The companies whose officials are named in a corruption probe to continue work

The government will allow companies whose officials are named in a corruption probe to continue work on existing projects and to bid for new ones. “Faced with the threat of a recession in the second half of the year, the government plans to push forward with President Mauricio Macri’s $35 billion infrastructure agenda, including public private partnership projects. Dietrich delivered the message to nine banks, including HSBC and ICBC, in a meeting earlier Friday. The corruption scandal that has enveloped the country won’t halt that process, he said.”