Sentences with phrase «scandal of paid»

This problem shows up even outside of this current scandal of paid reviews.

The writing blogosphere is ablaze this week with the scandal of paid reviews.

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After news broke in November 2006 that Siemens had been involved in a global corruption scandal, involving thousands of acts of bribery in several different countries by hundreds of employees, the company had its work cut out for it in complying with securities investigations, and paying hefty fines (about $ 2.5 billion in total).

The scandal that led to the sentence also brought down South Korean President Park Geun - hye; Lee was convicted of receiving favors after paying money to her and her advisor, Choi Soon - sil.

After the car companies met with the government at the start of this month, the CEOs of Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW conceded responsibility for the diesel scandal and promised to pay for software upgrades to reduce emissions from affected vehicles.

So you've got an easy - to - understand scandal that directly affected hundred of thousands of Americans, a slam - dunk political target in an election season, and a poster child for frustration about Wall Street's pay.

Since then, the company's had to weather such self - inflicted wounds as a pretexting scandal in which a board member, an executive and HP - paid investigators faced criminal charges for spying on journalists; the $ 1 billion acquisition of Palm Computing in 2010 to beef up HP's mobile capabilities; then the sale of Palm's intellectual property.

Before Congress in late September, he denied that the scandal was as grave as they saw it — fanning their ire, leading the bank to clawback a portion of his pay.

The PGA Tour's alignment with the NBA and MLB on the integrity fee is about paying for the compliance measures needed in order to mitigate the risk of betting scandals.

Still, the timing and seeming abruptness of O'Reilly's vacation announcement sparked some speculation that his absence is connected to the ongoing scandal stemming from The New York Times «recent report that Fox and O'Reilly have paid out $ 13 million to five women who accused the anchor of sexual harassment.

James Murdoch, the son of billionaire media mogul Rupert, is to return as the chairman of the U.K.'s biggest pay - TV company Sky Plc (skyay), four years after a phone - hacking scandal forced him out, regaining his grip on a group that now spans five European countries and is growing strongly.

On Monday, Malaysia and Abu Dhabi moved to clean up one part of the scandal: who would pay back investors who bought the bonds.

Uber, which is working to vindicate itself under new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi following a string of scandals, faced a setback after it was revealed by Bloomberg in a Nov. 21 report that the company was a victim of a hacking incident in October 2016 — and chose to cover it up by paying $ 100,000...

Tokyo Japan's finance ministry said on Friday it would dock the pay of its top finance bureaucrat for sexual harassment and apologized for betraying public trust in a scandal that has further damaged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ratings.

Over the past two months, she has guided the story of her alleged relationship with President Trump — and the $ 130,000 she was paid to keep silent — into a full - fledged scandal.

If Canadians become more focused on economic risks, the thinking goes, they will pay less attention to the Duffy scandal, and they will be more cautious when casting their ballot. In this world - view, it actually helps the Conservatives to talk up bad economic news. This marks a U-turn from earlier messaging, when Conservatives first tried (futilely) to deny the economy was in any trouble at all. With the negative numbers piling up around them, the Tory spin machine has decided to throw in the towel, and try to make a silk purse from this sow's ear. They now want to emphasize the gloomy economic outlook (while simultaneously, of course, evading blame for contributing to it at all).

Speaking during the annual Lords debate led by Most Rev Justin Welby, Lord Adonis recommend limits and governance reforms to deal with the «scandal» of vice-chancellor pay.

The disproportion of public funds paid to the elderly as over against payments and services to children is a scandal, but almost nobody is scandalized.

Even if they had but the flimsiest evidence, their threat of creating public scandal induced dioceses to pay big money to keep the accusations secret.

Santorum was an integral part of the influence - peddling scandal where the more a lobbyist paid the more access they had to influence political leaders.

When have you ever allowed the FACTS about the billions of dollars paid to victims of the RCC s & x abuse scandal around the WORLD, not some isolted case, ever stopped you from defending the cover up by the hierarchy of the church.

If you are claiming the ACA is a scandal because it forces everyone to have insurance even though some may not take full advantage of it then paying for the fire department is a scandal because my house has never caught fire.

The latest scandal, a string of Japanese restaurants paying workers $ 10 an hour, prompted a judge to go a step further and highlight the added insidiousness of underpayment when the company owners share a similar culture and background to their workers.

Typically a scandal in college basketball involves one thing: paying players above full scholarship and full cost of attendance.

Some, like Julie Kirkbride, will get a drubbing, others might get the chance to fully explain themselves without the hysteria of an «expenses scandal», and more transparency (and less attention being paid to Westminster housekeeping) will surely follow...

«Frankly, I don't see why the result of a trade union scandal should be every taxpayer in the country paying for Labour.»

In fact you have to wonder why any aspiring Chinese lobbyist would bother risking scandal by paying for access to washed - up former ministers like Straw and Rifkind, when the real deal can be bought quite openly, with a free glass of champagne thrown in to seal the deal.

I suggested that perhaps people are paying more attention to the Catholic Church due to its spate of scandals over the past decade or so.

The two men who oversaw prosecution of the pay - to - play pension fund scandal that resulted in former comptroller Alan Hevesi's jail sentence today both said the penalty should serve as a warning against other public officials seeking favors and gifts while in office.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), will eventually pay for the Libor scandal, the bank's chief executive said yesterday.

Think about the more recent and famous scandal, where he was convicted of paying hush money to former students he sexually victimized when he was a high school teacher.

After a scandal in which it has emerged that some major multinationals have paid little or no UK corporate tax, the head of Britain's Treasury has announced his mission «to turn concern over tax avoidance into a catalyst for change».

In the midst of the sex scandals and losing Fallon and Patel from her Cabinet, Theresa May's rugged determination to secure a Brexit deal in Brussels — and her ability to survive on just two hours sleep before her Brexit breakfast with Jean - Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier - paid off.

During the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal, Miliband was named by the Daily Telegraph as one of the «saints» of the scandal, due to his claiming one of the lowest amounts of expenses in the House of Commons and submitting no claims that later had to be paid back.

Armed with a full understanding of how this scandal came to be, rank - and - file legislators (and the people who elect them) can make informed choices on the various issues that radiate from this scandal, such as assigning responsibility, choosing legislative leaders, and making annual budget appropriations to pay off the debt.

The courageous decision to stand up to the right - wing press over the phone - tapping scandal did not pay off, but it is unlikely in any case that Labour would have won the endorsement of many newspapers.

In July 2011, following the revelation that the News of the World had paid private investigators to hack into the phones of Milly Dowler, as well as the families of murder victims and deceased servicemen, Miliband called for News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to resign, urged David Cameron to establish a public, judge - led inquiry into the scandal, and announced that he would force a Commons vote on whether to block the News International bid for a controlling stake in BSkyB.

ALBANY — The state's scandal - plagued pension system, whose «pay - to - play» extortion practices led to several high - profile indictments, has been the target of a sex - related extortion plot involving a member of a Boston - based investment firm.

It is rumored that John Haggerty may share a cell with political rival and former disgraced Comptroller of New York, Alan Hevesi who is serving a one to four years at the Ulster Correctional Facility in upstate Napanoch for a pension fund pay - to - play scandal.

At 10 a.m., Republican NYC mayoral candidate Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and NYC comptroller candidate Michel Faulkner will hold a news conference in front of the «scandal plagued» Water's Edge Restaurant to discuss «de Blasio and the pay - to - play transactional politics that permeate his administration,» 4 - 01 44th Dr., Long Island City.

Although RBS's role in Libor may eventually cost the bank millions of pounds — Barclay's was forced to pay a # 290 million pound fine for its role in the scandal — a small upside may be that the industry - wide investigation will shift attention away from RBS's particular problems.

It would be a scandal if patients in need of medical treatment were made to pay the price for the government's inability to draw the saga to a close.

-LSB-...] the Independent Democratic Conference and they've been under pressure recently because of the Senate lulu payroll scandal — three of them were paid for leadership positions they didn't hold.

The former CFO of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is suing the hospital for severance pay after he was fired in the wake of the bribery scandal of late Richmond Hill state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio.

By Cassie Chambers The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), will eventually pay for the Libor scandal, the bank's chief executive said yesterday.

Republicans in local races are making an issue out of the Lopez scandal, either calling on Silver to resign as speaker for concealing more than $ 100,000 in settlement money paid to two of Lopez's victims, or challenging their Democratic opponents for not calling on him to step down.

Long before disgraced former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi was charged in October for his role in a pay - to - play scandal involving the state pension fund under his watch, a little - known treasurer of Saratoga County, J. Christopher Callaghan, knew something was up — and it was in plain sight.

He mentioned William Lanhan, a consultant who allegedly stole $ 3.6 million from the city Department of Education, and the CityTime scandal that broke last year in which consultants paid to supervise the creation of a software program to keep track of the hours of city employees supposedly bilked the city out of $ 80 million.

To quote Dicker's item: «Kolb has repeatedly and conspicuously refused to criticize Silver since becoming the Assembly's GOP leader in 2009 despite a series of scandals and allegations of ethical transgressions including the speaker's highly controversial approval of a secret $ 100,000 - plus settlement paid to female staff members of former Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, whom they accused of sexual harassment.

These tax breaks have been at the center of numerous pay - to - play scandals, including most recently, tax breaks for the ultra-expensive One57 luxury condo building.