In that scandal dozens of politicians were proved to have received cheap prelisted shares in Recruit company stocks in exchange for influence.
According to court records filed in the latest case, in 2005 and 2006 Mr Vance and Mr Ertel were working in Iraq for Shield Group Security, a privately-held security company, when they became suspicious the company was making improper payments to Iraqi officials in exchange for influence, and that its employees were engaged in illicit weapons-trafficking and other illegal activity.
When they try to influence exchange rates, their efforts are rarely successful, since they are now only bit players in huge markets.
How is it that such a seemingly simple exchange has the power to influence attraction dramatically?
That was surely the wrong answer, even leaving aside the debatable issue of whether cabinet secretaries can influence the level of exchange rates.
Other common factors that influence the rise are currency exchange rates and financial markets.
The Fed would do this, Bernanke explains, to influence the market for foreign exchange, i.e.
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Ryan did sit in on Idzik's second interview with the Jets, this person said, but only to exchange ideas and not as an indication that Ryan had any influence on Johnson's choice as GM.
At issue is whether lenders will provide common or preferred shares to the Greek state in exchange for that aid, and whether the government will be able to influence management decisions by invoking its voting interests.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is in the middle of a broad market review of their influence on the markets, whether they are getting special access that allows them to jump in front of other traders unfairly and whether they can make mistakes that pose big risks to market stability.
Mr Spitzer claims that the bankers on this committee would have been reluctant to complain about Mr Grasso's excessive pay, since they had a clear incentive to get along with him: he had a regulatory role and some influence over other regulatory bodies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
"I think the influence is there, " says analyst Ethan Siegel, with The Washington Exchange, a firm that monitors Capitol Hill for institutional investors.
Foreign exchange markets are very efficient, so that current exchange rates pretty much reflect all there is to know about the factors that would influence them.
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Concerns about the dual role and influence of Merrill and other pension advisers are coming to the fore because of the Securities and Exchange Commission examination of the pension-consulting business in general.
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Political influence in Washington will not stem the flow of high-wage trading jobs away from the Mercantile Exchange to decentralized electronic exchanges.
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