The Vietnam inquiry caused increased confusion over the origin & nature of our commitment in Vietnam.
News of the potential criminal inquiry caused Fannie Mae's share price to drop $2.85, or 4.3percentto to $63.40, a 13-month low.
The Securities and Exchange Commission investigated the practice in 1999; the inquiry caused Elan to eliminate two such ventures and restate its earnings, lowering them by $344 million.
Sir Reg Empey, the leader of the Ulster Unionist party which is allied with the Conservatives, has said the inquiry caused "pain and division... through a selective investigation into the past".
Their separate investigations cause disruption in the close-knit community - and its almost unbroken link with the past means that Madero's inquiries cause almost as much hostility as Flood's.
On Tuesday, Saipem's chief executive, Umberto Vergine, said the corruption inquiry was causing the Algerian authorities to delay payments to Saipem for oil and gas construction.
The UBS inquiry is causing jitters among wealthy American clients, some of whom have been contacting the American authorities, according to Danny Onorato, a lawyer for Mr. Birkenfeld.
Mr. Starr's inability to hit a big target after so long meant that his inquiry was causing little public stir except to generate criticism from Clinton supporters that he was on a political mission.
Two Republican leaders in Las Vegas called Thursday for Mr. Ensign to resign, a day after Representative Dean Heller, a Republican from northern Nevada, said that the ethics inquiries were causing "real problems" for party members around the state.
The inquiry has caused strains between the United States and Britain.
