Book Publishing: Deciding what to write

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 29, 2007 · 1 Comment 

Since I got my very first book deal with John Wiley & Sons a few months ago, I’ve had professionals ask me how I did it. It’s not surprising that several of my colleagues are interested in writing books themselves, and that some of them have already written substantial portions of them in anticipation of [...]

Latest from the Usana Insider

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 28, 2007 · 1 Comment 

Insider Post Myron Wentz stock street name
dr wentz took 45,425 shares from account ending in 088 and placed it at cannacord adams and put it in street name. no crime but check to see if it was sold without the form. it is at least pledged and is in a dta depository trust company. now [...]

Our fine, fine alderman said this

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 28, 2007 · 2 Comments 

Patrick over at Badger Blogger printed this and it just cracked me up. This is the fine, upstanding citizen Michael McGee Jr. (“The Alderman”) after a John Doe hearing on April 19. The judge advised him that he was not to speak about the proceedings, and here’s what he told his baby-mamma/girlfriend/mistress about it:

Crazy Eddie on CNBC

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

Last night the Crazy Eddie story was shown on Business Nation, in a short but interesting segment. The show featured a showdown between Eddie Antar and Sam Antar, cousins who perpetrated a massive corporate fraud for years.
When asked if he has forgiven himself for the crimes, Sam says he will never forgive himself. He hurt [...]

More on Sarbanes-Oxley and boards of directors

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

I got a mention this week on a blog called The Race to the Bottom:
A consistently anti-Sarbanes-Oxley site is The FRAUDFiles Blog. Last week, for example, the blog noted a study discussing the changes in boards as a result of SOX and the increase in D&O insurance costs. As the Blog concluded: [...]

Read today’s WSJ story about Usana carefully…

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 26, 2007 · 4 Comments 

This afternoon the Wall Street Journal ran a short piece entitled: “Probe Into Usana Officials Ends With Settlement.” Lots of people apparently got excited at this headline, and interpreted it as complete vindication for Usana Health Sciences.
Alas, nothing could be further from the truth. The SEC is still looking into the company.
This article deals with [...]

The enormous cost of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 26, 2007 · 1 Comment 

The Securities and Exchange Commission is being asked to take another look at the cost of complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This section deals with internal controls in public companies, and a major criticism of SOX is the enormous cost of compliance.Proposed Accounting Standard No. 5 would decrease the costs of [...]

A local entrepreneur success story

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 26, 2007 · 1 Comment 

The Business Journal had a great feature on Kelly and Jeff Fitzsimmons. Kelly is a well-known Milwaukee entrepreneur, and this venture seems a bit of a change from computer security. Their idea is an “American Idol” type of website for joke-telling. The site is Comic Wonder, and their money-making proposition revolves around selling advertising.
Users [...]

Legal inaction against Mannatech?

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 25, 2007 · 1 Comment 

The Texas Attorney General doesn’t want to talk about why his office hasn’t taken legal action against multi-level marketing company Mannatech. His office was informed on October 5 by the Department of State Health Services that Mannatech is a threat to public health and safety.
Mannatech was recently featured on ABC’s news program 20/20. The program [...]

Look everyone… Kroll visited my site today and was looking at Usana information!

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 25, 2007 · 1 Comment 

Visitor Information: 65.174.117.209 (KROLL INC)
Location: NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES
Last Visit Time: June 25, 2007 11:58:09 AM
Entry Page: http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/
Exit Page: http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/
Referrer: http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2007/06/13/usana-insider-post/

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