Archive for August, 2011

August 1st, 2011

The Ordeal of Change, by Eric Hoffer – Pub 1963

The Ordeal of Change I first stumbled upon the name Eric Hoffer when reading about Ronald Coase, a Noble Prize laureate in Economics who was known to regularly present the [...]

August 1st, 2011

Gulf Reserve – a simple fraud for simple money

Gulf Reserve – a simple fraud for simple money Over the course of the year I’ve received several calls about a firm called Gulf Reserve offering returns of 3 to [...]

August 1st, 2011

The Right To Information Act 2005, Transparency and Transitions

The Right To Information Act 2005, Transparency and Transitions In 2005 India passed the Right to Information Act (RTI) — a technical milestone in law that is altering the balance [...]

August 1st, 2011

An Interview With James Shortt

Please take the time to download and listen to this discussion with James Shortt, Executive Director of the International Bodyguard Association (IBA) on best practices in executive protection.  The conversation [...]

August 1st, 2011

Wild Geese

Wild Geese As the pressures of a recession (now affecting most of the world) increase, so does theft.  We have read innumerable articles about inventory “shrinkage” in retail establishments — [...]

August 1st, 2011

Madoff victims Common Law Fraud Recovery from Banks is Barred

Madoff victims Common Law Fraud Recovery from Banks is Barred The bankruptcy trustee recovering funds for victims of Bernard Madoff has been hit with a significantly adverse ruling. (Case 1:11-cv-00763-JSR [...]