U.S. Probes Oracle Dealings

U.S. authorities are investigating whether Oracle Corp., one of the world’s largest software companies by sales, violated federal antibribery laws in its dealings abroad, according to people familiar with the matter.

Agents in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Washington field office and fraud prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division are handling a criminal investigation, which has been under way for at least a year, according to people familiar with the matter. Attorneys at the Securities and Exchange Commission are also investigating for possible civil violations, these people said.

Read the rest of this post on the original site »


Must-Reads from other Web sites

Noreen Malone

Truths Universally Acknowledged

John McCain

John McCain: Cable TV, the Right Way

Hilary Sargent

Where in the World Is Satoshi Nakamoto?

Giselle Abramovich

Why Target Set Up Shop in Silicon Valley

Glenn Fleishman

How Does Copyright Work in Space?

About Voices

Along with original content and posts from across the Dow Jones network, this section of AllThingsD includes Must-Reads From Other Web Sites — pieces we’ve read, discussions we’ve followed, stuff we like. Six posts from external sites are included here each weekday, but we only run the headlines. We link to the original sites for the rest. These posts are explicitly labeled, so it’s clear that the content comes from other Web sites, and for clarity’s sake, all outside posts run against a pink background.

We also solicit original full-length posts and accept some unsolicited submissions.

Voices is edited by Beth Callaghan.