By this time, however, the inquiry had gone beyond the initial allegations and the Government felt its evidence was strong enough to support criminal charges.

In this case, the time differences worked for them, as sometimes happened when the inquiries went west instead of east.

He declined to provide details but added that such inquiries were "obviously not going on in public."

Listening to today's evidence, I came away with the impression that the inquiry are going to agree.

And so, inquiries of this kind went to the top floor.

The internal inquiry went back to the year 2000.

He said the inquiry likely would go on for a number of weeks, but could not say precisely how long.

The most recent inquiry, a survey conducted last week by a national accrediting group, went well, city and hospital officials said.

The inquiry, however, has apparently gone far beyond those initial reports.

It is not immediately clear what executives are under scrutiny or how high in the firm the inquiry may go.