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A | Canberra, Oct 11 (UNI) Two Australian men have been charged with bribing Sri Lankan officials to secure infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars.
Australian police arrested the pair last month after a decade-long investigation spanning several countries, BBC reported.
The men, aged 67 and 71, worked for a company which has been accused of misconduct in South Asian countries, it said.
They are yet to respond to the charges and will face court.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say the men arranged bribes of more than A$304,000 ($190,000) to government officials between 2009 and 2016.
The bribes were allegedly made in the pursuit of two Sri Lankan projects -- which police did not name -- worth A$14m.
The charges follow an investigation into SMEC International Pty Ltd, an Australian-based engineering firm, which involved authorities from the US, Canada, India and elsewhere, the BBC reported.
More arrests and charges are possible, the AFP said.
"Corruption undermines fair competition and can have disastrous consequences for developing economies, global anti-poverty and development efforts," Detective Supt Helen Schneider said.
Originally known as the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp, SMEC was formed in 1949 to build an iconic Australian infrastructure project. It has since grown to employ 5,400 staff in many countries.
In 2017, the World Bank temporarily barred SMEC and four subsidiaries in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from bidding for any of its contracts, the report said.
The World Bank said it had discovered evidence linking the company to suspected "inappropriate payments" in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
At the time, a spokesperson for SMEC said the allegations did not relate to any Australian projects, and that the company would continue to strengthen its corporate integrity compliance programmes.
Protests erupted in Sri Lanka this year over corruption allegations and the country's worst economic crisis in history, it said.
UNI MR。对冲基金经理丹•奈尔斯（DanNiles）认为，苹果的麻烦远不止是中国销量的下降。华尔街在很大程度上忽视了其他问题。在科技领域享有盛誉的奈尔斯警告说，iPhone的高价格将导致苹果今年的股价进一步下跌。”他周三对CNBC的“贸易国”表示：“iPhone的销量正在急剧下降。”中国的人均国内生产总值是1万美元，印度的人均国内生产总值是2000美元，所以我们不能向这些市场出售高达1000美元的手机。奈尔斯将赌注押在苹果身上，他说，他相信这个问题会产生“雪球”效应。

B | 他指出，iPhone销量的下滑将对苹果的服务业务造成比华尔街预期的更大的损害。”iPhone是苹果服务业务背后的驱动力，但它有滞后效应。那么，如果iPhone销量下降，像Apple Care或Apple Musis这样的服务如何销售呢？这就是苹果的问题所在。苹果将继续失去市场份额，这最终将导致其服务业务受损。

C | “苹果上周发布了前所未有的盈利警告，警告称国际贸易紧张正在侵蚀其利润，导致其股价下跌10%。苹果的股价在过去一周上涨了8%，但在过去三个月下跌了29%。根据奈尔斯的说法，苹果的盈利预警并不令人惊讶。去年8月，他在接受《贸易国》采访时预测，苹果将受到国际贸易紧张的不利影响。现在他想知道为什么苹果的首席执行官蒂姆·库克没有提出这个问题。”人们忘记的一件事是，在过去的一个季度，苹果18%的收入来自中国市场。事实上，中国市场是其业务的驱动力。因此，我认为目前的贸易争端确实令人担忧。Nells说，除非苹果降低iPhone的价格，否则苹果将面临一个巨大的困境。”情况越来越糟，而不是越来越好，所以你不想拥有股票，”他说。苹果还没有发表评论。