• More on Usana’s auditor resignation

    From Usana’s 8-K: In connection with GT’s review of the Company’s unaudited financial statements that were included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended March 31, 2007, the Audit Committee and GT disagreed as to the […]

  • Auditors resign from Usana Health Sciences

    Usana Health Sciences announced today that its auditors, Grant Thornton LLP, resigned the engagement. The press release said: During USANA’s fiscal years ended December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, and the interim periods since December 30, 2006, there were […]

  • New Post on Yahoo From the Usana Insider

    three sets of books and riley timmer posting john mackey from whole foods posts on message boards and so does riley timmer. he is one of us who has access to inside information on the company and he posts on […]

  • Patrick Byrne Lies to New York Times About his Message Board Postings

    With the recent SEC investigation of the message board posting activities of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, the spotlight has also been turned on Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com. Byrne is known to run around the internet, posting on a […]

  • Conrad Black found guilty on some charges

    Conrad Black, the former chairman of Hollinger International Inc., was found guilty by a jury on 3 counts of mail [tag]fraud[/tag] and one count of [tag]obstruction of justice[/tag]. He was acquitted on 9 counts, which included [tag]racketeering[/tag] and [tag]wire fraud[/tag]. […]

  • The SEC cares when CEOs post on message boards using pseudonyms????

    Note to Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com: Read carefully please. Note to readers: Check out Gary Weiss’s comments on this situation. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal inquiry into the message […]

  • Most Usana Distributors Won’t Get Their Money Back

    An article in New Zealand’s National Business Review sheds new light on the fight to bring down Usana Health Sciences. Since Barry Minkow and the Fraud Discovery Institute released the report on an extensive investigation of Usana, supporters of Usana […]

  • Book Publishing: More on Securing My Publisher

    When I decided that I wanted to get serious about securing a publishing contract, I knew that John Wiley & Sons was my first choice. In my industry, I believe there is no better publisher to work with. They have […]

  • 2.3 Million Consumer Credit Records Stolen

    An employee at Certegy Check Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Fidelity National Information Services, stole 2.3 million consumer records that included credit card, banking, and other personal information. The employee then sold the information to a data broker, who sold […]

  • Blackmailing Miss New Jersey

    UPDATE: I’ve seen the photos, and they’re not particularly lewd and not really offensive. They’re essentially pictures of her drinking with friends and making suggestive (but fully clothed) poses. I can see why Miss NJ thought they were embarrassing and […]