41.   Last year, thousands of investors lost money by investing in a pyramid scheme, and financial scandals involving banks and investment funds still crop up every month.

42.   Most French voters viewed with horror the judicial torture of Bill Clinton, another Western president whose problems began with a distant financial scandal.

43.   On the other hand, the public finally has a financial scandal it can understand.

44.   Q. Over the last several years, financial scandals at Prudential have victimized many customers.

45.   Q. Is the unstable international situation more important to the market at this point than recent financial scandals?

46.   Public trust has been worn thin by a series of financial scandals.

47.   Previous investigations into systemic corruption in Japan have fizzled out, even though financial scandals like this erupt every few years.

48.   Save a precious and unique sporting tradition from a stinkeroo of a financial scandal.

49.   Shares of brokerages, including Daiwa Securities Co., may decline amid speculation recent financial scandals will spread, traders said.

50.   She has seen her party, hit by a financial scandal last year, consolidate its position in regional polls.