• Patrick Byrne, child CEO of Overstock.com

    At least Patrick Byrne, nutty and incompetent CEO of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) can admit that he’s nothing more than a child who is playing grown-up with the shareholders’ money. From today’s press release: “Jonathan has developed into a tremendous asset for […]

  • Newsflash: Overstock.com Paid Stalker Judd Bagley Admits to Use of Spyware

    Judd Bagley, paid Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) cyberstalker (and now “Deep Capture reporter”) has openly admitted to using spyware against third parties. It has long been believed that he maliciously and inappropriately placed spyware on people’s computers, but this appears to be […]

  • No Secret About AOL Budget Cuts

    I’ve been writing for AOL on WalletPop (consumer finance site) and BloggingStocks (public company analysis and news site) since December and it’s been fun. Word came down today that there are big (hopefully temporary) budget cuts and everyone is to […]

  • The Blog Net News controversy

    Several months ago, I stumbled on Blog Net News (BNN) and liked what I saw. The site has different “channels” that focus on geographic areas or certain topics. Each channel aggregates the RSS feeds of various bloggers. For those who […]

  • Workplace Discrimination Against Women Largely a Myth

    This morning someone sent me a link to this article on the mythical discrimination against women via corporate pay, thinking I’d be outraged. Except I agree with Steve Chapman: There’s no evidence supporting that claim, but it sure sounds great […]

  • Overstock.com’s Mounting Accumulated Losses

    Today Patrick Byrne, CEO of the ever-flailing internet retailer Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) went on Fox Business to talk about naked short selling and conspiracy theories. And to whine about CNBC and the fact that he thinks people at CNBC take orders […]

  • Women in the workforce: Incompetence versus discrimination

    Women have been discriminated against in the workplace. I’m not pretending it doesn’t happen, because it does. There are “good old boys networks” and those can have a negative impact on women at work. But women need to get with […]

  • Has Sarbanes-Oxley Really Done Anything to Prevent Fraud?

    With all the talk about fraud since the big scandals of Enron, WorldCom and Tyco, it would only seem natural for companies to do whatever they can to prevent employee fraud. Yet companies have not radically changed their fraud prevention […]

  • How NOT to Handle Criticism: Shop To Earn and Shop To Earth

    Ben W. Glass, editor at Clarislaw.com and attorney, did a nice write-up last week of the ShopToEarn situation. He thinks attorney Gerald Nehra made a boo-boo when he wrongly threatened Everyday Finance and me because of our negative reviews of […]

  • The Paid Sick Leave Scam

    On the November ballots, City of Milwaukee residents may have to vote on whether private employers should be required to provide paid sick leave for all employees. Here’s what the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says about it: A coalition led by […]