In 2012 financial scandals also continued to rock the world.
But some donors feel that if the scandal in Washington continues, it could make it more difficult to raise money for future elections.
As long as these practices go unchecked, scandals will continue to erupt.
The corporate scandal over rigged stock options continues to expand.
But while investors savored rising stock prices, scandal continued to cast a long shadow over corporate America.
But scandals in the financial community continue to proliferate.
These scandals continue to play to a packed and sometimes bewildered audience.
The financial scandal of this century continues to escalate.
"As the scandal has continued to develop, it has become a major assault on the model of media supervision and control in the west."
The scandals continued, meanwhile, as did new tax-avoidance schemes.