US Weighs Retail Sweep After Wal-Mart Bribery Scandal

U.S. authorities are considering launching a wide-ranging examination of the retail industry for violations of an anti-foreign bribery law after Wal-Mart and other retailers have come forth with their own potential offenses, people familiar with the matter said. Retailers have been reviewing their international operations in light of a bribery scandal at Wal-Mart's operations in Mexico that's the subject of investigations by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.