Sentences with phrase «with financial scandals»

With a financial scandal threatening to engulf him, a video has emerged showing Iceland's Prime Minister walking out of a television interview when asked to explain his involvement in an offshore company.

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In addition to that, the euro area has (a) worsening problems of political instability (Italy without government, unfolding corruption scandals in recession - hit Spain and France), (b) dysfunctional banking systems (weak banks and their impaired lending activities despite ample liquidity supplied by the ECB) and (c) lingering uncertainties about the financial system's credibility (problems with depositor and investor protection).

In an election year, the Wells scandal is a Wall Street scandal that the average American is directly connected with (almost everyone has a bank account), and it can help the members of Congress look tough on the financial industry.

On the other hand, Wells Fargo's scandal deals with checking accounts and credit cards — financial instruments that nearly every American has.

But with the past year of corporate scandals bringing billion - dollar companies to their knees, most business owners are realizing that not having a handle on the company's financial inner workings can lead to disastrous consequences for companies both big and small.

Monti was widely credited with tightening Italy's public finances and restoring its international credibility after the scandal - plagued Berlusconi, whom he replaced as the 2011 financial crisis threatened to spin out of control.

Volkswagen's emissions scandal has more in common with the arcane algorithms and opaque schemes at the heart of Wall Street's financial crisis than with traditional automotive recalls

Citi blames the discount on a series of scandals in recent years — from Enron and Worldcom to last year's «knuckleheaded» bond trade that got it into trouble with European financial regulators.

Perle narrowly escaped conviction for trading intelligence secrets with Israel in the late 1970s, and Abrams was convicted (and pardoned by Reagan) in the Iran - Israel - contra weapons and financial scandal.

Soon after the financial scandal broke last year involving Ivan Boesky, the Wall Street arbitrager, I spoke with a dean of Harvard University's Business School at a suburban Boston church.

All my friends have left, It's a shame, as we were an active, supportive, faith - inspired community that went down the tubes with the disrespect shown towards women and children, financial scandal, crcxkdowns of authority, etc. from a local to the highest levels.

It is increasingly becoming apparent that Ghana's Finance Minister, Ken Ofori - Atta, is a rip - off merchant with a ubiquity to scandal - prone financial transactions.

In part - agreement, part - contrast with Phillip Blond's description of the riots as «libertarian», and Maurice Glasman's view of the socially disruptive effects of neoliberalism, I argue that the riots — in a way not unrelated to the MPs» expenses scandal or the daredevil practices of the financial sector — exemplify a particularly corrosive brand of materialistic libertinism.

Zuma will forever be associated with his past, particularly the rape charges and financial scandals, but perhaps these are more of an obsession for the western media than the South African population who just want their daily life to improve.

With the threat of financial meltdown just hours away, and the only hope of rescue resting on a morally dubious deal with the Foreign Minister of Kumranistan, the stage is set for a riotous comedy of sex, scandal and schemWith the threat of financial meltdown just hours away, and the only hope of rescue resting on a morally dubious deal with the Foreign Minister of Kumranistan, the stage is set for a riotous comedy of sex, scandal and schemwith the Foreign Minister of Kumranistan, the stage is set for a riotous comedy of sex, scandal and scheming.

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 financial crisis of 2008, excessive pay deals for bankers and the mis - selling scandals with the energy companies have certainly contributed towards a collapse in public trust.

He left politics at that point, with his son, Sean, succeeding him in his north Dublin constituency, but remained in the public eye thanks to a series of personal and financial scandals.

In contrast to their one - on - one televised debates, which have consisted largely of Stringer alluding to the «black socks» prostitution scandal that ended Spitzer's career as governor (and Spitzer countering by pointing to the array of entrenched financial interests who along with Lena Dunham are backing his opponent), the candidates used this forum (co-hosted by Democracy for NYC, Living Liberally, and ACT NOW) to fill out their visions for how the office might be more of a progressive force than it has been under incumbent John Liu, the longshot Democratic mayoral hopeful.

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.

Low - January 11th: Robinson scandal - DUP leader Peter Robinson was forced to temporarily stand down from his role as first minister after the scandal about his wife Iris Robinson's financial and sexual activities with a 19 - year - old broke.

But both now suffer from criticism of their financial organisation, with BBC management condemned for their salaries and MPs still reeling from the expenses scandal.

«Did the PDP expect him to come back with sex or financial scandals, or both as they did while in office?»

The banking and financial services industry is being demonised and as with the expenses scandal in Westminster, a few bad apples have tarred the whole system.

«Equity,» now open in four theaters, is a Wall Street - set drama about a financial scandal; and «Gleason» is a documentary about NFL footballer Steve Gleason and his struggle with ALS.

What results is a situation where a talk show host must deliver a knockout blow to a world class debater and notorious manipulator, with only his reputation and the financial future of many riding on getting something out of Nixon no hardnosed journalist had been able to get in years of covering the Watergate scandal — admission of guilt in abusing the power of office.

With The Big Short just last year, Adam McKay brought comedic sensibilities to the complexities behind financial corruption, dissecting a scandal with humor, insight, and most importantly, a constant undercurrent of outrage that War Dogs is missWith The Big Short just last year, Adam McKay brought comedic sensibilities to the complexities behind financial corruption, dissecting a scandal with humor, insight, and most importantly, a constant undercurrent of outrage that War Dogs is misswith humor, insight, and most importantly, a constant undercurrent of outrage that War Dogs is missing.

They have been cited for abusive discipline practices, such as suspending 5 - year - olds and violating the civil rights of students with disabilities, failing to serve needy populations, such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities, and even financial fraud, mismanagement and self - dealing scandals.

While explicitly avoiding the debate over the existence of charters and carefully noting that he was looking at the problems associated with a poorly regulated sector taking public funds, Mr. Oliver looked at financial scandals and fraud in charter schools across the country:

Data with respect to funding between individual districts and Rocketship is not publicly available, and while Rocketship hasn't yet encountered significant financial scandals, transparency still is limited.

Value Investors for Change detail a litany of problems with this stock in the preliminary proxy filing, which range from a simple failure to file financial statements or hold an annual meeting to the mishandling of an acquisition and an options dating scandal.

Financial scandals have taken off during the last decade, with the new frauds yielding billions of dollars worth of illegal profit.

Compare this with Heartland (c. $ 4,600,000)-- fifteen times bigger or Greenpeace (c. 160,000,000 euros, $ 210,000,000)-- seven hundred times bigger, and I think your hopes of finding an enormous financial scandal buried by «dark forces» or of a modern day Protocols of the Elders of Zion are vanishingly small.

Creating new business for big banks with large fossil fuel portfolios and poor records on human rights and financial scandal would undermine the very purpose of the Fund,» said Karen Orenstein of Friends of the Earth U.S.

This article explores the intersection of English criminal, regulatory and civil liabilities and remedies in connection with cyber fraud and how cyber attacks will inevitably generate financial penalties and litigation matching those of the global Libor and Forex scandals.

But with the LIBOR scandal came Parliament's response by way of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 in order to address «the profound loss of trust born of profound lapses in banking standards».

The answer of course, is that that it is not simple, each case must be evaluated on its own merits to determine whether the latest financial scandal was a systemic failure within a financial institution or the devious ways of a master manipulator or indeed as is most often the case, an uncertain mix of both with the heady addition of big juicy bonuses thrown in.

To illustrate how Quebec has been successful in creating a separate body to handle financial cases with specialized teams, Salterio references the 2005 Norbourg scandal, which was the first criminal conviction of its kind involving misstated financial statements.

Even if you were hurt terribly, like with a rape or a financial scandal, there may be a place for forgiveness, if not to the one who hurt you, than to a God that may have watched while it happened, or to a situation in which there was nobody there to protect you.

Between financial corporation scandals, like the cyber attacks on Equifax, and the recent repeal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) arbitration rule, consumers are having trouble trusting financial institutions with their personal inffinancial corporation scandals, like the cyber attacks on Equifax, and the recent repeal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) arbitration rule, consumers are having trouble trusting financial institutions with their personal infFinancial Protection Bureau (CFPB) arbitration rule, consumers are having trouble trusting financial institutions with their personal inffinancial institutions with their personal information.

Starting with «The Savings and Loan Crisis» and extending through the Internet Bubble and on to the sub-prime mortgage scandal followed by the current deep financial recession, circumstances, warning signs, mistakes and remedies tried will be examined in detail.