• 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • New site ranking tool takes on Google

    Bloggers have been infuriated by Google’s changes to their PageRank system. In particular, Google is not ranking blogs and sites that participate in PayPerPost. Some site owners depend upon their page rank for advertising revenue… that is, some advertisers rely […]

  • Overstock.com: Single digits right around the corner?

    Today, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) stock hit closed at a low like it hasn’t seen in four years: $11.85. $11.30. Could it be that Patrick Byrne’s grand charade is finally unraveling, right before our very eyes? For quite some time, there […]

  • Patrick Byrne “screws up” Overstock.com and the board of directors rewards him

    In the January 2nd press release announcing Jason Lindsey’s departure from Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK), Patrick Byrne said the following: “Jason co-founded the company and helped build it before retiring the first time. When I screwed it up a couple years […]

  • Citibank limiting cash available at ATMS

    In light of a recent rise in fraud at ATMs, Citibank is lowering the daily cash withdrawal limit for some customers. The company says this only affects a small number of customers in New York City, but it’s still causing […]

  • Patrick Byrne: Still too busy to run that dog of a company, Overstock.com

    You’d think that with the sudden resignation of Overstock.com’s (NASDAQ: OSTK) president, COO, co-founder, and board member Jason Lindsey, Patrick Byrne might be a little bit busy. After all, when high-level executives bail without warning from a sinking ship like […]