Word: conflict-of-interest
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...Conflict-of-interest charges are nothing new for political spouses, especially wives. They are easy to make and hard to refute, and can obscure a hidden intent to put an uppity woman in her place. "This is the sort of thing that happens to women who have their own careers," Hillary Clinton said about charges that she helped a savings and loan represented by her law firm to get a break from the state securities board, which is appointed by her husband. "For goodness' sake, you can't be a lawyer if you don't represent banks." Clinton...
...flatness of the field around him. Massachusetts' Paul Tsongas will probably be considered a regional candidate even if he wins the Feb. 18 primary in next-door New Hampshire. Jerry Brown is still orbiting a distant planet. Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey has been tarnished by conflict-of-interest reports, his failure to flesh out a specific message beyond a comprehensive national health-care plan, and an emerging perception that he is little more than a biography in a suit. And then there is Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, whose embodiment of Rooseveltian notions of government intervention should command liberal loyalties. Instead...
Harvard Management did come under fire for its conflict-of-interest policy, after it was reported that Eisenson and recently-departed Beane each hold 10,000 shares in Harken Energy Corporation, a Texas oil firm in which Harvard owns more than $28 million in stock...
...committee to enforce its conflict-of-interest policy, Meyer says, made up of three HMC executives, including Meyer, and an external attorney...
...case, the HMC chief executive adds, there is no way to prevent all conflict-of-interest situations...