Op/Ed:

Regulation

  • Economists Reduce Economy By Billions of Dollars
  • Bill SingerBill Singer
    Contributor
    Apr 13, 2011

    Feds Go After Another Alleged FOREX Scam

    It was only a couple of weeks ago that I wrote about David A. Smith, 41, a Jamaican citizen who was living in the Turks and Caicos Islands, who ran a foreign exchange ("FOREX") Ponzi scheme that reaped over $200 million from some 6,000 defrauded investors.  FOREX Pirate’s Ponzi Scheme Ends In U.S. Brig. Smith pleaded guilty to four counts of federal wire fraud; one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering; and 18 counts of money laundering. read »

  • Henry MillerHenry Miller
    Contributor
    Apr 13, 2011

    'Chemical' Is Not A Four-Letter Word

    Two recent books about human exposure to chemicals offer very different views of the subject – different in tone, outlook, veracity and the value they provide to readers. read »

  • Bill SingerBill Singer
    Contributor
    Apr 13, 2011

    WexTrust Saga Nears End with Pleas and Sentences

    Founded in 2003, WexTrust Capital presented itself as a globally diversified private equity company specializing in investments in real estate and other opportunities. The company was headquarted in Chicago, Illinois, with offices in New York, New York; Norfolk, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Boca Raton, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Johannesburg, South Africa. WexTrust Capital was affiliated with several companies of a similar name, including WexTrust Securities, LLC, a broker-dealer[...] read »

  • Stephen HarnerStephen Harner
    Contributor
    Apr 12, 2011
  • Does Paul Ryan Have The Remedy For Our Economy?
  • Is There a Social Media Bubble?
  • Bill SingerBill Singer
    Contributor
    Apr 12, 2011
  • Francine McKennaFrancine McKenna
    Contributor
    Apr 12, 2011

    Sokol Knew; How Could Buffett Have Not?

    The New York Times' DealBook reports this morning on a new 8-K filing by Lubrizol in the Sokol self-dealing case.

    A new regulatory filing by Lubrizol indicates that David Sokol was aware in December that Lubrizol’s chief executive planned to discuss a possible acquisition with the board — a couple weeks before the top deputy bought shares in the lubricant manufacturer.
    CNBC interviewed Omega Advisors' Leon Cooperman for their Squawk Masters series. Cooperman has this to[...] read »

  • Patrick LunsfordPatrick Lunsford
    Contributor
    Apr 12, 2011
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    How Angry Birds is Increasing the Cost of Credit

    First of all, I love Angry Birds. As a professional in his mid-30s with a wife and two kids, I should be ashamed to admit that, but I’m not because the game is so awesome. There is one feature of Angry Birds, however, that does give me pause. read »

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