Mr. Paulson has sought to avoid taking sides in the debate, but in recent months came to the conclusion that the companies' conflicting missions of providing federally backed financing for affordable housing while serving shareholders were untenable.
Abetting the interests of a tobacco company conflicts with your avowed mission, health care, and thus betrays the trust of those who contribute to, or work for, your organization.
And once Big Boi's solo career got moving — his 2010 album, "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty," was delayed by record-company conflicts — it was clear that he was keeping what made Outkast so memorable: fast-talking rhymes alongside full-fledged tunes that might draw on funk, new wave, club beats or hip-hop.
Despite the success of YKK, as Tadahiro got older and more senior in the company, conflicts with his father began to emerge.
Mandelson demanded Sir Peter answered questions on how he had concluded £12bn could be saved this year, as well as whether his private business interests as chairman of a large private health care company conflicted with his role.
The odd WSJ article, which disclosed the sister-company conflict of interest nine paragraphs into the article, seems to be saying that MySpace will focus on social networking around content as a way to win.
(Note that, as things stand, the delayed opening, made necessary by the company conflict, occurs five days before the closing.
Dmitri A. Medvedev, the president of Russia, recently ordered ministers to step down from the boards of state-controlled companies, citing conflicts of interest.
Cornwallis, concerned that the military aspects of the agreement might draw the company into conflicts with the sultan's adversaries or the Dutch, withheld approval of the agreement and requested the company's directors to decide the issue.
But their ownership in the company creates conflicts that will retard its growth.
