Month: May 2006

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 with money-generating ads featured on their blogs or sites can profit if they find a … Read more How click fraud could swallow the internet

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 weren’t slated to be sold and that Enron hadn’t determined were permanent. He said his … Read more Accountant testimony on behalf of Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling

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 light. The drug was approved after completion of study 3014, which included [tag]clinical trials[/tag] of … Read more Fraud in clinical trials of drugs