This raises conflict-of-interest issues because Global Silicon Valley Partners set a low valuation target at the same time its affiliates, Mr. Moe and G.S.V.C., were buying shares at a higher one.
"Even the existence of a credit line that allows the family to buy cable systems raises conflict-of-interest questions because the company was actually funding the family's ability to compete for properties," said Nell Minow, an editor of the The Corporate Library, which monitors corporate governance issues.
The post continues, "And as you know, protection of rights is incompatible with radical political statements and provocative works of art, raises conflicting topics in modern society".
Critics call the minister-mayor practice an undemocratic, outdated, power-grabbing ploy that raises conflicts of interest and smacks of carpetbagging.
In a case that raises conflicting moral, religious and ethical questions, the parents are seeking to overturn a decision by the High Court on Aug. 25 that gave surgeons the go-ahead to separate the girls.
She told the Independent that Grove's letter raises conflict-of-interest concerns because the Attorney General is tasked by the state constitution with providing counsel to the Ethics Commission in its deliberations.
Politically, some states don't have the same ruling parties [as those] governing the country, and that raises conflicts.
The Swiss measure raises "conflicts with the constitution and international law," as the government delicately put it.
Mr. McMahon said he had raised conflict of interest issues with Mr. Skilling.
Unfortunately, General Bolden lacks deep expertise in space science and engineering and his past ties with the aerospace industry will raise conflict of interest problems.
A12 BUSINESS DAY C1-10 Conforct for Monsanto Judge A Federal judge presiding over a price-fixing case involving Monsanto represented the company in a similar case in 1997 and 1998, raising conflict of interest questions.
