Category Archives: News and Events

The SEC complaint against Goldman is a stunner.  Stunning because Goldman had a 31-year-old flying about as close to the treetops as one can get without crashing.  Or maybe Fabrice Tourre has indeed crashed now.  If the SEC is right, Goldman’s Tourre put together … Continue reading →

A man who has struggled through a period of stress and strain with his family won the Masters at Augusta National.  The pseudo family guy/super star, with a secret “other” life that has been enough  to make John Edwards blush, finished fourth.  Phil Mickelson’s wife, … Continue reading →

Pfizer follows Eli Lilly, Merck, and GlaxoSmithKline in disclosing payments to docs for consulting and speaking on their products. Pfizer also disclosed payments to academic centers, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.  You can now go to the sites for these companies and … Continue reading →

The “Nine you’re fine, ten you’re mine” motto of traffic officials is falling by the wayside.  The 5-10 mph grace speed for exceeding limits has fallen victim to tight state and local budgets.  They need more money so drivers are … Continue reading →

For 2009, there were only 630 U.S. companies that filed earnings restatements.  The high for restatements was in 2006 and totaled 1,564, but we are in a steady decline.  Both extent and magnitude are down.  Further, the restatements filed in … Continue reading →

The FCC is investigating the now-pulled Fox series, “Our Little Genius” because of questions regarding “how some information was relayed to contestants during preproduction.” Did these television producers and directors never see the movie “Quiz Show”?  Have they never heard of … Continue reading →

The Pope has offered his apologies for the “sinful and criminal” conduct of the priests.  He has spoken of betrayal of trust.  However, the key element missing in the Vatican’s handling of the sexual abuse scandal that has crawled across Europe is discipline.  … Continue reading →

The U.S. Secretary of Education would ban basketball teams from March Madness unless they could show a 40% graduation rate — that’s 2 of every 5 players.  Secretary Duncan called it a “low bar.”  Well, it’s fairly high for many … Continue reading →

Those who do public speaking are always unnerved when somone in the audience gets up and walks out whilst you are offering your thoughts.  Sometimes the rebel simply needs a restroom.  Sometimes the rebel has a ringing cell phone.  But, this January, … Continue reading →

What do John Yoo, Jay Bybee, and Ira Sorkin have in common?  The obvious answer is that they are all lawyers.  Another answer is that they have been all over the news.  One more layer is that they have been vilified because … Continue reading →

A forthcoming article in the Academy of Management Journal presents research that supports what “Seven Signs” readers have known since 2006: High-performing companies are more likely to break the law.  As readers of ‘Seven Signs” also know, pressure (P=f(x)), hubris, the inability … Continue reading →