Sentences with phrase «linking scandal of»

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And Lewis at one point has a character's internal monologue describe the «entire history of Wall Street» as the «story of scandals... linked together tail to trunk like circus elephants.»

The younger son of the media tycoon stepped down as the chairman of the - then BSkyB in 2012, forced out by his links to a scandal at the family's now - defunct News of the World newspaper which, among many other ethical outrages, hacked a murdered schoolgirl's phone in a search for its next story on the case, temporarily misleading the police and the girl's family into thinking she was still alive.

The larger lesson of the scandal that brought down one of President Trump's campaign vendors is that politics and data are now inextricably linked — with or without Cambridge Analytica in the picture.

Turns out there is a link between Peter Thiel's secretive big data analytics firm, Palantir, and Cambridge Analytica — the political consulting firm at the center of the current Facebook data misuse scandal.

In the midst of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the user data of up to 87 million people was sold by a third - party developer to Trump Campaign - linked firm Cambridge Analytica, there has been talk of Facebook potentially adding a subscription layer.

And let's not forget the vice-president of Woodfibre LNG, Byng Giraud, who has been linked to a robo - call scandal and used to work for Imperial Metals, the company responsible for the Mount Polley mining disaster.

The directors of the Victoria company linked to the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal finally broke their silence on April 24.

Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge Analytica - linked expert at the center of the recent Facebook scandal, told the U.K. government on Tuesday that despite links to a St. Petersburg university, his data was not abused by the Kremlin.

Volkswagen vows a «more honest, more open, more truthful» carmaker as former CEO Martin Winterkorn is hit by wave of U.S. Department of Justice charges linked to the car - maker's 2015 «dieselgate» scandal.

But the larger lesson of the scandal that brought down one of President Trump's campaign vendors is that politics and data are now inextricably linked — with or without Cambridge Analytica in the picture.

What followed would trigger headlines around the world and public uproar that continues to roil Europe, a swirling mess of corruption scandals, a disgraced bank, links to dirty tricks group Cambridge Analytica, passport sales, sanctions busting and death threats.

He used the term a «breach of trust» to describe the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a political data firm linked to Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign gained access to information on some 50 million Facebook users.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has played down any potential danger from the findings, which were uncovered by the Associated Press news agency, suggesting levels of the chemical, which is linked to the recent Chinese dairy scandal, were much lower in US infant formulas.

It is an American Odyssey that links sons and daughters to fathers and grandfathers, and it reflects a host of age - old American tensions; between workers and owners, scandal and reform, the individual and the collective.

When police started investigating the links between peerages and donations to political parties, it looked like a scandal that might topple a prime minister and hasten wholesale reform of Parliament's upper chamber.

Another frequent tactic used to dilute the effect of an unflattering story is to purchase Google Ads linking to a counter-story and aimed at people searching for the scandal, just one example of the ability of search advertising to reach a defined audience with the right message at the right time.

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Hill had reported the names of individuals linked to the phone hacking scandal minutes after their arrests and it is thought her questioning was linked to the earlier arrest of a 51 - year - old detective suspected of leaking information to the newspaper.

A study of the links between the expenses scandal and different kinds of political reform shows the case for the alternative vote is among those which benefit the least from the public's reaction to the MPs» allowances scandal.

«The scandal is insufficiently linked to people's daily lives to prompt widespread active engagement,» the University of Reading experts conclude.

«No serious link has been drawn between the scandal and the issue of most pressing public concern, relating to the recession and the state of the public finances.»

Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who is serving his first term in the Assembly, has made corruption a key facet of his campaign and repeatedly tried to link McGrath to Skelos and the scandal - plagued Nassau County GOP.

ICC Petition: Okonjo - Iweala frowns at Falana over linkage with $ 2.1 bn arms scam Immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, has described as malicious, attempts by Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), to link her with the $ 2.1 billion arms scandal.

Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who had not used his Twitter feed since his lewd photo scandal broke last year, sent out a link to a video of Hurricane Sandy damage in the Rockaways to his nearly 70,000 followers Wednesday afternoon.

Something like 10 percent of the state's population has been without representation in one house or the other due to scandal - linked resignations.

Bharara has subpoenaed the offices of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino about dealings with de Blasio financial backers Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg, who have been linked to recent city pay - to - play scandals.

The comments come after Republican Senate candidate Chris McGrath blasted Cuomo's endorsement and fundraising support for Democratic Sen. Todd Kaminsky, linking him to the arrests of nine people in a bid - rigging and bribery case, as well as the «Bridgegate» scandal in New Jersey.

It features toned arms, slinky outfits, a cat fight, titillating e-mails, a military more consumed with sex than violence, a plot with more inconceivable twists than «Homeland,» and a Twitter's - delight lexicon: an «embedded» mistress named Broadwell, a biography called «All In,» an other - other woman of Middle East ancestry who was a «social liaison» to the military, a shirtless F.B.I. agent crushing on the losing - her - shirt - to - debt Tampa socialite, a pair of generals helping the socialite's twin sister with a custody case, and lawyers and crisis - management experts linked to Monica Lewinsky, John Edwards and the ABC show «Scandal...»

The letter refers to TV commercials that have started airing in the district, linking Faso to his lobbying firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips paying a fine as part of a settlement connected to the pay - to - play pension fund scandal.

Even more ridiculous is the spectacle of Conservative MPs and Conservative - leaning think - tankers trying to use the riots to back up the case for elected police commissioners — just like they did with the scandal over the Met's links to News International — without realising that the Met is precisely the one police force which is already very close to the elected commissioner model.

Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor serving his first term in the Assembly, made corruption a focus of his campaign and tried repeatedly to link McGrath to Skelos and the scandal - plagued Nassau County GOP.

Toledo, 70, is accused of taking huge bribes from scandal - plagued Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to ensure the firm won a juicy contract for a highway linking Brazil and Peru.

He has subpoenaed the offices of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino about dealings with de Blasio financial backers Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg, who have been linked to recent city pay - to - play scandals.

Firstly comes the phone - hacking scandal, linked to the prime minister by his decision to hire News of the World's former editor Andy Coulson as his director of communications.

She released a new TV ad today that continues her ongoing effort to link Martins with disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who lost his job in a federal corruption scandal — though his conviction was recently overturned, thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the definition of an «official act» in connection with public corruption.

Both men have linked to pay - to - play scandals in New York City and federal investigators recently questioned the businessmen's ties to Astorino when questioning Fernando Mateo of the New York Federation of Taxi Drivers.

And he has claimed he «can't remember» how the party found out about the obscure Canadian company linked to Trump backer Robert Mercer and at the centre of a new Brexit campaign scandal.

The Campaign for One New York, which de Blasio set up in 2013 to push his policy agenda, is linked to many of the scandals surrounding the mayor.

Fayose said it was embarrassing, shameful, disgraceful that a man of Falana's standing, reputed to be a human rights activist, friend of the masses, crusader of justice and defender of democracy, could be linked to such a scandal.

Ms Akufo - Addo was responding to claims reportedly made by a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, that there were rumours linking the first daughter to the scandal...

In Texas, DeLay's money - laundering case was not, despite his deepest wishes, thrown out of court and is now expanding into an election spending scandal involving the National Republican Congressional Committee and linked to the Abramoff case.

As I say in my video review (click the link above to watch) Chappaquiddick is undeniably going to be controversial, and perhaps a red - hot punching bag for elements on both the left, who won't like rehashing this scandal and damaging Kennedy's reputation as a man who turned into a great senator for decades after, and on the right, which may find the likes of Fox News and others exploiting it as evidence of a Democratic scandal swept under the rug.

From its witty, trenchant opening by Times executive editor Bill Keller to the final front - page weigh - in on the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal, much of the news «that's fit to print» is here, along with a magnifying glass (thankfully) and a three - DVD set of all the Times front pages, with indexing and online links to complete articles.

I don't think any of us need a refresher, but just in case — here's a link about Franzen's infamous Oprah scandal of 2001.

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book - and publishing - related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel prize in literature 2017 (The Guardian) Hachette folding Weinstein Books in wake of Harvey Weinstein sexual harrassment / assault scandal.

What began as a middle - school level attempt to spin some overwhelmingly bad press at the sake of the studio's credibility has ballooned into a scandal that links the creators of Everquest to a scummy target of the Mueller investigation.

As the link in the article shows, George Monbiot does indeed offer apologies for his previous assessment of the e-mail scandal and his indictment of Phil Jones, which is laudable (although personally I find Monbiot's final sentence ``..

Various scholars have tried to identify the impact of denialist chatter and events like the climategate email scandal, and some seem to find some links.

Kevin Trenberth, an advisory high priest of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and key «Climategate» scandal figure, wasted no time (or opportunity) to link the devastating 2004 U.S. hurricane season to man - made global warming.

The report also examines links between this process and the «Angolagate» arms - to - Angola scandal, uncovered in France at the end of 2000.