Sentences with phrase «in big investigations»
Big names which have resulted in big investigations, and for some, prosecutions.
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An incredible investigation into the Republican tax plan revealing that many of the biggest tax - avoidance schemes were left untouched — and a cottage industry has sprung up to cash in on one of them.
Brand ads appearing in inappropriate places online is not a new phenomenon, but the issue was thrust into the spotlight after an investigation from The Times in February found a number of big brand ads were appearing next to violent or hateful content on YouTube.
The idea for an ACCC investigation was hatched during media reform negotiations in parliament earlier this year, which resulted in a relaxation of ownership laws to allow the country's big players to boost their market share to better compete against online disruptors.
«This is one of the biggest investigations the Hill has seen in my time here,» said Burr, who has been in Congress since 1995.
Along with Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, Lilly is one of the three big insulin makers under investigation by state attorneys general for price increases that the investigators believe are suspiciously similar in size and timing.
With approval rating in the low teens just five months into her second term, Rousseff's also struggling to win back the public trust amid Brazil's biggest corruption investigation, an inquiry into a massive kickback scheme at state - run oil company Petrobras.
In addition to big banks such as Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, there were 50 participants, including major exchanges, clearinghouses, the U.S. Treasury Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The bigger issue for the retailer is everyone coming in with their two cents on what Target should have done to prevent this breach, including two U.S. senators seeking investigations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.
This open - ended investigation is a more moderate course of action against China than simply slapping tariffs on it, but if it does eventually escalate, the US could find itself reshaping global trade in a big way.
The biggest share of legal payments in the first quarter of this year — about $ 348,000 — went to Jones Day, a law firm representing the campaign in the investigations by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and several congressional committees into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
But the fact that the data watchdog is forced to sit on its hands waiting to gain access to servers that the companies of interest to its investigation are in control of or able to access raises serious questions about the asymmetry between big data and regulation.
Arguably the biggest is an investigation that's already underway: The Federal Trade Commission is looking into the possible misuse of personal information in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which involved sharing data from as many as 87 million users.
Congressional Republicans are rushing this through before anyone has a chance to grasp all of the bad stuff in it and before special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation possibly ensnares bigger fish than former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to a charge Friday as part of a plea deal.
FTC: Google Pushing Its Own Products in Search Results Is Fair Game — One of the biggest news stories of 2012 was the continuing FTC investigation into antitrust allegations against Google, but the case was settled this week in Google's favor.
The biggest auto loan provider, Santander, is under investigation in at least 30 states for fraudulent lending practices and recently settled a lawsuit for $ 25 million.
Interestingly, Google was not the only big tech company involved in these prolonged investigations.
«We have a big - time cocaine smuggling threat in South Florida,» says John McGhee, assistant special agent in charge of drug - smuggling investigations for U.S. Customs in Miami.
A 2017 investigation into lobbying efforts by «Big Pharma» conducted by The Washington Post and 60 Minutes found that the companies spent more than $ 106 million to lobby Congress in an effort to pass more favorable drug laws.
After all my investigations I've found five blenders that I love and they range from to # 650 to # 99 so there's a big difference in price between them all!
Noting the investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission into supermarkets» powers, he will point out that while the big retailers» alleged actions may not be breaking competition laws, «this does not mean that the status quo is necessarily delivering the most efficient or optimal outcomes in the market.»
The competition regulator has put the Australian cattle market on notice by reinforcing recommendations for modernising reform with news that it has launched cartel investigations in the wake of a self - initiated market study into the nation's single biggest contributor to agricultural incomes.
Tom Karst and Ashley Nickle discuss the major stories of this week, including why the latest update on the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine from Arizona might be a big help to the FDA in its traceback investigation.
Offense: «If these outrageous reports have any merit — and especially if a United States Senator has done anything inappropriate or unethical to interfere with a decision that the Big 12 had already made — then I believe that there should be an investigation in the U.S. Senate, and I will fight to get the truth.
Talking of the champions league results, we could see a shock winner there too, as the big four could all be eliminated this time next week... That's if UEFA don't have a say in it, as they are under investigation in Switzerland.
Cameron says the current police investigation is one of the biggest in our country and does not involve those police officers involved in the original investigation.
The «FEDS» have a number of investigations going on in Brooklyn and Queens which could have a big impact on members of the Senate.
Two decades after he was sodomized by an NYPD officer, touching off one of the biggest police misconduct investigations in city history, Abner Louima is living a quiet but productive life in Miami, while the officer who attacked him, Justin Volpe, has eight years left on his federal prison sentence.
Conservative MP Collins told the FA boss: «The FA appointed a manager who was a central figure in the biggest ever investigation initiated by football into improper payments and bungs.
The investigations into the state's contracting also identified allegations of a «pay - to - play» system in which government contracts were allegedly awarded to big campaign donors.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - As Mayor Bill de Blasio faces investigations and fends off allegations that he created a pay - for - play atmosphere in City Hall, several little - known challengers have lined up to face him in 2017, as the bigger names have yet to decide whether they'll take the plunge.
Bharara's biggest Wall Street takedown came in 2011, when a two - year investigation of hedge - fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam culminated with the Galleon Group founder being forced to pay $ 150 million and spend 11 years behind bars.
Indeed, the Office of Fair Trading has launched an investigation into whether there is a lack of competition in the supply of technology to the public sector, with the biggest companies earning about # 10.4 billion from the State.
Those winning stories are his coverage of Gallagher Beach in 2013, his Scajaquada Creek series in 2014 and his investigation into the checkered history of one of the city's biggest landlords.
Some of the state Governors who later became big men in the Buhari Government have been accused of making untidy donations to the Presidential campaign without any investigation.
«What began as a routine narcotics investigation suddenly mushroomed into a huge operation, and one of the biggest takedowns of an MS - 13 leader in the United States,» Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said at the morning press conference.»
So it should be no surprise that the news that the now - former regional president of Empire State Development is the subject of a state JCOPE sexual harassment investigation sparked a big reaction in the Buffalo area.
Real questions alluded to in the News» editorial: 1) How much did Cuomo know about the targets of the Commission's investigations; 2) When did he know it; and 3) Did he bargain away, ie, shutter the Commission — at the insistence of Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — in his own political self - interest; and 4) What legislation (including budget bills, ie, «the big ugly»), if any, were tainted by Silver's alleged corruption?
FOR NOW, DE BLASIO TOWERS OVER 2017 FIELD — Staten Island Advance's Rachel Shapiro: «As Mayor Bill de Blasio faces investigations and fends off allegations that he created a pay - for - play atmosphere in City Hall, several little - known challengers have lined up to face him in 2017, as the bigger names have yet to decide whether they'll take the plunge.
Ponte's travels were first exposed in a scathing report by Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters who also discovered that more than two dozen other corrections big wigs were improperly using their city cars for personal use.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco, of Syracuse, says the atmosphere of corruption and on going criminal investigations by federal prosecutors is making it harder tied together in a huge end of session agreement, that has earned the nickname «the big ugly.»
But the investigation is clearly focusing on Cuomo's administration and contracts it has issued in some of Upstate New York's biggest projects - including some of the signature projects Cuomo boasts about in speeches while asserting he's done more for the region than any governor in decades.
The state investigation, led by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, focuses on whether the de Blasio Administration illegally funneled big bucks campaign contributions to upstate campaign committees in an unsuccessful bid to regain Democratic control of the state senate in 2014, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.
Among the questions asked by the press: whether the city is working with Mexican government officials to encourage any eligible Mexican nationals to register with the city for assistance, whether all victims have been located and identified, what is the biggest remaining challenge at the site, whether there are continuing concerns of gas leaking at the site, whether there is any evidence of illegal gas connections in the basements of the destroyed buildings, what damage or evidence the FDNY will look for, the number of people needing housing assistance, whether any victims asked about the investigation when meeting with the mayor, the number and location of apartments being made available by REBNY to temporarily house victims, what the mayor would say to any employer not granting time off to a victim and whether the mayor is concerned about the pace of gas main replacements.
Is this investigation motivated by a much bigger political game in which Governor Cuomo encouraged / spurred / initiated Sugarman's investigation to achieve a number of goals: (a) torpedo the efforts of democrats to regain the state senate by scaring off potential big democratic donors (it is widely reported that the governor prefers working with a GOP controlled senate); (b) distract the press from Albany's complete failure to pass meaningful ethics reforms; (c) hurt his political foe, Mayor de Blasio.
A veritable who's who of Tallahassee's political and business leaders are being swept up in a federal investigation of the Community Redevelopment Agency and some of its biggest projects.
Rajaratnam has been the biggest catch so far in a wide - ranging insider - trading investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that's resulted in more than two dozen prosecutions of white collar defendants.
«This is a giant leap forward in developing our next bold mission of science discovery,» said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. «These are tantalizing investigations that seek to answer some of the biggest questions in our solar system today.»
As «big pharma is actively seeking out investigations to do reformulations of existing small molecules into nanoparticles,» notes McNeil, there has been an uptick in career opportunities in both big and small firms in this sector, including startups.
Eight years after South Korean stem cell scientists were exposed in one of the biggest scientific frauds ever, a paper claiming to have achieved work they faked is itself under investigation.