win a contract to complete a second (half-built) reactor on the same site, may be disappointed.
He said the issue of whether bribes were paid to win a contract was a matter for India and Westland's owner, the Italian company Finmeccanica.
It gave a rival consortium, The People's Lottery, led by Virgin's Sir Richard Branson, a month to adjust its bid and win the lottery contract.
People tolerated it: they considered it the price of economic growth, the cost of doing business, the quickest way to win a contract (or just get a telephone line), a perk of political power.
Plus, the fan who creates the highest-ranking Doritos or Pepsi Max ad will win a guaranteed contract to create an additional ad for the two brands in 2011.
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Companies are free to offer deep discounts on their wares, win a contract, and then decide after the fact not to deliver.
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After seeing the Rafale rejected repeatedly over the past decade, by the Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, the French were desperate to win a contract.
Davies has been forced to play for Premiership club side Neath after failing to win a regional contract, although on the request of the Wales management he has been getting some game time with the Ospreys.
After deciding which firm ought to win a particular contract, other members of the cartel would pitch artificially high bids.
It is understood that if they win the contract they will seek changes to the workers' terms and conditions of employment that may prove controversial.
Finmeccanica's board named Alessandro Pansa as CEO after his predecessor, Giuseppe Orsi, was arrested in an investigation into the possible use of bribery to win a helicopter contract in India.
The increased volume led to a large long-term contract, which the supplier was able to take to the bank and use to win more favorable credit terms.
But the company has nonetheless called in favours from the American government when needed, whether to win an Abu Dhabi contract or convince Acehnese rebels to give up their attacks on ExxonMobil staff and property.
Sources who spoke to El Reg say that executives were virtually positive that they'd win the contract, and that CEO Dan Dobberpuhl was understandably "furious" when he found out PA Semi had been passed over.
The outsized contract has been a problem for general managers who, under intense pressure to win, have a habit of doling out the extra dollar or extra year to veterans whose help to the team comes with diminishing returns relative to pay.
First the Londoner must hope that Nikolay Valuev, the man he beat to win his title last November, will not enforce a rematch clause in their contract.
The software company hopes to prove that its data collection and analysis technology so that it could win a long-term contract with the water district and perhaps other utilities as well.
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