Word: conflicted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will deliver a speech today at the Library of Congress on ethics in government, prescribing "high standards" to prevent conflict of interest by federal officials, including members of Congress. Aides say Bush wants a strengthened Office of Ethics in the White House...
...speech, long in the making, was delayed until the release of the report by independent counsel James M. McKay on Attorney General Edwin Meese, which said Meese probably broke two tax laws and twice violated a criminal conflict-of-interest statute. McKay sought no charges...
...Less than brokers would have us believe, according to Mayer. Insider-trading indictments make headlines, but outside investors are also disadvantaged by a structural convenience that benefits the professionals: brokerage houses buy and sell for their own accounts as well as those of their customers. This can be a conflict of interest, especially during volatile periods. Mayer corroborates the Brady commission report on last October's crash, which suggested that many Wall Street firms unloaded their own falling stocks before executing customers' sell orders...
Tourism officials blame the media for their coverage of the conflict. Argues Minister of Tourism Avraham Sharir: "The bad publicity we are receiving is scaring people from coming here, especially from North America." Sharir says he has lodged a complaint with the U.S. State Department about its travel advisory on the West Bank and Gaza, warning U.S. citizens "to avoid travel to these areas until further notice...
WASHINGTON--Attorney General Edwin Meese III probably broke two tax laws and violated a criminal conflict-of-interest statute, but won't be charged with a crime, Independent Counsel James McKay concluded in an 814-page report unveiled to the public yesterday...