Posted on November 28th, 2009 by John
Internet firm World Online, ABN Amro and Goldman Sachs did mislead investors at the internet service provider’s launch on the Amsterdam stock exchange in 2000, the Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) ruled on Friday.
WOL shares started trading at €50 but had halved in price two weeks later and were under €10 at the end of the [...]
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Filed under: HEADLINES, LAW
Posted on November 28th, 2009 by John
Introduction
character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking.
There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.
J.C. Watts
Being a critical citizen like me you will probably agree with me that it is almost common to [...]
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Filed under: FRAUD PREVENTION, INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by John
On 12 October 2009 I reported about the launch of the Crimestopper website. From the Press release below it transpires that the site is a great success. I suggest you check it out yourself.
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 1:17 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police Hon Judith Collins
Minister of Police
19 November 2009
Media Statement
Hundreds call anonymous crime [...]
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Filed under: HEADLINES
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by John
He had been preparing a great new discount deal for that long time client they could not afford to lose. It would be hard to say no to that. On the day before he could send it off he had to find out the hard way that the client had already agreed to another deal [...]
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Filed under: INFORMATION SECURITY
Posted on November 6th, 2009 by John
Scam artists are always on the lookout for attractive “marks”. “Marks are people that are the target of a scam artist. While we all have a chance of becoming such a mark, some individuals or businesses are more attractive than others. Are you a gullible person?
Contrary to what many people think, not all victims of [...]
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Filed under: SCAMS AND SCHEMES, TIPS & TRICKS