Pricey wheels and shady deals

• Source: Global Times
• [08:19 March 26 2010]
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Customers test drive Mercedes-Benz (MB) sedans in Chongqing in late December 2009. Daimler AG, parent of MB, was charged by the US government Tuesday for bribery in at least 22 countries between 1998 and 2008. Sinopec, the Chinese oil giant, is allegedly involved. It said Thursday that an employee surnamed Du who took a bribe was sentenced in September 2006. Photo: CFP