Consistency not only ensures that all events are handled in a manner that is appropriate to their requirements and associated risk, but also establishes a track record that will hold up under the scrutiny of senior managers, regulators, auditors, and Attorneys General.

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Due to a cash crunch, contractors had stopped payments to cement and steel companies, migrant workers had not received wages for months, and projects to build thousands of kilometers of track had been put on hold.

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The settlement also has required Wall Street firms to devote thousands of hours to track buy, sell and hold ratings for every analyst and create paper trails of signed documents to demonstrate every report contains untainted opinions.

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