Do you know who you’re doing business with? What’s the real story behind Shop To Earn and Shop To Earth? Why does this background information look so sketchy? Here’s what a reader of this blog found… I’ve been approached over […]
Last week, Sam Antar exposed yet another set of accounting manipulations by Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) and CEO Patrick Byrne. Those who have carefully followed the Overstock saga are no doubt unsurprised at company’s use of a little accounting “presto chango” to […]
The reader wrote this after attending a MonaVie meeting and researching the company online: [xxx] invited me to a meeting he had at his house last night. Most of the people there were members of the church. All of the […]
Originally posted on WalletPop… Several banks are getting their fair share of negative publicity for engaging in questionable spending after accepting bailout money (compliments of the taxpayers). The bailout money was theoretically meant to help financial institutions stay in business […]
Another successful fraud investigation has been logged by ex-con Barry Minkow. In addition to the more than $1.8 billion in fraud Minkow is responsible for uncovering, he also proactively discovered faked credentials by several public company executives. One that caused […]
In an interesting twist in the case of the Barry Minkow (Fraud Discovery Institute) fraud investigation of Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN)… it appears that Lennar itself has debunked the company’s own lies. In a new report released today, FDI lays out […]
An article courtesy of DownsizeDC.org: John Maynard Keynes originated the idea that government spending could reverse an economic downturn, but even he was skeptical of using government construction projects for this purpose. Nevertheless, Congress, and people like Paul Krugman, want […]
You don’t have to be a social media guru to attend this event. You can start learning about how social media can benefit you and your company, and participate in a great networking event too… When: February 6th, 2009 Where: […]
Oops. We’re not really allowed to call it “welfare” anymore. That might hurt someone’s feelings. Back in the 90’s Wisconsin changed the name from “welfare” to “W2” (which stands for Wisconsin Works – ha ha ha….) Wisconsin has long been […]
It’s no secret that I feel that audits are almost completely ineffective when it comes to verifying the validity of financial statements. Sure, an audit checks the math and some of the obvious applications of the accounting rules. But audits […]
