Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) has been on a crusade against naked short selling for a couple of years (or more?). It is currently his position that naked short selling is bad. He confirms his belief in this statement on Overstock.com: Patrick Byrne is waging a fight with Wall …
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 pay a fee based upon the day of week, time …
The fines levied by the Securities and Exchange commission have fallen to their lowest level since 2002. Bloomberg reports that “fewer billion-dollar accounting-fraud cases” and “new policies for fining companies” are to blame. For the year ended September 30, the SEC issued $1.6 billion in fines, compared to $3 billion …
This is crazy. Using an “it’s not our job” excuse, the Milwaukee Police Department now has a policy that police officers will not ask about immigration status. “Community activists” say that people who are stopped for traffic violations or crimes shouldn’t be asked about immigration status because it’s “unrelated.” (I …
