Sentences with phrase «shady deals on»

The more we know about the people who are courting favor with our state representatives and employees, the less likely it is that these officials will be able to make shady deals on behalf of favored clients, friends or contributors.

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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.

What angers me most about Wall Street's shady dealing and greed is that that they like to blame the national meltdown on their customers.

Along with the cheap fabrication of art, there was a smattering of drug use, one - night stands, shady financial deals and egos run amok by artists who would jump on stage, flip on a switch and «praise the Lord,» often giving canned speeches between songs that drove soccer moms to the merch table to pick up an album so their kids could have «positive role models.»

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.

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.

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.

Public affairs professionals need to learn lessons of the past and move on from shady deals in Westminster.

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.

Perhaps people mean the 1980s when Iran - Contra saw shady arms deals with Iran on side of the Atlantic, and Oregreave, Hillsborough and Westland on the other?

The comptroller's report comes on the heels of a separate probe by the city's Department of Investigation, which concluded that top city officials knew or should have known about the shady land deal — and worked to stop it.

He ex-husband Augie (Andrew Dice Clay) can't move past the fact that his former brother - in - law squandered his lottery winnings on some shady deal.

Hemsworth hasn't officially signed on to play one of the shady characters staying at the El Royale, but he's close to finalizing a deal.

The flood this time around goes back to Long and some shady development deals, and one has to wonder why God cares so much about the material possessions of a bunch of well - to - do people in a gated community when there's so much of more vitally important things going on in — well, throw a dart at a map and you'll hit something.

A major lesson is being taught in War Dogs about the business of WAR and how shady deals are made on the regular.

Looking like Borat's lost wayward sister, this glum college student lives in a grey dorm on a grim campus where practically everybody seems to be dealing in contraband (cigarettes, candy, even showers) or is up to some sort of shady shenanigans.

Jasmine was always something of a phony, averting her eyes as corrupt deals were hatched on shady verandas in the Hamptons.

The genre elements (sex scandal / blackmail / murder / shady real estate deals) remain notional, indefinite, teetering on the verge of abstraction.

I've dealt with shady appraisers, and lenders than don't get loans done on time.

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!»)

there is still no explanation as to what advantages the PS4 has in AC: U while its running at 900p, if there is no advantages on the PS4 version then we still know ubi gimped the game, it just cant be proven MS made them do it, people are just assuming because of MS having shady deals in the past.

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.

Whatever the deal I know it's not all shady business as these legal power mongers must select their winners based on peer endorsements.

No more shady deals») on the taxpayer funded grant to the Kalashnikov USA company involving Pompano Beach and Broward County.

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

I'm not saying that your intentions were not honorable, but due in part to the short sale flippers and shady double - escrow deals on short sales, banks have cracked down.