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The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...ch never foresaw that in a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy. "They achieve this using the same playbook over a...
Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
...re's how money laundering would have worked: Unsavory people, from drug cartels to gangsters or greedy tax evaders, are forced to keep their ill-gotten gains hidden from police or tax authorities ...
Ruth Madoff's lost asset claims
in Sox First, on June 28, 2009
..."ruined" her life. Nothing to do with her psychopath husband, the poster boy of corporate greed, and his Ponzi scheme. Of course, she didn't work or contribute any many to her lavish li...
Did Sonia Sotomayor's mortgage views help send county into recession?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 23, 2009
...y enjoyed them while they had the chance.
Of course, this isn't fair, either. The middle-class greed buyers, again, are just one small part of the problem. The entire mortgage-lending industry is...
Bankers' pay soars despite crisis
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...ue that it's all about holding on to talent. But in the end, it might have something to do with greed. For bankers, greed comes as naturally as breathing. How else, for example, would you explain...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
...ght of businesses primarily as economic entities, and emphasised the obscene rewards you could get. Greed is good: you are supposedly there to maximise the shareholder value over the long term, but mo...
More Wall Street greed
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
...thing else, it's another sign that melting markets have done nothing to wash away the shameless greed that has created the worst recession since the Second World War. And it will only heighten the...
Are economists to blame for the financial crisis?
in Sox First, on April 23, 2009
...ational and efficient. Nothing could be further from the truth. Markets are also driven by fear and greed. "That people respond rationally to incentives, and that market prices incorporate inform...
Hope, greed, fear and the financial crisis
in Sox First, on April 16, 2009
Interesting piece from Wharton on the psychology behind the financial crisis. It makes the point that the crisis was underpinned by a mix of optimism and delusion, which created the bubble in the first place. And it makes the point that people are now so traumatized that they have become risk...
Executive pay and shareholder greed
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
...rs. But is government intervention really the answer? Much of the problem is caused by shareholder greed. Shareholders never complain when they're making money on the market. It's a point I e...
Dumb money and the meltdown
in Sox First, on February 24, 2009
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The financial meltdown was not brought on by sleaze and greed. According to writer, Daniel Gross, it was caused by dumb money. Plugging his latest book , he explains more here . "The Dumb ...
Stimulus Hype: Will the Stimulus Work? (Part I)
in Bizinformer, on February 7, 2009
...e because of government spending. We got here because a presidential administration that nurtured greed on Wall Street allowed the finance industry to operate with a reduced code of ethics. They loa...
Bank bailout failure
in Sox First, on February 3, 2009
...and for loans from business and households have continued to weaken. The trouble is that corporate greed and insensitivity, like for example Bank of America hosting a mini-carnival outside the Super...
Citigroup greed
in Sox First, on February 2, 2009
Citigroup has been in all sorts of strife since receivign a taxpayer funded $45 billion cash injection to keep the wolves from the door. At the end of last month, the world's biggest bank had to drop plans to buy a $50 million corporate jet following criticism all around, including questi...
Ponzi schemes proliferate
in Sox First, on January 28, 2009
...ith every bubble there is fraud. Look behind every bubble and you'll find the cousins of fraud, greed and unchecked enthusiasm. So when the biggest one we've seen unwinds, we are sure to see m...
Maths and the meltdown
in Sox First, on January 14, 2009
...ions for the future." As psychologist Lawrence Raifman says , markets are driven by fear and greed more than they are by rational or optimal decisions. So much for the rational investor. I exp...
Why smart investors fall for scams
in Sox First, on January 4, 2009
...taking and impulsive decision-making. Emotion : Many investors wikth Madoff were not motivated by greed but by the desire to build and maintain enough wealth to have a secure and happy retirement. I...
Cox defends his legacy
in Sox First, on December 25, 2008
...off - I just don't like the manner of his admission). The government isn't to blame for the greed that greased this wheel. What blows my mind is the "tone at the top" of our country&...
Will there be more Madoffs?
in Sox First, on December 16, 2008
...have been able to get away with it for so long if investors weren't clamoring to join his club. Greed and the desire for an easy buck are powerful drivers. As Tim Reid in The Times notes, the w...
The hypocrisy of Bush
in Sox First, on November 14, 2008
...f the financial crisis, voices from the left and right are equating the free enterprise system with greed and exploitation and failure. It's true this crisis included failures - by lenders and bor...
The perverse meltdown
in Sox First, on October 31, 2008
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People blame the market meltdown on greed. But that's simplistic. The downturn has been created by perverse systems in organizations. I explain all that in my column here ....
How the Credit Crisis is (Sort Of) Like 9/11
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 1, 2008
...guish our lives, but a growing realization that what began as us shaking our heads from afar at the greed of Wall Street and the stupidity of Willy -nilly subprime mortgages could now morph into a ...
Why the markets imploded
in Sox First, on September 12, 2008
...r and that raised the price of their raw material, money. You could add to that good old fashioned greed....
Banks: trouble ahead
in Sox First, on August 27, 2008
...or 5 are put on the list. And that's a worry because the report suggests the bankers, in their greed to rake in millions, have neglected to do the basic stuff that bankers need to do.
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JP Morgan, Wachovia and UBS burning billions
in Sox First, on August 13, 2008
...zed debt obligations, fraud, hubris and those two ever-present cheer leaders of human folly, greed and stupidity. "One thing that came out of all this is that bankers are as susceptible t...
Las Vegas Travel And Dining Deals
in Play Las Vegas, on July 23, 2008
...s, and let them have a good time gambling with their money. It worked.
Little by little though the greed factor took over and prices were raise, constantly, on everything. The impact was gradual but ...
Is Compulsive Shopping a Mental Disorder?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 8, 2008
...#39;m coming around to the idea that some people's lack of self control is not 100% laziness or greed, but a true need to fill a void in their lives. Some people drink and do drugs, some people sh...
Banking squeeze
in Sox First, on June 10, 2008
...f liquidity," the report says. True, what has happened to Lehman is pretty much the result of greed and stupidity where, as The Wall Street Journal points out, it paid too much for property as...
Ultimate Cheating Uncovered at 2+2
in Internet Poker, on May 30, 2008
...get the feel of the action for the cost of a few value meals at Arby's. But, sadly money begets greed and some of those on the inside over at UltimateBet may have bitten their own tail while reach...
The oil squeeze
in Sox First, on May 29, 2008
...of gas in the United States is a consequence of global economic growth, rising standards of living, greed, politics and the stresses induced by 6.5 billion people going about their business on a plane...
Consider bootstrapping
in BootStrapMe, on May 26, 2008
...tside investment, the more ownership you can retain in your company the better. This is not due to greed but simple pragmatics. I like blogging, but the income it provides for paying bills is an added...
Blame subprime on the banks: accounting rule-maker
in Sox First, on May 26, 2008
... GARNETT: About this much (indicating a zero with his fingers). What contributed to it is largely greed, short-termism and this focus on trying to develop complex instruments to create an investment...
Does gold stack up?
in Sox First, on May 3, 2008
...up? Not when you look at the fundamentals. What's been driving the price up of late is fear and greed but not much else. As this Wharton discussion paper makes clear, gold is not a good long te...
Condo stress
in Sox First, on March 20, 2008
...ue of their assets shrinks. Clearly, they didn't know what their risks were. But a lot of it is greed too as they dived into the market when real estate prices were soaring through the roof. I re...
University Greed Creates Disadvantages to Online Learning
in The Online Universities Weblog, on March 12, 2008
A recent editorial in the UM-St. Louis Current charges that many of the reasons universities start online classes are harmful to student learners. Instead of starting online courses for student convenience or as a viable learning alternative, some universities do it because they can save money o...
Saturday Scam Alert: "Payment Processors"
in Home Based Business, on January 27, 2008
... criminals are targeting two types of people-those desperate for money and those who will let their greed get the best of them. Don't fall for it!
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Sponsored Post: Mobile Phones the New Social Activism Weapon
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on January 21, 2008
...rspective. Imagine a simple text message can inspire the whole country to protect democracy against greed and corruption. Call it weird or crazy but that's what exactly happened in the Philippines...
Sweet Sounds of Siren Songs
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 12, 2007
...ats carrying out their duties as best they can.
It is also about short-sightedness resulting from greed. By all accounts, Aberdeenshire is a highly prosperous area of Scotland where employment is hig...
Enron, stakeholders and the consequences for corporate governance
in Sox First, on November 27, 2007
...nt noted the bad character of Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, or both. This included references to their greed, controlling nature, and"disgraceful" conduct. The second most common type of statem...
Conrad Black turns to comedy
in Sox First, on October 8, 2007
... The pompous greed-head might be facing decades in jail, he might be barred from returning to the country of his birth, but convicted crook Conrad Black has shown he has an extraordinary ability to p...
Missing Iraq dollars: Tales from the Coalition of the Billing
in Sox First, on September 14, 2007
... of the Coalition Provisional Authority which turned out to be no CPA. And in the mismanagement and greed, an unknown firm with a PO box in the Bahamas was put in charge of auditing. The full shockin...
Blogging Success Stories
in The Search Engine Weblog, on September 10, 2007
...hopping $1334,55 in their 2nd month of emulating John Chow.
CashQuests.com
CashQuests, AKA "greed personified" recently crossed the impressive benchmark of 800 daily RSS subscribers and h...
Seven tips on managing a bootstrapped family business
in BootStrapMe, on September 9, 2007
.... Proactively dealing with upcoming issues can mitigate uneducated opinions, anger, jealousies, and greed.
5. Values such as respect, integrity, fairness, love, and stewardship are the found...
"It wasn't me" says Jeff Skilling
in Sox First, on September 8, 2007
...must have been the other Jeff Skilling at Enron who did it, says Paul Kedrosky at the Infectious Greed blog . And true to form, the houston chronicle 's Loren Steffy pulls no punches in ...
Feeding the Hungry Millionaires
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on August 15, 2007
... There's just one problem with that. The middle man, namely, the other government.
Enabling greed
As John Stossel of 20/20 reports, the corrupted African governments are just taking all the...
Ticketmaster + iTunes = Are You Kidding Me?
in Digital Music - The Future, on August 9, 2007
...9;s idea of cool? Overcharge me for the ticket (maybe not their fault, we can blame that one on the greedy act/manager/agent), then hit me with all kinds of bogus fees and then give me ONE FREE SONG? ...
Black years in jail
in Sox First, on July 14, 2007
...aque world of private equity and hedge funds. hubris has been replaced by schadenfreude. But greed will surely have its day once more, unless shareholders learn their lesson and do more to make...
Modern E-mail Scam On The Rise
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 24, 2007
...swarming in e-mail boxes. These e-mails are focusing neither on recipient's good intentions nor greed but fear. The latest scam e-mail, threatens to kill recipients if they do not give thousands o...
They'll Build Your Fantasy Car
in Classical Drives, on June 8, 2007
...imate change and the search for renewable fuels, it is one more example of (no, I won't suggest greed) indulgence gone astray. If all these brilliant engineers and supercar designers were to put t...
LAS VEGAS CASINO OWNERS GETTING GREEDIER
in Play Las Vegas, on June 4, 2007
Source:www.cbsd.org
It's no secret that the corporate America owned Las Vegas casinos routinely tighten the belt another notch in order to squeeze a few cents more out of gamblers.
In fact, over the past decade these guys have found ways to lower wages and currently casino mogul Steve Wy...
Does the punishment fit the crime? Securities fraud and home invasion
in Sox First, on May 18, 2007
...ues that we place on being free from bodily harm and protecting our homes. "Perhaps corporate greed extends beyond the boardrooms to its shareholders," she writes.
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CSR and the 2008 U.S. Elections
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 13, 2007
Jim Talent and Arianna Huffington on the FH NCL Corporate Social Responsibility Panel. Photo courtesy of Fleishman-Hillard, rights reserved .
A few days ago I was contacted by Rachelle Lacroix at Fleishman-Hillard about their new survey on CSR . You know how they say, "the squ...
Carry On Qantas
in Sox First, on May 9, 2007
...son, and the bidders at Airline Partners Australia (APA) More to the point, it has highlighted the greed of hedge funds which scuppered the deal to secure one of the world's best-run airlines. H...
Soaring executive pay: seven solutions
in Sox First, on May 4, 2007
...esting ideas for boards to consider. Legislation has a limited impact - you can't outlaw greed. In the end, the solution has to come from directors who have been put there to represent shar...
Costing Health
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 30, 2007
... the pharmaceutical industry. Lets say hypothetically these rising prices were legitimate, and not greed overpowering the social bottom line. In theory, this would mean the government is spending a s...
VCs' Blog 列表 (2007 / Q1)
in Wangtam, on April 4, 2007
去年十月份曾统计过 一份 VC 们的 Blog ，不过这一次时间紧，暂时不提供 OPML 文件了。其中新增的 29 个 Blog 已经被更新到了 TheFunded.com 。2007 年第一季度统计列表如下：
CEO invincibility - why they turn bad
in Sox First, on March 16, 2007
...ad Black trial, it's worth looking at why some corporate leaders go off the rails ? Is it greed? Arrogance? Tom Walker's thought-provoking piece in the Atlanta Constitution Journal is...
Nick Leeson wants to come back
in Sox First, on March 9, 2007
...ected to do. Indeed,the combination of Leeson's ego and lack of control, and the bank's own greed and stupidity was a lethal mix. Leeson returning to trading would be like Donald Rumsfeld con...
Backdating: The Al Capone solution
in Sox First, on February 19, 2007
...and their employees may end up bearing the brunt of the fallout, shareholders too are harmed by the greed exhibited by these executives. Al Capone, it seems, has nothing on these modern-day corporate ...
FREE OZZFEST TICKETS THIS YEAR
in The Celebrities Weblog, on February 16, 2007
...s year's tour will be free!
I know that's hard to believe in this era of amazing corporate greed, but Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are kicking back some big time love to their fans by way of free...
The disconnect: business vs ordinary folk
in Sox First, on January 2, 2007
A profound disconnect between the business, government and media elites and ordinary wage and income earners might explain why trust in business is heading south, according to a new study. It also has enormous political implications, something reflected in the mid-term elections which saw the D...
Top scams of 2006
in Sox First, on December 29, 2006
... get their victims to report zero income. Read through the lists and you can see the common theme. Greed. Not just of the scammers, but of the people getting ripped off. But scammers also prey on an...
The Tao of Warren Buffett
in Businesspundit, on December 26, 2006
... you will probably be undisciplined on the large things as well.
The fact that people are full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable.
We also believe candor bene...
Why Are New Games $60?
in XboxSpace, on December 21, 2006
...ut is that extra ten dollars just a consequence of rising game development costs, and not corporate greed?
Well, for Gears of War it's probably development costs. Superman Returns? That...
Is Outsourcing Destroying America?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 7, 2006
...d to. All they have to do is stop importing these materials and viola! America would be crippled.
Greed was pointed out as the main reason why there are many outsourcing contracts existing. The jobs...
The problem with options
in Sox First, on November 24, 2006
...e interests of the executives with that of the companies. But in many cases, it's an excuse for greed that, if badly handled, can damage the business and hurt shareholders.
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PlayStation 3 Madness
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 17, 2006
...or.
I suppose I could take this time to write some sort of condemnation of human nature and human greed, but I'd not doubt come off as a self-righteous ass and be factually incorrect anyway. So ...
Black tales
in Sox First, on November 13, 2006
.... Fascinating but it leave you wanting to take a long shower . The author paints a picture of greed, arrogance, contempt, and an extraordinary capability for conflicts of interest that are patho...
The private equity boom: back to the "greed is good" era
in Sox First, on October 30, 2006
..., low interest rates and regulatory constraints of public corporations, is ushering in a new era of greed. BusinessWeek provides us with the alarming details of the tricks private equity outfits are ...
Oliver Clothesoff and Other Money-Related Halloween Costumes
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 23, 2006
...n Gekko - This one never goes out of style. Slick back the hair, get some suspenders and say "greed is good" a lot.
Richard Hatch - Remember the guy that won the first year of Survivor ...
