As for Mr Ortega, who has long been chummy with private businessmen, his espousal of a quixotic, Chinese-backed and environmentally damaging scheme for a trans-Isthmian canal looks like a search for elusive rents to sustain his family's grip on power.Mr Morales and Mr Correa, who won re-election last year, may be riding high now.
Fifteen city tax assessors have pleaded guilty in the scheme, which Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has called "the largest and most financially damaging corruption scheme" in city history.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has called it "the largest and most financially damaging corruption scheme ever conducted within city government".
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has called the scandal "the largest and most financially damaging corruption scheme ever conducted within city government".
Last week, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called on federal Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein to impose "substantial punishment" on the 18 defendants indicted in what the mayor called "the largest and most financially damaging corruption scheme" in municipal history.
The United States attorney for the Eastern District, Alan Vinegrad, called the case "one of the most financially damaging Long Island corruption schemes in many years".
Benching a player of Stoudemire's caliber, it's thought, would be tantamount to the front office admitting defeat, and potentially damaging to any future trade schemes involving the six-time all star.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is making major changes to its incentive schemes following a damaging corruption scandal in China.
Last December, the company announced it was making major changes to its incentive schemes after a damaging corruption scandal in China.
Our evidence suggests that this, combined with the uncertainty surrounding changes to the pension scheme, could be damaging recruitment as well as retention and motivation within the judiciary.
