Oil Companies, Corrupt Governments to Benefit as Congress Guts Transparency Rule

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By Larry BuhlFeb 7, 2017, 7:44 pm276 pts
On February 3, the Republican-led Senate used an obscure procedural tool to end a bipartisan provision meant to fight corruption and overseas oil bribery, a rule opposed by Rex Tillerson as head of ExxonMobil. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) transparency rule, part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank…

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