Several banks, including US Bank, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, have paid millions to settle accusations that they improperly manipulated debit card transactions to generate higher overdraft revenue.
Indian news reports said the government was investigating whether G.M. had improperly manipulated the weight and engine performance in the Tavera during emissions testing and certification.
For example, they said that Enron improperly manipulated the value of a large power contract it entered into in 1997 with the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The two editors recognized the likelihood that images were being improperly manipulated when the journal required all illustrations to be submitted in digital form.
The committee concluded that data in the disputed research, published between 1998 and 2001, had been improperly manipulated, even fabricated, confirming suspicions raised by outside scientists in May.
Among other issues, the S.E.C. is looking into whether WorldCom improperly manipulated its financial reports to make its operations appear stronger than they were.
But an ever-widening series of inquiries suggests that many of these consumer-friendly investment vehicles have been improperly manipulated by Wall Street insiders.
But an appeals court overturned it in 2002, saying that Judge Trager, in trying to seat a racially and religiously balanced jury, had improperly manipulated the panel's composition.
The ex-boyfriend, Jose Orozco, a Mexican immigrant hired by Sheriff Babeu to run the Twitter account and the Web site for his Congressional campaign, also will not face charges over accusations that he improperly manipulated them.
She said Williams, based in Tulsa, Okla., believed a full hearing would have cleared it of charges by commission investigators that it and the AES Southland Corporation of Arlington, Va., had improperly manipulated power supplies in spring 2000.
