Sentences with phrase «unsavory business»

The consumer protection act is designed to protect the public from unsavory business practices, and a practice or act in commerce which is a violation of a statute or regulation is one way a party can establish a claim under the consumer trade practices law.

Where is the line between trademarking a brand and unsavory business tactics to stop other people in your genre from having freedom of expression?

It was then, he said, after a life of lies, debt and unsavory business dealings, that he decided to plead guilty to eight felony charges.

Hot Time: How do Madridistas feel about the revelations around Luka Modric and his long - term and rather unsavory business relationship with strongman Zdravko Mamic?

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Ironically, Ackman's 3 - year - long «for profit species of holy war,» as Parloff dubs the investor's extended Herbalife siege, has forced the company to shake off many of its most unsavory operations, like its dogged lead generation businesses.

The notice declared by the FSA, notwithstanding a progression of impediments and government dangers, made Asia an unsavory place for a trade as essential to business sectors as Binance.

In becoming an agent, Moore entered a business with an unsavory reputation.

So it wouldn't surprise me if he finds unsavory info about Trump's business dealings.

It's something Bloomberg has some experience with - he got one to run on the Republican party line in 2009 when he was a registered independent, and has donated substantial sums to the county Republican parties since - but he finds the whole business unsavory.

Even if you can lay aside those unsavory ponderings inherent to show business, the film just doesn't readily entertain in the ways it attempts to.

Because of the unsavory reputation of the payday loan industry, some businesses and organizations have stepped in to offer their own payday loan plans that can sidestep some of the fees and risks.

That said, it would be foolish to ignore the fact that there is a, shall we say, unsavory side to the annuity business that, as outlined in a recent report by Senator Elizabeth Warren, involves fat commissions and other sales perks (vacation trips, entertainment, dinners, etc.) that may make some advisers more likely to tout annuities than other investments or strategies.

But Mark Zuckerberg doesn't want to talk about any of this unsavory money business.

There's no bank for unsavory customers to file chargebacks through, which means that if they have a problem with the product, they can contact to the business owner or merchant and work it out through the refund or replacement policy.