"The evidence will show blatant conflicts of interest, " Dopp said, referring to the alleged practice of compensating analysts for flattering the companies they cover in a bid to land investment banking deals.

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The government took control of these and other assets late last year and now is expected to sell them at bargain prices as part of efforts to put an end to a banking crisis triggered by the land bust.

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His new powers extend beyond relief and reconstruction to cover areas including infrastructure, banking and finance, rural and urban land use, telecommunications, defence and security.

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All three banks are already in plenty of hot water thanks to issues spanning from allegedly corrupt stock research to "spinning" hot initial public offering shares to investment banking clients in a quid pro quo to land more business from them.

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They also use requisitioned land as collateral for bank loans, adding to the potential woes of a banking system in which risk is poorly understood.

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We increasingly conduct our banking activities online, and many do business with banks that exist only in a land called www.

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But it would ultimately force the central bank to buy such securities as foreign bonds, corporate bonds and Japanese government bonds and possibly even land, to make sure that the money finally begins to circulate and doesn't get stuck in a banking sinkhole again.

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