• MPS Losing a Good Teacher Over Residency Rule

    Don’t read the title of this and make a mistaken assumption about my opinion on this case. I think the teacher deserves to lose his job…. Dan Bearss teaches science at Custer High School, part of the Milwaukee Public Schools. […]

  • Scam email that’s not really from the IRS

    Oh how I would love the free money this email is seeming to offer, but alas it was not meant to be.

  • Massive bank fraud found in France

    Société Générale in France has reported a fraud of over US$10 billion, perpetrated by a trader in European stock futures. The trader accused of the fraud is Jérome Kerviel, who has been with the bank since 2000. He first worked […]

  • KMPG associates apparently tired of the firm’s lame technology

    This one comes from Dennis Howlett’s blog, and to me, it’s hilarious. I’m not sure if you have to be a an auditor or not to think it’s funny. Apparently there are some emails from KPMG associates circulating and here’s […]

  • Today on WalletPop

    The day has gotten away from me, so it’s time for one of those cop-out posts where I tell you what I’m writing about elsewhere. I hope to get back here later today or sometime tomorrow with some original content. […]

  • Airlines likely to increase fares due to “congestion fees”

    Last week I posted on WalletPop about a proposed “congestion fee” that airlines would have to pay at airports. Right now they pay a landing fee based upon the weight of the plane. With the congestion fee, they would instead […]

  • Will it ever stop at Overstock.com?

    To hear Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne tell it, everyone is gunning for them. The company is fantastic. Patrick is fantastic. Everything is above board and everyone is forthcoming with everything. However, another issue has come up. It’s now […]

  • SEC Drops Informal Investigation into Usana Health Sciences

    Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informed Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ: USNA) that it was closing its informal investigation into the company and taking no further action at this time. The pro-MLM camp has trumpeted this as a […]

  • More on the auditor change at Catapult

    Last week I wrote about Catapult Communications (NASDAQ: CATT) switching from Deloitte & Touche to a much smaller local firm, in a post called Big Four = Big Fees. In that post I referenced the CFO.com article from which I […]

  • Pyramid Scheme Alert Reflects on 2007

    Multi-level marketing will go down in history as one of the great frauds of our times. It deceptively wraps its harmful scam with the real needs and desires of people today – additional income, stay home with the family, independence, […]