• Las Vegas: Recession or No?

    I love Las Vegas. And when my fellow WalletPopper Zac Bissonnette decided to write a story about how recession-like times (no, we’re not really in a recession) have hit Vegas hard, I was saddened. I said to him, “Are you […]

  • Church Fraud Article Live

    As promised, my article on church fraud is live here: Let the Faithful Pray There’s No Fraud. I’ve been investigating a couple of cases of church fraud lately, and it makes me sad to think that people will steal from […]

  • Shut Up About the Economy Already!

    My friend Tim Sykes (author, entrepreneur, reality TV star, mildly obnoxious stock trader) said this today far better than I could hope to say it:

  • Nominee for Mother of the Year

    The Milwaukee NBC affiliate is reporting that Corinna Kuhnke allowed her 2-year-old to smoke a cigarette at a restaurant. Witnesses say that a woman with Kuhnke and her son lit the cigarette that the boy put in his mouth. Kuhnke […]

  • You ask Google, I answer

    Question: Did Enron have good cash flow? Answer: No. That was one of the signs that a fraud was occurring. In spite of financial statements that showed increasing revenue and profits, the company was constantly in a poor cash position. […]

  • This Week’s Articles from AOL’s Blog WalletPop

    Still writing a lot for AOL but having a good time doing it! Win some spending money at Comic Wonder – A very cool site started by local serial entrepreneurs. And you think YOUR kids are expensive? – The Duggars […]

  • eBay going PayPal only?

    eBay is considering going “PayPal only” and is starting the policy in Australia in June. How do you suppose eBay users will react to this? I suspect not well. Not well at all. When eBay bought PayPal a couple of […]

  • Nominee for Mother of the Year

    Mother: Angelique R. Vandeburg of Sheboygan Act: Shooting her daughter with a BB gun to win a $1 bet with her boyfriend Last week, Vandeburg’s 8-year-old daughter reported the incident to a school counselor. She said that her mom had […]

  • Gradient issues negative report on UTStarcom in 2003; SEC files fraud charges against UTSI in 2008

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – (Business Wire) Five years after Gradient Analytics first reported on UTStarcom (UTSI), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced accounting fraud charges and a settlement fine against two UTSI executives for “false financial filings.” Gradient Analytics […]

  • Proposed Budget Fix to Help Governor Jim Doyle

    Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle is upset. The budget is out of whack. (Go figure!) The government is spending money faster than it is coming in, and Doyle wants someone to fix it. (And remember… he’s already raided funds set aside […]