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Monthly Archives: March 2018
The Story of GE: Who Was Running This Company?
Jack Welch was a legendary leader — taking GE to soaring heights through the growth of GE Capital. But, GE Capital was doing everything from Thai auto loans to long-term care insurance policies to “floating-rate Polish residential mortgages . . … Continue reading
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Unplanned, Unscheduled, and Unknown Inspections by Federal Agents Reveal Safety Problems on Offshore Rigs
Fifty inspectors from the federal government, aboard helicopters, got a bird’s eye view of the work habits and patterns on offshore oil rigs. They are concerned, and they will be issuing safety advisories based on what they saw. Nothing beats … Continue reading
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Facebook Had a Security Breach: What Security?
Why the outrage over Facebook? Folks were given a free site to post everything from the banal to items that cost many folks their jobs. With a billion folks here and there posting information, quite a bit of that information … Continue reading
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“I invited my wife to come and help. I left it to my wife, you know, to choose something. I dismissed myself from the issues.”
Dr. Ben Carson, throwing his wife under the bus, in explaining the $31,000 dining room set for his office.
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Megan Barry: Former Nashville Mayor Who Had an Affair with the Head of Her Security Detail
The taxpayers funded quite a few trips for her honor and the head of her security detail, all alone and by themselves. Both are married to others. Both showed incredibly poor judgment. Her honor resigned. No word on the head … Continue reading
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“Testilying”: A New Verb to Describe False Testimony by Police Officers
“Police perjury” or “blue lies,” have been described as an inevitable part of the justice system, so common that we now have a new verb of “testilying” to describe what some police officers do. The way we discover the false … Continue reading
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Jon Huntsman: A Man of His Word
There were many tributes to businessman Jon Huntsman at his funeral, but there was one story told about his integrity that tells us how ethics is done. During the 1980s, Mr, Huntsman and his business were struggling. In order to … Continue reading
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Theranos and Former CEO Elizabeth Holmes Settle SEC Charges
She was the first female billionaire in Silicon Valley. She had founded Theranos, a company touting a new blood test that could detect everything from diabetes to cancer. She raised $700 million from investors for the company that was touted … Continue reading
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Former Chief Information Officer of Equifax Charged With Insider Trading
After learning of a security breach at his company, Equifax, CIO Jun Ying exercised all of his stock options and then dumped them on the market. Ying accomplished all of this activity before Equifax disclosed the breach publicly. The security … Continue reading
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The Truth Percolates: Secretary Carson’s Story Contradicted by Documents
This isn’t brain surgery. HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson was shocked, shocked that aides and his wife selected a $31,000 dining set as part of a HUD office remodel. However, an August 2017 e-mail from the HUD office administrator is … Continue reading
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Former CEO Who Went to Prison for Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Disaster is Senate Candidate
Don Blankenship. former CEO of Massey Energy, the then-owner of the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, is now a candidate in West Virginia for the U.S. Senate. No matter that the signs of protestors outside his campaign events … Continue reading
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“There are times when I want to hug him and hold him. There are times when I want to punch him in the face.”
Ben Brafman, attorney for defendant Martin Shkreli, at Mr. Shkreli’s sentencing hearing. With defense lawyers such as this, who needs prosecutors? Mr. Shkreli, who was found guilty of fraud earlier, was sentenced to seven years. The sentencing guidelines provided for … Continue reading
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“Collars for Dollars”: It’s Back From 1994
In 1994, the Mollen Commission issued a report that concluded that police in New York City came up with various arrest strategies in order to increase their overtime pay. The strategies included questionable arrests, multiple arrests, and the involvement of … Continue reading
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Dr. Ben Carson and His $31,000 Dining Table
He is a brilliant surgeon. He is a kind man. He is the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. And, as HUD faces $6.8 billion in budget cuts, he chose to redecorate his office. The new dining table is a … Continue reading
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