In late September, I visited New Orleans and took a tour of the hurricane-damaged areas. Specifically, we visited one of the hardest-hit areas, the Ninth Ward and Lower Ninth Ward. These are just a few of the pictures that I […]
The first winner of the popular reality television show “Survivor” was sentenced to 51 months in prison for his conviction on tax evasion charges. Richard Hatch, 45, was convicted in January of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million […]
Starting in September, the IRS is contracting with outside debt collectors to go after delinquent taxpayers. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 authorized the IRS to contract with private firms to do this work. The three firms currently under […]
A court in Munich, Germany has ruled that a witch must refund a fee paid by a client, for whom her “love spell” failed. The client paid about $1,275 for the witch to help win back her boyfriend, who left […]
Who would have thought it would be this easy to break into an ATM and run off with all the money? CNN recetnly reported that a man was able to reprogram an ATM at a gas station, so that it […]
Two of the three people accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets from Coca-Cola and sell them to rival Pepsi pleaded guilty on Monday to one federal charge of conspiracy. The attorney for the third accused conspirator, Joya Williams, says […]
Today a federal judge sentenced former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling to 24 years and 4 months in prison for his conviction on federal charges of conspiracy, fraud and insider trading. Skilling, 52, was also fined over $18 million for his […]
An arbitrator ruled that Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. fired its chief executive officer, Robert J. O’Connell, without cause. MassMutual’s board of directors fired him last year after alleging that he improperly increased the value of a retirement account by […]
Who does your head of internal audit report to? If your company is like many, the chief internal auditor reports to the chief financial officer (CFO). That makes sense to some because they are both a part of the finance […]
Eric Scheibeler was once a highly successful IBO (independent business owner) with Amway. He reached the “Founder’s Emerald” status, which represented the top 1/25th of 1% of the IBO’s. After developing his pyramid for almost ten years, Eric discovered documentation […]
