Boyd L. Jefferies, founder of the brokerage firm Jefferies & Company Inc. in Los Angeles and a crucial figure in some of the corporate takeover battles of the 1980's and in insider trading scandals toward the end of the decade, died Thursday near his home in Aspen, Colo., the firm reported yesterday.
In August 2015 José Dirceu, who had served as chief of staff for Lula from 2003 to 2005, was arrested as the tentacles of the scandal reached toward the highest levels of elected office in Brazil.
As the city tax-assessor scandal moves toward a new phase, with the first trial scheduled in January, newly disclosed information suggests that the corruption was much more extensive than prosecutors have previously said.
Maybe, like the grumpy wives of Stepford, bristly W. has been replaced by soothing W. With the race with John Kerry so tight, the Republicans were reminded last week of the advantages of a leader with a light touch -- not one who's at odds with the world, and rattled about the prison torture scandal creeping toward Rummy and the sulfurous reversals in Iraq.
Instead, they want to know, 'What do you think about the latest scandal?' " The shift toward instantaneous, digital media doesn't help, he added.
If only Cowell had some of Napier-Bell's absurdist and less dogmatic energy, a bit more of his wild taste for menace, and a little of his love for the sort of gossip and scandal that leans toward the disconcerting and disorientating.
After emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen steers toward electric vehicles.
Moving Toward Openness Still, scandals in recent years — none involving American firms — have spurred a movement toward change that many see as inevitable.
Clearly, the new media environment has changed the traditional reserve of the French press toward sexual scandal.
According to Ms. Martin, one thing that has changed over the years is polite society's attitude toward business scandal.
