Sentences with phrase «deal was shady»

There is no way he would not have known that the deal was shady.

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Taking the advice and working closely with Gekko, Fox soon finds himself swept into a world of «yuppies», shady business deals, the «good life», fast money, and fast women; something which is at odds with his family including his estranged father and the blue - collared way Fox was brought up.

It's bad enough we have to worry about spam emails promising discount medications and other shady deals.

The new rules are a blow to China's nascent market for golf, which is often seen as providing an opportunity for officials to make shady deals and an extravagance for government employees who should be serving the people.

The Elliotts and Giesbrecht have not been implicated in any illegal dealing — in an interview, Robin Elliott insisted this was the only time they'd ever referred members to an investment and «obviously we're never going to do it again» — but their brand of get - rich - quick seminar has become a fertile recruitment site for investors in a growing number of shady investment schemes.

The Paris - based group, which counts Switzerland among its 35 member states, on Tuesday issued findings from a year - long review of the Alpine country that has long been associated with shady financial transactions and as a haven for clandestine deal - making.

Well after some shady business deals and busted games that stock is basically bankrupt and I lost a ton of money which I'm still trying to recover from.

What angers me most about Wall Street's shady dealing and greed is that that they like to blame the national meltdown on their customers.

Along with the cheap fabrication of art, there was a smattering of drug use, one - night stands, shady financial deals and egos run amok by artists who would jump on stage, flip on a switch and «praise the Lord,» often giving canned speeches between songs that drove soccer moms to the merch table to pick up an album so their kids could have «positive role models.»

Nothing shady, nothing backstreet about this: I'm sitting on the Jubilee Line, staring at it, all jostling with advertisements for holidays, or meeting your true love, or getting the best insurance deal.

After LOTS of shady, criminal deals, it was done.

If he wins the next general election we may as well give the United States to Russia and China because he will weaken the economy to the point we will be useless internationally.He is trying every shady deal he can to try and cover his stimulus failures.

The 48 - year - old has something of a shady past in this aspect, and has been involved in a number of questionable activieis such as money laundering and getting involved in business deals with drug lords.

Yes, a few shady commercial deals may take place with the clubs» owners, but in the long run, they can't continue as they have been.

It's unsurprising that Blatter is believed to have done some shady stuff involving deals with Warner — we more or less knew that, even if we weren't sure if it was criminal.

for Sanchez, playing without any long - term security might seem unnecessarily careless in light of his potential future earnings (this next contract, wherever he is, will likely be the most lucrative deal he will ever sign)... for the club, there is a delicate balance between protecting their monetary interests and not appearing shady in the process... it rarely works, especially now without 24 hr access to all things club - related

With all the recent revelations about shady deals between managers and agents let's hope this is not a contributing factor to the skewed make up of English club squads.

But the growing list of complicated plots and shady deals can be boiled down easily: Prosecutors allege that the Dixmoor Park District has served as more of a theme park for public corruption than a place for public recreation over the last five years.

This is clearly up front and legit, but from there, I'm not certain how to identify a «shady» co-op and want to deal with honest business owners.

Claim: The use of single - sourcing and non-transparent procurement processes for even, large, capital - intensive, complex, projects has led to billions of dollars being wasted, sometimes in shady deals that suggest corrupt motives on the part of some parties.

The people who put this shady deal together should be ashamed.»

The murky and shady deal that has hit Ghana so hard that investors are beginning to fear buying GoG BONDS has attracted widespread condemnation from industry experts.

``... The truth is not in this country; I will not win the elections for the Minority because I don't do shady deals.

Doolittle is under investigation for his work with convicted lobbyist Republican Jack Abramoff * May 11, 2007 - The Republican Conference names Ken Calvert - under investigation for a shady land deal — to replace Doolittle on Appropriations.

The report — which outlined how some de Blasio administration officials were complicit in the shady deal — noted how DOI's probe was «hindered» by the city's Law Department refusal to hand over documents or allow access to City Hall computers.

He said that some Nigerians involved in some of the shady deals had been arrested and some were being prosecuted.

The probe of the controversial sale of a Lower East Side AIDS care facility has now been joined by the state attorney general's office, amid new allegations the nursing home behind the shady deal blatantly lied to the community.

The presidency, according to a high level source at the Flagstaff House, is now awaiting the outcome of separate investigations by the Bureau of National Investigation, EOCO, National Security, and the Ghana Police Service into some suspected shady deals involving Mr Boateng Aidoo and his companies to determine the way forward.

«He's hiding the truth about his shady deal with a D.C. swamp lobbyist and he's hiding his taxes.

As for voters, they should reflect that such shady, unsavoury deals constructed on half - truths and exaggerations, struck far away from the public gaze, are part and parcel of coalition politics - and would be entrenched for ever in Westminster if we adopt an electoral system such as the alternative vote.

It's sad that the government could be trying to scare and intimidate me with the EFCC when I was not even involved in any corrupt practice or shady deals.

The Guardian's clear implication is that Coulson knew a great deal about the shady activities that took place within NewsCorp during his time at the News of the World.

De Blasio is facing several investigations by state and federal authorities, including probes into his fund - raising, the NYPD and a shady Lower East Side land deal.

The COPEC boss had alleged that persons connected to the BOST MD had threatened him after he uncovered a supposed shady deal at BOST which is believed to have cost the nation 23 million cedis in revenue.

The chief of staff was also allegedly involved in a deal of taking money from Jide Omokore, a shady businessman who was allegedly involved in corruption in the oil sector during the preceding administration.

Top de Blasio administration officials were in the loop about its approval to turn a Lower East Side nursing home into luxury condos — and some were even complicit in the shady deal, despite Mayor Bill de Blasio insisting he was in the dark, a city investigation has revealed.

The more we know about the people who are courting favor with our state representatives and employees, the less likely it is that these officials will be able to make shady deals on behalf of favored clients, friends or contributors.

Demonstrators cited several shady deals exposed by The Post, including allegations that the Toll Brothers development company — which gave $ 50,000 to Mayor de Blasio's Campaign for One New York — was allowed to build above height limits in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

The way that Lincoln used political maneuvering, common sense and a little bit of shady deal - making is inspiring and fills me with hope.

The mysterious soul in question is that of Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), a Polish Christian who works as a sewer worker but augments his income with shady deals and thievery.

Hemsworth hasn't officially signed on to play one of the shady characters staying at the El Royale, but he's close to finalizing a deal.

It's a moral conflict expertly conveyed by Ejiofor, who, whether delivering stern lessons to his police officer student and friend Joe (Max Martini) or dealing with a host of shady businessmen (including Mamet regulars Rickey Jay and Joe Mantegna), smartly expresses his character's staunch conviction with hints of sorrow born from the recognition that devotion to his «code of the warrior» and its rituals inevitably means pain for himself and those he cares about.

But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a $ 300 million deal to arm the Afghan Military — a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.

The flood this time around goes back to Long and some shady development deals, and one has to wonder why God cares so much about the material possessions of a bunch of well - to - do people in a gated community when there's so much of more vitally important things going on in — well, throw a dart at a map and you'll hit something.

Believing that a stereotypical family would be less suspicious when crossing the border, he enlists the help of three others to complete his shady deal.

Turns out the development is a hazardous natural disaster waiting to happen.which was only built because of a shady land deal bartered by a crooked Congressman Long (John Goodman).

Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy.

A major lesson is being taught in War Dogs about the business of WAR and how shady deals are made on the regular.

Looking like Borat's lost wayward sister, this glum college student lives in a grey dorm on a grim campus where practically everybody seems to be dealing in contraband (cigarettes, candy, even showers) or is up to some sort of shady shenanigans.

War Dogs reminds us that shady deals aren't the work of one political party or even one administration.