conflict of interest

The conflict-of-interest case involving David M. Becker, the former general counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is being referred to the Department of Justice for a possible criminal investigation.

The French labor minister defended himself Sunday against mounting questions about whether his links to France's richest woman - who is embroiled in a tax scandal - amounted to a conflict of interest.

Airport operator BAA Ltd. won its appeal Monday against a U.K. government ruling that it must sell three of its airports, successfully arguing that a conflict of interest had biased the investigation into its business.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday tightened the conflict of interest restrictions governing the boards of directors of its 12 regional banks.

A late decision from Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, is meant to avoid a situation that could be viewed as a conflict of interest.

The developers of a $3 billion casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip have amended a lawsuit against 11 banks to charge that one of them purposely interfered with contracts with other lenders.