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Horse Racing Fixes, Faxes and Frauds
Posted on March 18, 2009Madoff, Stanford, and the AIG implosion have all brought fraud to the public's attention. We do well to understand the current outbreak by reviewing our past. The Yellow Kid was reputed to be one of the master con criminals between 1900-1950, who allegedly masterminded criminal confidence games which raked in millions of dollars...
Jay Leno Heartless?
Posted on March 17, 2009Image via WikipediaGreg Maniw, writing at his Economics blog, wonders if Jay Leno is heartless.As reported by the Detroit Free Press, the story is "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno has something to say about how people are trying to sell tickets to his free shows in Michigan over the Internet...
Victims of Madoff Deserved It
Posted on March 16, 2009Image via WikipediaJoe Nocera, writing at the the New York Times, exhibits the typical frustration when confronted with the Madoff fraud; how couldn't people see through Bernie?"Did the S.E.C. foul up? You bet. But that doesn't mean the investors themselves are off the hook...
Hal Varian Explains Google Adwords Auction
Posted on March 16, 2009I found this a worthwhile explanation of the Google auction.Related articles by ZemantaHow To Display Your Latest Twitter Tweet Work Around For WP.com (teckline.wordpress.com)Spread the word about your site (amazus.org)The Basic Guide To Blogging (johnchow...
Cramer Whacked by Stewart
Posted on March 16, 2009"Jon Stewart hammered Jim Cramer and his network, CNBC, in their anticipated face-off on "The Daily Show," repeatedly chastising the "Mad Money" host for putting entertainment above journalism."http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/#clip147737This was a mildly entertaining rant by Stewart about how the ranting Cramer had materially mislead his viewers...
Equity Investment Management and Trading Ponzi
Posted on March 12, 2009Image via WikipediaFrom the SEC Press Release on the Equity Investment Management and Trading Ponzi scheme."The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Northern California residents Anthony Vassallo and Kenneth Kenitzer for orchestrating a multi-million dollar investment fraud...
Smart Ponzi Halted
Posted on March 12, 2009Image via WikipediaFrom the SEC Press Release on the Brian Smart Ponzi:On March 11, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained an order temporarily restraining Brian J. Smart and a private entity controlled by him, Smart Assets, LLC, from continuing to engage in the fraudulent offer and sale of securities...
Sound Advice from Nick Bibby on Buying A Franchise
Posted on March 12, 2009Nick Bibby has a nice website on franchising, thanks to Blue Mau Mau for the tip on how to avoid the hype.Related articles by ZemantaHow To Display Your Latest Twitter Tweet Work Around For WP.com (teckline.wordpress.com)The Basic Guide To Blogging (johnchow...
How to Deal with One Important Barrier to Effective Mediation
Posted on March 12, 2009Victoria Pynchon, at the Settle It Now Blog, reviews some well known cognitive biases to effective problem solving for mediators and negotiators. But, one of the things that does surprise me is how little relevant game theoretic illusions have made their way into the mainstream literature...
Dinosaur Brains
Posted on March 12, 2009Image via WikipediaGene Weingartner, writing in the Washington Post, has a terrific article about how stress effects the higher cognitive functions and leaves the dinosaur part of our brain to work. (The entire article is on awful subject, however.)"Diamond is a professor of molecular physiology at the University of South Florida and a consultant to the veterans hospital in Tampa...
Authority and Adsense
Posted on March 11, 2009Image by Netweb via FlickrRichard Gibson, who writes on Franchising and Small Business at the WSJ, asked me the other day why there were Adsense advertisments on The BizOp News?"Didn't I think that there was some conflict of interest in writing about due diligence and allowing adsense on the The BizOp News?", asked Richard...
Criminal Business Opportunity Fraud
Posted on March 11, 2009Image by ClintJCL via FlickrFrom the US Attorney Southern District of Florida Press Release on a criminal business opportunity fraudA British citizen was charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities on March 10, 2009, by a Miami federal grand jury, the Justice Department and the U...
Backtracking from an Uncertain Past
Posted on March 11, 2009Image via WikipediaIn relation to several posts I have written about Charlie Munger's use of inversion and preparing for highly unlikely events, a reader writes:"As an engineer/applied mathematician trained in control theory, I think I see where you are coming from...
How Not to Guess About the Uncertain Future
Posted on March 10, 2009Image via WikipediaCharlie Munger often talks about solving predictions about real life by the technique of inversion."The way complex adaptive systems work and the way mental constructs work is that problems frequently get easier, I'd even say usually are easier to solve if you turn them around in reverse...
Interest Based Mediation and Managing Franchise Relations
Posted on March 08, 2009I had the pleasure of conducting an interview with Nancy Connelly of MWI, a nationally recognized dispute resolution services and training firm specializing in resolving difficult business, commercial and organizational disputes. In particular, mediation as an alternative to a trial recently came in for a rough ride from one the American's top civil attorneys...
Castaldi Lawsuit
Posted on March 07, 2009Image via WikipediaA reader asks me:"Do you have any idea why no other subpeonas have been issued for other people involved? I would think at least his dad George would have been arrested. I believe maybe Frank is cooperating to get his dad off. His did is like 92 years old...
Thousand Dollar Profits
Posted on March 07, 2009/* There was an adsense ad that showed up on my site, and I plotted its traffic against the regulator, FTC. Ty Coughlin is just skirting under the level of interest usually need for an FTC investigation.Related articles by ZemantaFeds demand Obama scam ads crackdown (theregister...
When does A cause B?
Posted on March 06, 2009Thanks to Greg Mankiw for pointing out the source of this cartoon.Related articles by ZemantaGet Useful Tips About Top 5 tips on how to create a home budget (helpwithdebtnow.com)Financial Health - It's Emotional! (ladydelaluna.com)FT results: FT.com paid-for subscriptions up 9% (blogs...
Franchisee Purchasing Coops
Posted on March 06, 2009Image via WikipediaCoke and Pepsi display promeniently the Nutrasweet swirl on their diet drink cans. Monsanto's patent for Nutrasweet in Europe expired in 1987, which allowed a rival Holland Sweenter to context Monsanto for the European market.Holland Sweenter prevailed, and then decided to challenge Monsanto in the US...
Mac Investments Biz Op Fraud
Posted on March 06, 2009Image via WikipediaFrom the FBI Press Release about the Mac Investments Biz Op Fraud.A federal grand jury returned a 90-count indictment against operators of Mac Investments, Inc. (MAC.) The recently unsealed indictment charges Jeff Teitelbaum, 41, of Mesa, Ariz...
Shelby Dean Martin Ponzi Alleged
Posted on March 06, 2009Image by liangjinjian via FlickrFrom the SEC Press release on the Shelby Dean Martin ponzi scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") announced that on March 6, 2009, it filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina to halt an ongoing Ponzi scheme...
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