The postponement prompted Mr Maliki's many detractors to accuse him of manipulation for his own electoral benefit.
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We should safeguard it by refraining from commercial practices that bring marketing down to the level of manipulation.
We saw reactions like those former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, who tweeted a suggestion of manipulation.
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In other words, where capitalism is a social contract, financial reporting is more than just a form of manipulation.
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The gist of the ruling is that the owner was trying to do some sort of manipulation based on the different classes.
And the risk of manipulation of food commodity prices has a big impact on a lot of people, some of them very vulnerable to fluctuations.
Since VoIP calls consist of packets of data that travel, usually unprotected, over the public Internet, they're open to all kinds of manipulation, theft and spying.
He accused Prof Les Ebdon, director of the Office for Fair Access (Offa) and Alan Milburn, the government's social mobility tsar, of "standing firmly in favour of manipulation".
There have been allegations of manipulation of recent employment numbers.
Mr. Williams has documented at least three cases of manipulation which he says have been confirmed by employees or former employees going all the way back to the 1960s.
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"Gotovina has been a victim of manipulation" both by the left and the right, it continues, adding that Gotovina's erstwhile protectors have suddenly woken up to "the rule of law".
So while there's no evidence of manipulation of some of the other important benchmarks, this summer brought forward proposals to bring them into line with the revamped and more reliable Libor.
His appearance at the committee, alongside other health bosses, follows news of manipulation of lists by NHS Lothian and a national Audit Scotland report which found "poor" information-keeping and called for better scrutiny.
With short-selling volumes hitting record highs at the major exchanges and with volatile financial markets, many are wondering whether a flurry of manipulation cases will be coming out of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the near future.
Mr Browne said the BBA, which was in charge of collating the data used to set Libor - a key bank lending rate which became discredited after revelations of manipulation by banks - would do everything it could to fix the issue.
And never mind, really, that millions of dollars in orders would be booked and hard-and-fast opinions formed (and passed along to consumers) on what in most businesses would be regarded as dangerously sketchy information, open to many shades of manipulation and absolutely certain--by its nature--to change dramatically.
In fact there seems no end to the ills that a bit of manipulation can cure: Stephen Long, an inventor from Stoke-on-Trent, has patented an in-car massage system incorporated into the headrest of the driver's seat, which he hopes will put an end to road rage neatly supplying a new-age remedy for new-age scares.
Suffice it say, these are issues not of the manipulation of language, but how language changes as the world which it express changes.
Mr Chirac is torn, fearful of the manipulation of young girls by Islamic radicals, but anxious also not to hand them a propaganda coup by banning the veil outright.
Still, even in the absence of deliberate manipulation, boards of directors could be held accountable for whether they have produced accurate financial statements that properly reflect accounting for options grants.
He brought up the idea that other indexes should be reviewed, in light of the widespread manipulation of the Libor rate.
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And the awareness of international support for this process has to be a comforting one, without the suspicion of outside manipulation or the primacy of other interests.
Paul Tucker's communication with Barclays senior management came after there'd been a BBA review into allegations of Libor manipulation, and after months of press comment.
Barclays' settlement with regulators made it clear that there were two distinct periods of attempted manipulation -- the first for trading gain, the second for broader reasons of financial stability.
Mr Neil, who made a statement to the Scottish Parliament on the report, said an internal investigation at the health authority found no evidence of waiting time manipulation or coercion of staff.
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His presentation of economic policy, his manipulation of international institutions for domestic advantage and his ability to portray rivals as extremists are tactics that might be adopted by Bill Clinton or Britain's Tony Blair.
Dr Eberhard believes there are at least three types of biochemical manipulation taking place.
Barclays was found guilty of, and paid a fine for, two types of market manipulation.
The broader policy goal is to create a currency of stable value, free of human manipulation.
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