STEVE INSKEEP, Host: NPR's business starts with the Avon lady's trouble in China.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, Host: The allegations against Avon executives come on the heels of another bribery case involving a foreign company in China. Four executives of the Australian mining firm Rio Tinto are doing jail time.
The president, chief financial officer and another senior executive at Avon's China operation have been put on leave, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company is investigating an alleged bribery scandal. An Avon official in New York also is involved in the probe.