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Microsoft link delays UK open standards consultation

...Cabinet Office said on Thursday. "This could be seen as a clear conflict of interest and should have been declared by the relevant parties at... Read more

27 April, 2012

IBM hook-up with councils loses £31.5m

...constable, left the board of the joint venture over the potential for conflict of interest. This story originally appeared on Guardian Government Computing. Get the... Read more

17 February, 2012 by Gill Hitchcock

LibreOffice gets first release candidate

...split has meant that some developers have abandoned OpenOffice to avoid a conflict of interest Read more

6 December, 2010

German OpenOffice devs defect to LibreOffice

...discussions within the OpenOffice.org community recently turned to the issue of conflict of interest. "The cooperation and the common finding of solutions sometimes faces... Read more

2 November, 2010

HP earnings show steady gains

...that the former chief executive's relationship with a contractor indicated a "conflict of interest" and said that he had violated the company's business... Read more

20 August, 2010 by Ben Woods

Hurd on the street, leaving HP less saucy

...a close personal relationship he had with the contractor that constituted a conflict of interest, failed to maintain accurate expense reports, and misused company assets... Read more

7 August, 2010
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...Gavel, you can easily create mailing labels for all of your clients. Conflict of Interest Checking - You can easily search the system for names and... Read more

22 September, 2011

Singapore Oracle execs fired over fraud charges

...a copy of the memo, Wilde said that the appearance of a conflict of interest can easily arise although there was no actual improper behaviour... Read more

24 January, 2002 by Fran Foo

Goldman analysts to disclose holdings

...of biased research. "I think there is no question there is a conflict of interest," said James Cloonan, chairman of the American Association of Individual... Read more

10 August, 2001 by Dawn Kawamoto
Avoid potential conflicts of interest with this disclosure form

Avoid potential conflicts of interest with this disclosure form

A conflict of interest, as defined by your firm or company, must be presented... Read more

12 October, 2005

Microsoft draws fire for EC appointment

...s computer software security. Microsoft moved to rule out accusations of a conflict of interest for Eckert, telling the BBC that he will not be... Read more

2 December, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

Boris promises Wi-Fi blanket for London

...to light up Swindon with wi-fi has foundered with problems of conflict of interest between the council and Digital City UK, the consortium chosen... Read more

19 May, 2010

Oracle gets EC go-ahead to buy Sun

...s acquisition of the database, claiming that the deal would create a conflict of interest between MySQL and Oracle's rival database products. To date... Read more

21 January, 2010 by David Meyer

US launches probe into Google Books settlement

Investigators with the US Justice Department will investigate whether Google's agreement with publishers over the digital rights to index books violates antitrust laws Read more

3 July, 2009 by Tom Krazit

Tech investment would boost jobs, says LSE

...ZDNet UK on Wednesday that this situation did not lead to a conflict of interest. "We are not working on a mission from IBM at... Read more

29 April, 2009 by David Meyer

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