• This was a VERY interesting article about how [tag]pay-per-click[/tag] advertising works, and the possibility for abuse ([tag]click fraud[/tag]). Advertisers can click on the ads of rivals in order to “spend” their rivals’ advertising budgets and knock them off line. People […]

  • From the Wall Street Journal: In testimony this morning, Jerry Arnold, a defense consultant and accounting professor at the University of Southern California, testified that [tag]Enron[/tag] wasn’t required to [tag]write down[/tag] declines in the value of its international operations that […]

  • It was 1998. As the end of the first quarter rolled around, the finance division was scrambling again. If nothing was done, Enron was going to miss its earnings projections. A little extra creativity was needed to close the gap.

  • The drug Ketek, made by the drug company Aventis (now Sanofi-Aventis SA) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in early 2004. But recent reports of severe liver damage to those taking the drug have come to […]

  • Believe it or not, family members are notorious for stealing more from companies than regular employees. Why? Who knows! It could be greed or entitlement. It could be lax controls around family members and their job duties. It could be […]

  • The six week G-sting trial in Las Vegas will conclude this week with closing arguments. The trial has included tape from FBI wiretaps, undercover videos, and testimony about politicians and [tag]bribes[/tag]. Former Clark County commissioners Dario Herrera and Mary Kincaid-Chauncey […]