Sentences with phrase «for shady dealing»

He did not develop a reputation for shady dealing.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

In a state mired with political corruption and known for its shady backdoor deals, the sudden leftward shift of one of the New York's most powerful and shameless politician hides the continuation of the business agenda that lies underneath all of Cuomo's progressive rhetoric.

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.

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.

, Nathalie Emmanuel as super-hacker Ramsey, and Kurt Russell as the shadowy government - type cutting shady deals for fuzzy reasons.

The cause — the end of slavery — is unquestionably righteous; the means to that end — Lincoln covertly sending the founder of the Republican Party to test the waters of brokering a peace deal with the Confederacy and unofficially employing shady surrogates to offer patronage jobs to House Democrats simply waiting for their Congressional tenures to end — are more questionable.

When Addison is approached with a shady deal to penetrate the zone more deeply than ever before, she will have to break every rule she's ever set to buy freedom for her sister and herself.

If you're at a store and feel like the salesperson is pushing the hard sell or is using shady tactics (be on the lookout for things like «This awesome deal only lasts today» or «Normally the price is $ XXXX, so I'm giving you a good deal!»)

On the plus side the lack of review code does mean that I've somewhat dodged a bullet, namely the controversy surrounding shady Youtube marketing deals for the game in which PC code was in rather short supply to anyone unwilling to promise a positive video.

The real crimes at Enron mainly consisted of turncoat government witness Andrew Fastow's shady deals, but Skilling and, especially, Lay are going down for improperly misrepresenting Enron's fortunes.»

True, the consequences of Yoo's actions are far, far worse than if, for example, a business lawyer finds a way to cram a shady deal through a legal loophole.

Actors, athletes, and public figures have been promised lucrative deals that trade a recognizable name for social proof that some of the shadiest cryptocurrency projects in existence are, in fact, legitimate.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Saved a client from total wipeout by advising him to completely bail out of a shady company's stock just in time for its collapse in the stock market • Implemented a series of risk management procedures, which reduced client loss by 56 % • Researched a particularly lucrative shares deal which brought both company and clients a benefit of 71 % on their investments • Successfully trained 52 traders to handle clients» accounts, all of whom are now operating independently within the company