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a flag that serves as a warning signal

the emblem of socialist revolution

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something that irritates or demands immediate action

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Due to the increase in fraud that has been globally reaching public and private companies, and to the importance of red flags to detect fraud through internal auditors, it is necessary to investigate the use of these instruments by internal auditing (Pinheiro & Cunha, 2003).
Lanarkshire had 295 red flags this year, up from 34.
LuLu Publishing has just released "Condo Red Flags," a condo buyer's crash course.
"However, increasingly GPs are finding red flags are getting lost in the system and patients aren't being seen quick enough."
Millions of dollars of an organization's fraud losses could be saved by training employees to recognize the common fraudster characteristics and red flags.
And he has named the 9 red flags that one should look for to know when things are getting out of hand with one's partner:
Race day was drier but the red flags were out on the first lap of the race as a nasty accident created carnage and the restarted race was reduced to just 20 laps.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Attorney Tiffany George, in a recent discussion with representatives of NACM, offered the clearest guidance yet on the extent to which the "Red Flags" Rules apply to business-to-business (B2B) transactions involving trade creditors.
In early December 2010, a broad range of unsuspecting companies was required to comply with the Federal Trade Commission's so-called red flags rule and create an identity theft prevention program.
Congress passed legislation clarifying its definition of a "'creditor" under the Red Flags rule, a move that could help bolster the case that physicians should not have to abide by the new identity theft safeguards.