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...feel about some sports broadcasters, coming into the Olympics, comparing you to Michael Phelps? -Bill Bae, Colorado Springs I'm no Michael Phelps. He's obviously a great Olympic champion. I was never expecting to win five gold medals. For me, my goal has always been just to win one. Thankfully, I've already got gold, and that's what I came here for. I'm no Michael. I'm just...
...year-old corruption probe - the most serious yet concerning a major British firm - focuses on deals secured by BAE to supply aircraft to South Africa and the Czech Republic, frigates to Romania and radar equipment to Tanzania. In negotiating with the company, the SFO has hoped to extract a plea bargain - it's thought that BAE has been mulling a settlement, though it's unclear what, if anything, the firm would consider admitting to. But given the company's statement, it also appears BAE is ready to defend itself in court. (Read: "Court Blasts Blair Government...
...prospect of a trial - not to mention the enormous financial penalties BAE would face if found guilty - was enough to worry some of the firm's investors. The company's stock fell more than 5% Thursday following the SFO's statement. After a checkered few years, BAE's reputation will likely fare little better. Concern for Britain's national security pushed the British government in 2006 to order a halt to a separate SFO probe into allegations that BAE paid bribes to secure business with Saudi Arabia in the mid-1980s. The inquiry into the $69 billion "Al-Yamamah" arms...
...proceedings, as well. The agency drew plenty of fire for its part in the bungled "Al-Yamamah" probe. (Britain's High Court ruled in 2008 that the SFO had acted unlawfully in scrapping the inquiry, a decision later overturned by the House of Lords.) And the prosecution of BAE for overseas corruption would be only the second such case against a British firm. Building contractor Mabey & Johnson was last month fined $10.5 million for similar offenses dating back to the early 1990s. (Read: "The Gulf: An Exquisite Balancing...
...come before a judge until next year. "Going the route of formal prosecution is certainly not an easy cut-and-dried process for the SFO," Howard Wheeldon, a senior strategist and aerospace expert at BGC Partners in London, wrote in a note to clients Thursday. Moreover, he suspects, "if BAE allows it to come to court they feel they have a pretty good chance of success...