Ericsson Pays $1 Billion, Unit Pleads Guilty, in U.S. Settlement

(Bloomberg) -- A unit of Ericsson AB pleaded guilty to foreign bribery and the parent company agreed to pay more than $1 billion to resolve a long-running U.S. corruption investigation involving payoffs in Asia and the Middle East.The Stockholm-based company admitted to a years-long campaign of corruption aimed at solidifying its grip on telecommunications business, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman in Manhattan said in announcing the settlement that outlined tens of millions of dollars in illici