Bribery allegations exposed as Airbus agrees to pay record $4 billion fine
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PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of corruption that led to a record $4 billion (£3.03 billion) bribery settlement with France, Britain and the United States, French prosecutors said on Friday. The disclosure kicked off a day of transatlantic hearings to formally approve the settlements, lifting a legal cloud that has hung over Europe's largest aerospace group for years. It follows a nearly four-year..