Alleged conflicts by consultants can take several forms, but they all come back to the powerful influence consultants wield over investment officials at pension funds.
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Many big advisory firms wield influence over the investment decisions of a large client base.
Also, Paul wanted to wield control over which carriers got the new phones, based on need and order size, while Irwin wanted to favor the Asian services that were first to embrace his CDMA scheme.
Someone or something is using me to untangle the tangled plot over whose direction I have as little influence as the pen has over the poets who wield it, or man over the gods who manipulate him, or the knife over the murderer.
Through abdicating our privacy, and embracing the openness of the Internet, we actually wield greater control over our reputations online.
The baroni wield considerable influence over governments, particularly of the centre-left, and have used it to bury most attempts at reform.
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Others have noted that, while future prime ministers would wield enhanced powers over the lower house, they would be almost powerless to impose their will on a recalcitrant upper house.
But even if America and Russia succeed in convening a peace conference, it is far from clear that the Syrians around the table will wield sufficient influence over the forces fighting on the ground.
The people who hold the keys to the city, and who wield great power over the lives of millions both in the United States and abroad, should never be treated like royalty, should not be shielded from spoof and satire.
For over 30 years, I have been urging all Americans to educate themselves about monetary policy in order to better understand how a small group of unelected individuals at the Fed and the Treasury Department wield tremendous power over our lives.
The charge of increased brutality by the police is one it is difficult for the government to duck, because while it has had an often confrontational relationship with the military and judiciary, the AKP is believed to wield strong influence over the police.
The bottom line is that your customers wield power and control over your brand like never before.
Russia would also wield more political power over those countries than it would the major advanced economies and its big emerging market partners in the south.
It enables the broadcasters to wield far too much power over a democratic process which should not concern them directly.
Cameron's threat to wield Britain's veto over treaty changes to deepen ties within the eurozone will not be enough, Wilsher said.
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The League's 59 deputies and 26 senators wield the power of life and death over Mr Berlusconi's government.
Moreover, success in Africa could help the Ministry of Defence's cause in its perpetual skirmishes with the Treasury over the cost of the ships and aircraft needed to wield military might in distant war zones.
Ms. GOSSMAN: The fact that so many of these people continue to wield power, continues to commit abuses prove that it's not over.
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Back in June 1998, when elections were held to the new Assembly, I filmed a report from the Ulster Hospital's maternity suite, which had a view out over Stormont, on the kind of powers the new institutions would wield.
If he goes, he may intend to hand over to the party's secretary-general, Yukio Hatoyama, and then wield power from behind the throne.
The constitution will determine such critical issues as how much power the president will wield, the role of Islam in society, and what oversight a civilian government will have over the military.
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