More bad news for the US Republican party ahead of the November elections: Tom DeLay, the Republican congressman forced to resign as House majority leader after legal action over improper financing and a lobbying scandal, has shrugged off opposition inside his own party and so keeps his tarnished reputation in the national spotlight.
He cited allegations against the Arroyo administration of vote-rigging and improper campaign financing in the 2004 election.
March 2006 George Galloway says Mahmood tried unsuccessfully to goad him into making anti-semitic remarks and accepting improper political financing.
And Barack Obama lost former Senator Tom Daschle, his first choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services (he had failed to pay income taxes on a car and driver), and Governor Bill Richardson, of New Mexico (allegations, later disproved, of improper political financing), a would-be Commerce Secretary.
He later admitted that comment was aimed at Lunsford, who dropped out of the 2003 Democratic gubernatorial primary and in the general election endorsed Fletcher over Democratic candidate Ben Chandler, and at Henry, who faced allegations of illegal medical billing and improper campaign financing.
In China, where the stock market had been soaring, the government had warned banks about improper loans to finance stock speculation.
C1 New Fund Investigation The New York attorney general and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether some banks financed improper mutual fund trades by hedge funds.
The New York State attorney general and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether some large banks financed improper mutual fund trades by hedge funds.
In another case against a credit card company, The Associated Press reported yesterday that the First USA unit of Bank One had proposed paying $40 million to settle lawsuits accusing it of charging improper late fees and finance charges.
Mr. Zwilling said the complaint from Ms. Naegele led the archdiocesan accountants to check the parish's affairs, where they found evidence of "improper administration of parish finances".
