Category Archives: News and Events

VW’s head of compliance, who was an outsider hired to help change the VW culture, has resigned after just reaching her one-year mark. The statement released by the company upon Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt’s departure indicated that her resignation was “due to … Continue reading →

Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler, following the EPA’s accusations that the company has pulled a VW (installing secret software that allowed its diesel vehicles to emit pollutants in excess of legal limits). One guesses that “in our view” is … Continue reading →

Although the House came to its senses and scuttled its new structure for the Office of Congressional Ethics, a look-see at the proposed reforms is worth a chuckle. And, the reforms were a perfect list of how not to set … Continue reading →

The baseball writers are at it again. They who vote on admission to the Hall of Fame are easing down off their moral high horses and considering Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens for induction despite their being blackballed because of … Continue reading →

Navnoor Kang, the former manager of New York state’s $53-billion pension fund, was indicted on bribery charges. According to the indictment, Mr. Kang accepted a $17,400 watch, concert tickets, prostitutes, and cocaine from stock brokers in exchange for throwing pension … Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal (November 30, 2016) reports that the Chinese now rate citizens’ behavior as a means of determining who is entitled to what. For example, if you use your child’s subway card to avoid paying the adult fare, the consequences used … Continue reading →

Based on retesting of the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, 75 athletes have been found guilty of doping.  Now comes the realignment of the medals.  For example, American high jumper Chaunte Lowe, who finished sixth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, … Continue reading →

E-mail exchange between former Philidor Rx Services CEO Andrew Davenport and former Valeant executive Gary Tanner, who have been indicted on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering for an alleged scheme to funnel money from Valeant through Philidor … Continue reading →

President Barack Obama in objecting to the FBI announcing the re-opening of the Clinton e-mail investigation. Except, of course, when you condemn Boston police officers for “acting stupidly” before the police report was written, let alone read. Or condemn George … Continue reading →

Mylan had some steep price increases on its EpiPen treatment, an effective device for treatment of severe allergic reactions. Mylan settled a case with Medicaid for overcharging for the device by paying $465 million, an amount that is twice its pretax earnings … Continue reading →

The Barometer became an independent years ago because there was not a dead-cat-swing’s worth of difference between the two political parties in the United States.  Lest animal rights readers take offense, the Barometer has never swung a cat, dead or … Continue reading →

Dr. Tali Sharot, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University College of London, as reported by Melissa Dahl in New York Magazine. The Barometer would not know an amygdala from an insula, although if memory serves, there was an Amy Gdala … Continue reading →

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General, Kathleen Kane at her sentencing hearing, asking the judge to consider her teenage sons.  Her 15-year-old son, Chris, testified on her behalf, “My mom is like my rock.  We just know we can’t lose our mom.”  … Continue reading →