Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 29, 2007 · 2 Comments
With stories of identity theft surfacing daily, it’s no wonder that consumers want to be able to keep an eye on their credit reports from Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax.
But there can be a hidden problem with these credit monitoring services. Each time your credit is checked by a third party, it lowers your credit [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Steve Jobs might be better served here to take his own advice and think different. Because, as he has so elegantly demonstrated with the iPhone, these devices are finally becoming little computers. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that consumers will expect them to act like computers. They will want to modify [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Screen shots showing Costco and Quickbooks merchant account services hiding their transaction fees. I am sure they are not the only ones. Time to go double check the fine print.
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Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment
I had no idea books get listed on Amazon so early, but they do! Essentials of Corporate Fraud is listed there with the official publish date of March 14, 2008. My final manuscript got a big thumbs-up from my editor, so we are rolling right along. [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 28, 2007 · 1 Comment
Wired Magazine featured an article on Mark Cuban and his Sharesleuth.com website. In theory, it kind of sounds like a good idea. Mark and company think that the media has given up critically examining public companies. They think there are many red flags with companies, but that the press never reports a lot of [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 27, 2007 · 5 Comments
This was reported on Ars Technica, and the writer is pointing out the misuse of intellectual property laws in attempting to shut down Lowes-sucks.com.
I have a special interest in this topic, since I have a website called Pink Truth. When the site was started a little over a year ago, it was called Mary Kay [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Last week, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Bryne celebrated an apparent victory in court. Overstock is suing Gradient Analytics and Rocker Partners over some negative reports that were issued about Overstock. Of course, the negative reports weren’t negative because Overstock is a crappy company. No, the negative reports were negative simply because there is a Sith Lord [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 25, 2007 · 3 Comments
I think it gives a false sense of security to those on the “14th Floor.” They’re really on 13, but they just don’t know it. Isn’t that a bit unfair to them? They won’t even be expecting the troubles from being on unlucky 13.
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment
When you rent, most people mistakenly assume the decision is made out of necessity, not rationality. But there is a very good reason to rent in today’s bubble-stricken market: median incomes do not support median home prices.
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Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 25, 2007 · 1 Comment
The Drug Enforcement Administration now estimates that 99% of illegal steroids being with chemicals from China. “Operation Raw Deal,” related to illegal steroids has resulted in 124 arrests and the identification of 37 companies in China supplying the drugs.
Those arrested have been charged with distributing chemicals acquired in China and with setting up labs in [...]
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