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Another fraud busted by Barry Minkow

The National Business Review in New Zealand ran a story yesterday about one of the many frauds Barry Minkow has successfully investigated. Derek Turner has the honor of being New Zeland’s biggest con man. Turner showed up in a New York court in February 2006, and tearfully told a judge how he’d “restore” all his victims [...]

Texas Attorney General finally goes after Mannatech

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the Texas Attorney General is finally going after Mannatech Inc. Named in the suit are Mannatech Inc., Manna Relief Ministries, The Fisher Institute Samuel L Caster (Chairman and CEO of Mannatech), and Reginald McDaniel (Medical Director). The allegations include: Mannatech markets dietary supplements as a cure, [...]

Hacking the iPhone

The hackers have been at work in the week that the iPhone has been around, and they’ve already figured out how to get around some of the restrictions built into the phone. The first hack… The iPhone does not work unless you activate the wireless service with AT&T. That means you can’t even use the web [...]

Body of missing banker found in lake

Keith Gores, the Milwaukee banker missing since March, was found dead in Lake Michigan yesterday. Keith disappeared on March 22 on his way to work at M&I Bank. His wife was immediately concerned because he had hit his head in a fall several days prior. She said he had seemed forgetful in the days leading [...]

Book Publishing: Finding a publisher

In the first installment of my book publishing series, I talked about deciding what you want to write and determining whether or not there is a market that will buy the book. You may have a unique or clever idea, but if a publisher isn’t convinced that people will buy your book, they’re not going [...]

iPhone glitches and the future of Apple

I watch Apple stock closely because I’m a shareholder. I’ve been waiting for that iPhone bump, and it happened today. Although the small bump was only regaining some ground we lost a few weeks ago. And we’re still a few dollars a share short of the 52-week high… Hundreds of thousands stood in line over the [...]

Family goes China-free for a year

Sara Bongiorni and her family boycotted all “made in China” products for a year. And it was tough. Sara wrote about her family’s experience in a newly relseased book, “A Year Without ‘Made in China.”‘ She muses that buying shoes and toys and household fix-it items was a challenge when not buying things made in China. [...]

The 41st Carnival of Fraud

Welcome to the Carnival of Fraud, hosted weekly by Tracy Coenen at The FRAUDfiles… Digerati Life offers some helpful tips for avoiding purchasing counterfeit goods. This was funny and informative! Trusted Advisor blogs about lie detectors and the new “No Lie MRI.” SOX First discusses the idea of having employees (rather than management) evaluate internal control systems and [...]

Debunking the global warming myth

All it takes is a little science… I’ve asked many a global warming believer what the “temperature” of the earth would be without people and without pollution and without all of the other naughty things they believe to cause global warming. Their answer? “I dunno.” That’s right. So if you don’t know what the temperature of the [...]