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...Even in the more relaxed industry culture of the time, these controls appear lax, according to Emmanuel Hatzakis, a finance professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology....
...“Over many decades, the parliament has allowed a culture of impunity to develop, with a combination of lax financial rules and controls and a complete lack of independent (or indeed any) ethics oversight...
...The case of the US, with its relatively lax regulations on methane emissions from fracking, may not directly apply to the UK....
...Boris Johnson has ordered an independent inquiry into the Greensill scandal that has engulfed his predecessor David Cameron amid concerns it has exposed a lax lobbying culture in Whitehall....
...As well as highlighting the lax nature of rules surrounding government lobbying, the Greensill Capital scandal has fuelled concerns about civil servants making use of a “revolving door” to move between government...
...They followed the teachings of the 12th-century French abbot St Bernard of Clairvaux, who believed that monasticism had become lax and should return to its roots of strict prayer and labour....
...Bernard Looney, BP’s new chief executive, has pledged to align the company’s lobbying efforts with its intentions as it seeks to become a net zero emissions company by 2050....
...In its latest annual report the Cour des Comptes said the running of the lossmaking school did not match its reputation or its ambitions, with “significant weaknesses” in financial controls, “lax” management...
...Bernard Cazeneuve, France’s interior minister, said an internal investigation would shed light next week on the security measures put in place by authorities on the evening of the massacre....
...Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, last week suggested that banks should no longer refund some instances of online fraud, in the view it rewards customers for being lax...
...This issue took root after the 2008 Bernard Madoff fraud in which several Luxembourg-based Ucits funds funnelled money into the Ponzi scheme....
...Esma’s examination of the merits of claims against the CSSF follows the 2008 Bernard Madoff fraud in which Luxembourg’s role also came under attack after several Ucits funds based there funnelled money into...
...The success of this and other early-stage investments drew new backers to the business, including the family office of Albert Frère, the billionaire Belgian tycoon, and Bernard Arnault, the head of the LVMH...
...firm and for lax oversight of investment banks....
...Many defence industry figures are likely to argue, however, that the MoD’s financial problems have more to do with lax management controls in the department....
...Such stunts were made possible, in part, by lax security. In some countries, such as Denmark, opening an account at the registry was easier than opening a bank account, according to traders....
...MF Global said on Tuesday that Mr Corzine, 63, chairman and chief executive, would replace Alison Carnwath and Bernard Dan, respectively....
...As he put it, the “bezzle” rises in a boom because of lax controls and fades in a bust....
...In 2003 one of the France’s most prominent chefs, Bernard Loiseau, committed suicide apparently because he feared a downgrade from the top three-star rating to two stars....
...Ever since the exposure of the massive fraud by Bernard Madoff, the New York-based investor, Luxembourg has been rebuffing suggestions that lax regulation has underpinned the success of its financial centre...
...Allen was never this voluble before: give credit to Lax, who also wrote the comedian-filmmaker’s authorised biography....
...Since Mr Madoff’s arrest in December, Luxembourg has been forced to rebuff suggestions that lax regulation has underpinned the success of its financial centre....
...There are many examples of lax vetting causing embarrassment to presidents,such as the withdrawal of Bernard Kerik’s nomination to become secretary of homeland security in 2004 after it emerged that he had...
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