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Mr Costov Doingbusiness

June 7, 2026 at 9:34 PM

JFK

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Oh yeah please subscribe through site and not app thanks! Here's some hashtags:

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December 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM

Lee Doza

@lorion70.bsky.social

#UKRAINE is #DoingBusiness
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And #ZelenskyUA
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October 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Dan Saltzstein

@dansaltzstein.bsky.social

Guys, I came up with a business model. Tell me what you think. Buy a product, make it vastly worse in all sorts of ways, ask people to pay for it! Hashtag doingbusiness

September 20, 2023 at 8:46 PM

Pope of Chili Town

@popeofchilitown.bsky.social

More like cedar doingbusiness

August 17, 2026 at 7:56 PM

Liz David-Barrett

@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social

Thanks Mo @mo.ibrahim.foundation for a really fascinating discussion about #anticorruption, #goodgovernance, #aid and #doingbusiness in Africa!

KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast @kickbackgap.bsky.social · Jul 18

🎙️ New Kickback episode: Mo Ibrahim joins @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social to talk about founding the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, African-led governance, the IIAG & leadership prize. Inspiring insights on self-reliance & reform.

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July 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM

ANT Lawyers

@antlawyers.bsky.social

Are you planning to expand your business to Vietnam?
While 100% foreign ownership is entirely possible for many sectors, the real answer depends entirely on your specific business model and activities.

#Vietnamcompanyformation #Doingbusiness #ANTLawyers #Vietnamlawfirm #Businesslawyers

June 10, 2026 at 7:19 AM

Mimi Jones

@1234mimijones.bsky.social

The Choice of DoingBusiness W Person/Corp depends on diff factors frm 1)ProductQuality:Cost 2)Need:Want 3)Budget & 4)CorpOwner & TheBusiness’sEthics!
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💁🏼‍♀️A SaleShopper! A ‘Spendthrift’ tht’ll Spend/BuyRecklessly (Think: aFool&’is$$…)
💁🏼‍♀️& SomeOfUs Buy Ethically & with Purpose ✌🏼

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February 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM

ANT Lawyers

@antlawyers.bsky.social

A capital strategy for entering Vietnam should connect the legal commitments, bank route, operating budget and funding contingency before any figure is placed in the investment or enterprise file.
#CapitalStrategy
#DoingBusiness
#EnteringVietnam
#ANTLawyers

Capital Strategy for Entering Vietnam: 8 Checks Before Registering Investment Capital

A capital strategy for entering Vietnam should connect the legal commitments, bank route, operating budget and funding contingency before any figure is placed in the investment or enterprise file.

antlawyers.vn

July 8, 2026 at 10:39 AM

ANT Lawyers

@antlawyers.bsky.social

Choosing a company, representative office or branch in Vietnam should therefore start with what the local team will actually do.
#Vietnammarketentry #ANTLawyers #Doingbusiness

Company, Representative Office or Branch in Vietnam: Which Presence Fits Your Purpose?

Company, representative office or branch in Vietnam structures must be evaluated against actual business activities, revenue needs, and parent liability risks

antlawyers.vn

July 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM

ANT Lawyers

@antlawyers.bsky.social

Choosing a 100% foreign-owned company or joint venture in Vietnam is therefore a decision about market access, capability, control and exit and should be part of assessment of the Vietnam market entry strategy.
#Vietmarketentry #ANTLawyers #Doingbusiness #Foreignownedcompany #Jointventure

100% Foreign-Owned Company or Joint Venture in Vietnam: 8 Control Questions

Choosing a 100% foreign-owned company or joint venture in Vietnam is therefore a decision about market access, capability, control and exit.

antlawyers.vn

July 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM

Amanda Perry-Kessaris

@aperrykessaris.bsky.social

Hope @WorldBank #WDR 2017 to include #bigdata on non-business law users to match decade of #doingbusiness data <a href="http://ow.ly/W4uJK" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://ow.ly/W4uJK

December 18, 2015 at 1:15 PM

Women's Business Enterprise Council - Pacific

@wbec-pacific.org

We’re just a couple of days away from Doing Business with Vistra Corp on May 21st at 1pm PT! Join us in less than a week and get an inside look at the energy sector with this industry titan.
Register online at www.eventbrite.com/e/doing-busi...

#womenowned #wbencnetwork #doingbusiness

May 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Piotr Sielicki

@piotrss.bsky.social

http://www4.rp.pl/Gospodarka/310279843-Spektakularna-poprawa-klimatu-dla-biznesu.html #Polska #Doingbusiness #ranking #PolskaWRuinie https://t.co/XoNip6DJ42

Spektakularna poprawa klimatu dla biznesu

W najnowszym rankingu Doing Business Polska awansowała na...

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December 2, 2024 at 6:50 PM

David Kleimann

@davidkleimann.bsky.social

Now, what has the European Union ever done for us?! #doingbusiness #SingleMarket @WorldBank

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December 26, 2024 at 2:26 PM

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Enhancing in Nigeria: Stakeholders raise concerns over Corporate Affairs' performance. 🇳🇬💪 #EaseofDoingBusiness #DoingBusiness https://fefd.link/ZbLBD

February 11, 2026 at 12:08 PM

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Sealing the Deal: A South African Entrepreneur’s Guide to Successfully Securing Business Agreements how2books.co.za/sealing-the-...
Good day,

Closing the deal here in South Africa requires finesse and skills.

Regards,

Douw
#how2books #howtosealadeal #contractmanagement #doingbusiness

Sealing the Deal: A South African Entrepreneur’s Guide to Successfully Securing Business Agreements

Discover the power of collaboration with this insightful post on teamwork, showcasing diverse professionals working together to seal the deal and drive success.

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February 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM

Javier Ibáñez Martínez 🔻

@javieribanyez.bsky.social

La ultraderecha española #DoingBusiness con el patrocinio de Cámara Valencia.

June 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM

Epstein Web

@epsteinweb.bsky.social

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or debarment from contracting with the federal government,
cross-debarment by multilateral development banks, and the

chapter 6

suspension or revocation ofcertain export privileges.

FCPA Penalties,
Sanctions, and
Remedies

Debarment
Under federal guidelines governing procurement,
an individual or company that violates the FCPA or other

committing a federal crime and the factual admissions

criminal statutes may be barred from doingbusiness with the

underlying a resolution are factors that the independent

federal government The Federal Acquisition Regulations

debarment authorities may consider. Moreover, indictment

(FAR) provide for the potential suspension or debarment

alone can lead to suspension of the right to do business

of companies that contract with the government upon

with the government.'" The US. Attorney's Manual also

conviction of or civil judgment for bribery, falsification or

provides that when a company engages in fraud against the

destruction of records, the making of false statements, or

government, a prosecutor may not negotiate away an agen-

"(clommission ofany other offense indicating a lack ofbusi-

cy's right to debar or delist the company as part of the plea

ness integrity or business honesty that seriously and directly

bargaining process)" In making debarment determina-

affects the present responsibility of a Government contrac-

tions, contracting agencies, including at the state and local

tor or subcontractor."'" These measures are not intended

level, may consult with DOJ in advance of awarding a con-

to be punitive and may be imposed only if "in the public's

tract Depending on the circumstances, DOJ may provide

interest for the Government's protection.."J"

information to contracting authorities in the context of

Under the FAR, a decision to debar or suspend is dis-

the corporate settlement about the facts and circumstances

cretionary. The decision is not made by DOJ prosecutors

or

underlying the criminal conduct and remediation measures

SEC staff; but instead by independent debarment authorities

undertaken by the company, if any. This information shar-

within each agency, such as the Department of Defense or

ing is not advocacy, and the ultimate debarment decisions

the General Services Administration, which analyze a mun-

are squarely within the purview of the independent debar-

ber of factors to determine whether a company should be sus-

ment authorities. In some situations, the contracting agency

pended, debarred, or otherwise determined to be ineligible

may impose its own oversight requirements in order for a

for government contracting. Such factors include whether

company that has admitted to violations of federal law to be

the contractor has effective internal control systems in place,

awarded federal contracts, such as the Corporate Integrity

self-reported the misconduct in a timely manner, and has

Agreements often required by the Department of Health

taken remedial measures)" If a cause for debarment exists,

and Human Services.

the contractor has the burden of demonstrating to the satisfaction of the debarringofficial that it is presently responsible

Cross-Debarment by Multilateral Development

and that debarment is not necessary.'" Each federal depart-

Banks

ment and agency determines the eligibility of contractors

Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), like the

with whom it deals. However, if one department or agency

World Bank, also have the ability to debar companies and

debars or suspends a contractor, the debarment or suspension

individuals for corrupt practices)" Each MDB has its own

applies to the entire executive branch of the federal govern-

process for evaluating alleged corruption in connection

ment, unless a department or agency shows compelling rea-

with MDB-funded projects. When appropriate, DOJ and

sons not to debar or suspend the contractor."'

SEC work with MDBs to share evidence

and refer cases.

Although guilty pleas, DPAs, and NPAs do not result

On April 9, 2010, the African Development Bank Group,

in automatic debarment from US. government contracting,

the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for
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May 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM

Epstein Web

@epsteinweb.bsky.social

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Mexican national oil company. 111 And in the early 1980s,

despite the Malaysian government having a minority share-

DOJ and SEC brought cases involving a SI million bribe to

holder position, the company was an instrumentality of the

the chairman ofTrinidad and Tobago's racing authority."

Malaysian government as the government nevertheless had

DOJ and SEC continue to regularly bring FCPA

substantial control over the company.

cases involving bribes paid to employees of agencies and

Companies and individuals should also remember

instrumentalities of foreign governments. In one such

that, whether an entity is an instrumentality of a foreign

case, the subsidiary of a Swiss engineering company paid

government or a private entity, commercial (i.e., private-

bribes to officials of a state-owned and controlled electric-

to-private) bribery may still violate the FCPA's accounting

ity commission. The commission was created by, owned

provisions, the Travel Act, anti-money laundering laws, and

by, and controlled by the Mexican government, and it had

other federal or foreign laws. Any type ofcorrupt payment

a monopoly on the transmission and distribution of elec-

thus carries a risk ofprosecution.

tricity in Mexico. Many of the commission's board members were cabinet-level government officials, and the direc-

Public International Organizations

tor was appointed by Mexico's president." Similarly, in

In 1998, the FCPA was amended to expand the defini-

another recent case, Miami telecommunications executives

tionof "foreign official" to include employees and representa-

were charged with paying bribes to employees of Haiti's

tives ofpublic international organizations."' A "public inter-

state-owned and controlled telecommunications company.

national organization" is any organization designated as such

The telecommunications company was 97% owned and

by Executive Order under the International Organizations

100% controlled

by the Haitian government, and its direc-

Immunities Act, 22 US.C. § 288, or any other organization

tor was appointed by Haiti's president "

that the President so designates.'2°Currendy, public interna-

While no one factor is dispositive or necessarily more

tional organizations include entities such as the World Bank,

important than another, as a practical matter, an entity is

the International Monetary Fund, the World Intellectual

unlikely to qualify as an instrumentality if a government

Property Organization, the World Trade Organization, the

does not own or control a majority of its shares. However,

OECD, the Organization of American States, and numer-

there are circumstances in which an entity would qualify

ous others. A comprehensive list oforganizations designated

as an instrumentality absent 50% or greater foreign gov-

as "public international organizations" is contained in 22

ernment ownership, which is reflected in the limited num-

US.C. § 288 and can also be found on the US. Government

ber of DOJ or SEC enforcement actions brought in such

Printing Office website at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsyst

situations. For example, in addition to being convicted of
funneling millions of dollars in bribes to two sitting presidents in two different countries, a French issuer's three

How Are Payments to Third Parties
Treated?

subsidiaries were convicted of paying bribes to employees

The FCPA expressly prohibits corrupt payments

of a Malaysian telecommunications company that was 43%

made through third parties or intermediaries.'"Specifically,

owned by Malaysia's Ministry of Finance. There, notwith-

it covers payments made to `any person, while knowing

standing its minority ownership stake in the company, the

that all or a portion of such money or thing of value will

Ministry held the status of a "special shareholder," had veto

be offered, given, or promised, directly or indirectly'," to a

power over all major expenditures, and controlled

impor-

foreign official. Many companies doingbusiness in a foreign

tant operational decisions." In addition, most senior

country retain a local individual or company to help them

company officers were political appointees, including the

conduct business. Although these foreign agents may pro-

Chairman and Director, the Chairman of the Board of the

vide entirely legitimate advice regarding local customs and

Tender Committee, and the Executive Director.136 Thus,

procedures and may help facilitate business transactions,

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May 9, 2026 at 12:33 AM

Prof Deirdre McCann

@profmccann.bsky.social

We attribute these outcomes to an enduring deregulatory model, sustained from the Bank's #DoingBusiness project. We identify significant - new and longstanding- features of the B-READY index ...

May 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM