• Another Twist to the Bielinski Brothers Story

    Last week’s scheduled sentencing of former Bielinski Brothers CEO Robert Brownell was postponed after he was allegedly mugged outside his home a few days prior. Federal prosecutors now say that the mugging was staged by Brownell, who had his 14 […]

  • Enron’s ex-CEO will testify this week

    Andrew Fastow, the former CEO of Enron will testify this week in the trial of Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Fastow created partnerships to do financial “deals” with Enron, but the partnerships did not meet accounting requirements to make them […]

  • 9/11 insurance claim by U.S. Airways is denied

    U.S. Airways filed an insurance claim with its carrier, PMA Capital Insurance, following September 11, 2001. The claim was for a loss of business related to the terrorist attacks, because Reagan National Airport was closed from September 11 to October […]

  • Adelphia’s Former Executive VP to Serve 10 Months of Home Confinement

    Michael J. Rigas, the former executive vice president of cable company Adelphia Communications Corp. will serve 10 months of home confinement and two years of probation. He will also pay a $2,000 fine. This is his punishment for helping to […]

  • Wal-Mart is looking for an ethics chief

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is seeking a director of global ethics to help monitor compliance with its worldwide code of conduct. Wal-Mart currently has 1.6 million employees in 15 countries, and over 6,200 stores. The new director would oversee the Global […]

  • Felons Employed by the University of Wisconsin System

    A Legislative Audit Bureau report on the UW System’s employment practices shows that the system employed 40 felons currently under supervision this past fall. (An Associated Press report states 40 felons work for the UW System, but the truth is […]

  • Anna Nicole Smith’s Case Finally Gets to the Supreme Court

    Anna Nicole Smith (real name Vickie Lynn Marshall) was a 26 year-old stripper when she met 89 year-old millionaire Howard Marshall. They met at Anna’s workplace, and adult club, and married in 1994. Howard died in August 1995, 14 months […]

  • Denial of Service attacks are affecting e-commerce

    Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks have been wreaking havoc with e-commerce sites. These attacks bombard sites with so much internet traffic, that their regular customers cannot get through to do business with them. Hackers get into computers and turn […]

  • KMPG partners agree to SEC penalties

    Four KPMG (and former KPMG) partners have agreed to SEC fines for their failure to detect a multi-billion dollar accounting fraud at Xerox Corp. Two of the four will pay the SEC $150,000 each, the largest fines ever imposed against […]

  • Merrill Lynch settles 23 class action lawsuits

    Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. will pay $164 million to settle 23 class action suits related to it cover of internet companies. It was alleged that during the dot com boom, Merrill Lynch analysts had conflicts of interests and gave […]