Sentences with phrase «over scandals including»

He also took a clear shot at his political nemesis, Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has refused calls to fire NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye over scandals including falsified lead - paint inspections, broken boilers and rampant drug dealing.

Not exact matches

Brouhahas over advertising have snared several online companies, including Facebook, which is currently embroiled in a data scandal.

But this time there has been a mad rush to the «transparency and accountability» altar and because of a Senate spending scandal and a $ 90,000 payoff we may be heading to the type of real change so many, including this newspaper, have pushed for over the years.

In a section titled «Accountability,» Zuckerberg's notes include a reiteration that he is to blame as the leader of Facebook and that no one has been fired over the scandal

Greece's parliament voted early Thursday following a marathon 20 - hour session to investigate 10 senior politicians, including two former prime ministers, over allegations they were involved in a pharmaceutical bribery scandal.

Investors who have poured over $ 10 billion into Uber over the last eight years have stomached scandals and soap operas of every kind, including the noisy ouster of its CEO Travis Kalanick.

Tove Ryding, a tax coordinator for Eurodad, told CNBC she wasn't surprised by Germany's ranking and money laundering risk, given the number of recent scandals involving German banks including Deutsche Bank, which was fined by South African anti-money laundering regulators in February, and saw investigations launched over alleged money laundering for Russian clients in June.

He has faced pressure to resign over scandals from numerous state lawmakers and other state officials, including Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (R).

Problems abounded: some were getting drunk over the Lord's supper, there were lawsuits among believers, and internal scandals about sex (including incest, promiscuity, prostitution and more!)

There has recently been a big scandal over very poor care at hospitals in one particular area, unrelated to maternity care, that had many of the similar features of the FGH disaster, including the implication of the, then, Government's latest vanity project, the «Foundation Trust» scheme:

The former agriculture minister made perhaps the most infamous expenses claim when he put in a bill which included the cleaning of his moat in his country estate, and was awarded the dubious honour of being the first MP to step down over the scandal.

Prime minister David Cameron said he believes the management at Barclays has «some serious questions answer» over the Libor scandal - including who was responsible, who will take responsibility and how are they being held accountable.

Bellone's praise of Sini, whom he appointed in 2015 to overhaul the scandal - plagued department, comes as Suffolk Democratic Party leaders mull over a roster of contenders interested in running for district attorney, including David Calone, a former county planning commission chairman.

This penchant for supporting his loyalists to circumvent laid - down procedures in the party has resulted in several scandals, including the infamous secret account at Ecobank which held over GHC 5 million party funds without the knowledge of the suspended General Secretary and National Chairman.

The State Police, a once highly regarded statewide agency, has been wracked by scandal over the past four years, including Troopergate, during which Spitzer was found to have used investigators to gather information on a GOP foe, and alleged efforts by Paterson's top bodyguard to persuade a Bronx woman not to file assault charges against a top gubernatorial aide.

Silver, who would become the longest - serving speaker in state history next year, has survived previous ethical scandals, including widespread complaints over his handling of sexual harassment charges against former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the earlier conviction of his top aide, Michael Boxley, on a charge of sexual misconduct.

The launch follows a series of scandals over patient care, including abuses at Winterbourne View nursing home in Bristol, which was exposed in a BBC Panorama documentary.

In his presentation, Magu who was a panelist at the Implementation Review Group attended by over 100 delegates, had detailed the Nigerian efforts in asset recovery, including the progress made in the specific cases related to Abacha loot, Malabu Oil, Diezani & Associates and the Arms procurement scandal.

Nine former Cuomo associates, including the governor's former closest aide, also face trials within the next year over an economic development corruption scandal.

The scandal over whether Eliot Spitzer's office improperly used the State Police to produce damaging evidence that former State Senate majority leader Joe Bruno improperly used state - owned vehicles (cars and aircraft) to travel from upstate to New York City on trips that included both state business and politicking?

Cuomo has been railing in recent weeks against NYCHA's mounting woes under de Blasio's leadership, including defective boilers that kept residents shivering through winter, mold and a scandal over false claims of lead - paint inspections.

Excitement about Cuomo's announcement has been building in Democratic circles as the impasse over a new state budget worsens and as the attorney general moves to wrap up several high - profile investigations, including the state pension - fund scandal and a probe of embattled Bronx Democratic Sen. Pedro Espada.

The accusations emerged from the giant scandal in Brazil involving the state oil company there, Petrobras, which was bilked for billions of dollars over the course of a decade by corrupt executives, politicians and contractors — including Odebrecht.

The prime minister has committed «seven mortal sins» that have degraded politics, Sir Alistair continued, including; the cash for honours scandal, his alleged disregard for cabinet government, the «shocking political interferenace» in the fraud investigation of BAE's arms deal in Saudi Arabia, his dismissal of concerns over postal voting, the handling of investigations in ministerial disconduct, an «undue reliance on spin», and «politicising» the civil service.

Despite the governor's strong reservations about the plan in place to take over Mr. Silver's duties — and his repeated urging that the scandal not get in the way of the functioning of government — Mr. Cuomo did not call for Mr. Silver to resign his post as speaker, as some, including speaker candidate Assembly Keith Wright, have begun to do this week.

Stringer repeatedly used the word «integrity» when describing the race, but refused to weigh in on Spitzer's past, including his resignation over a prostitution scandal.

There is no apology from Gordon Brown over the No. 10 email scandal; instead there is a personal letter to everyone slurred, including David Cameron, saying the whole business is «a matter of great regret».

The source document, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), has been under harsh scrutiny over the past weeks for a number of blunders, including the Climategate scandal, bogus claims about Himalayan glacier melt, false assertions The Netherlands are drowning, deceptive hysteria over conditions in the Amazon, exaggerations of vanishing polar ice caps, and fraudulent cover - up of Chinese temperature data.

The Liberals and New Democrats, the province's two main parties, had sparred during the campaign over issues including the economy, homelessness and several local scandals.

Mr. Placitella's career has been commemorated a number of times in written works, including: Poison Pills, The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal, Tom Nesi; Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen - Phen, Alicia Mundy; Civil Warriors, the Story of the Tobacco Litigation, Dan Zeigart; No Contest, Corporate Lawyers & the Perversion of Justice in America, Ralph Nader.

Much has been written about the NSA / Prism communications monitoring scandal over the last few days, including Simon's recent post.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

Emil Michael has been at the center of several controversies at Uber, including a scandal over comments he made in 2014 about digging into the private lives of journalists.

It's one of several revealing details to come out of the hourlong conference call with reporters — others include that nobody has lost their job over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and that Zuckerberg considers himself a «power user of the internet.»

Over the past few weeks, the scandal has mushroomed into investigations across continents, including a probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Facebook, which has over two billion users globally, including over 200 million in India, had faced backlash on the data scandal issue, prompting Zuckerberg to issue an apology for the «major breach of trust», and promising to take steps to protect user data.