The BBC Trust was set up in 2007 to replace the board of governors, which had become caught up in a row over reporting of the Iraq war and was perceived as being too close to the corporation.
His special adviser Adam Smith has resigned over what he admitted was an inappropriately close relationship with News Corporation.
Special advisers have been under the spotlight in recent months, with the resignation of Jeremy Hunt's aide Adam Smith over what he admitted was an inappropriately close relationship with News Corporation during its planned takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
"I do not recognize all of what Fred Michel said, but nonetheless I appreciate that my activities at times went too far and have, taken together, created the perception that News Corporation had too close a relationship with the department, contrary to the clear requirements set out by Jeremy Hunt and the permanent secretary that this needed to be a fair and scrupulous process, " he said.
And then, the managers run this seemingly egalitarian outfit like a public corporation -- with close attention to costs.
Upon close of the acquisitions, PGP Corporation and GuardianEdge will join the Enterprise Security Group led by Senior Vice President Francis deSouza.
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Now the Treasury Department and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation appear to be close to finalizing a massive plan to keep people with mortgages they can't afford in their homes.
The son of tycoon Li Ka-shing, Richard Li recently snatched HKT from the grasp of Singapore Telecom, a government-linked corporation, just as it was about to close a deal for a majority stake in Hong Kong's dominant telco.
Senior staff at St Paul's Cathedral are continuing to meet City of London Corporation (CLC) officials over the decision to close to the public - for the first time since World War II .
Last evening, after the close of another Greek debt crisis related stock market drubbing, Atmel Corporation ( ATML) reported quarterly results.
My conclusion from all this, which has been corroborated by talking to those close to the two companies, is that Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation will almost certainly have to delay their takeover of BSkyB - at least until it is apparent that the News of the World and News International have been cleaned up.
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Notably, however, the Senate Democratic proposal did not seek to close loopholes related to private jets, the oil and gas industry, and the payroll tax burden of S corporation shareholders, as earlier proposed sequestration legislation had.
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