Still, most of the quid pro quo cases involve developers donating property to a City in exchange for a permit on another parcel or some other perk.

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The bribe at issue was allegedly paid in 2001 to Patricio Tombolini, a deputy minister of transport, in exchange for a permit to operate a vehicle-testing plant.

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Exchange rules may permit the Chinese authorities to attend the board meetings of listed companies, something that might not bother the NYSE, which does not face competition from Chinese exchanges in its home markets of Europe or America, but would probably horrify a global bank.

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It also lets India hold onto its civilian nuclear program, and in exchange India's going to permit international inspections of some but not all of its nuclear facilities.

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