In "Missing Data," Goldacre argues that the clinical trials undertaken by drug companies routinely reach conclusions favourable to the company.
This is not state sponsored, but rather is afforded benefits like cheaper internet connectivity, and some favourable legislation around company formation.
This race to the bottom on tax, where countries undercut each other to offer more and more favourable deals to companies, is no good for any of us.
About 60% of this which the court argued he earned through policies favourable to his companies while he was in office will be confiscated by the state.
The basic precondition for a properly functioning European internal goods market is the removal of obstacles to economic operators and the creation of favourable conditions for companies, in particular for the 23 million small and medium-sized enterprises.
In 2005 six of Qualcomm's rivals and customers lodged the complaints, which have since been withdrawn as each reached a favourable settlement with the company.American International Group settled its dispute with Hank Greenberg, the insurance company's former boss.
Another subsidy is available to households that are able to sell surplus electricity to the energy company at favourable prices (such as the tariff paid for the electricity the company sells its customers).
Fuel prices were raised by 6% (one percentage point more than the Tories planned), but the favourable tax treatment of company cars and parking spaces was unchanged, even though the Tories had been chipping away at it.
O'Chee, a Queensland senator between 1990 and 1999, alleged that an unnamed News Ltd executive said he would be "taken care of" – that he would receive favourable coverage in the company's titles – if he voted against a change in media law.
Jim Farley, head of marketing for Ford worldwide, reckons that the halo effect of Ford's standing on its own feet has been worth $1 billion in favourable publicity for the company and has attracted appreciative Americans into its dealers' showrooms.Ford plainly has problems to deal with.
