Batista brothers, owners of meatpacking giant JBS, resign from senior posts
JBS chairman Joesley Batista and chief executive Wesley Batista resigned from senior posts “in a corruption scandal that threatens to topple Brazil’s president Michel Temer,” said Reuters. The brothers, who own the world’s largest meat producer, which has operations in the United States, admitted to paying $150 million, mostly in bribes, to nearly 2,000 politicians… » Read More
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