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Search results for "bid-rigging" ...
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No title (id: 5797)
Plain Dealer (Cleveland) uncovers numerous instances of theft and misuses of funds, bid-rigging, contract improprieties and widespread mismanagement in the Metroparks System and the Metroparks Zoo, Feb. 25 - Dec. 21, 1988.
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Dirty Business at the DOT
WDIV-TV (Detroit) airs a 14 - part series that uncovers corruption in Detroit's bus system: payoffs, kickbacks, bid-rigging, waste, theft, poor quality maintenance on buses and disregard for transporting the disabled, May 1987.
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No title (id: 4415)
Pittsburgh Press examines cost overruns in Pennsylvania's refurbished capitol building complex, finding allegations of kickbacks and bid-rigging, April 27 - 29, 1986.
Tags: PA
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No title (id: 4392)
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) analyzes organized crime and corruption in New York's construction industry, emphasizing who pays the costs of bid-rigging and inflated prices, Sept. 7, 1986.
Tags: NY
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No title (id: 2970)
Wall Street Journal reports that the Justice Department's investigation of electrical contractors has uncovered rampant bid-rigging and resulted in a flurry of prosecutions, Nov. 29, 1985.
Tags: Pasztor contractors
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No title (id: 2294)
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) shows how that state lost about $28 million a year on highway construction because of bid rigging, lack of stiff competition among contractors and failure of transportation officials to get the best deal for the money, June 1983.
Tags: OK
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No title (id: 488)
Kansas City Star looks at the Missouri River: its impact on the region's development, development of the river, life on the river and bid-rigging tied to the river's development, August 1980.
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No title (id: 248)
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) investigation finds bid-rigging and blackmail allow five Long Island contractors to dominate major public works projects, November 1984.
Tags: NY