Allegedly Unethical Firms

OSHA, EPA, and Clean Air Act Violations with pictures. From a union organizing site.

"The U.S. government charged Andersen with a single count of obstruction of justice, saying the firm destroyed 'tons of paper' and deleted huge numbers of computer files on its audits of Enron." By Dan Ackman. [Forbes]

"The courtroom - not lawyers - steal the show during the first day of the Arthur Andersen trial, thanks to construction and other distractions." [BBC News]

Explores how Carlyle has become the thread which indirectly links American military policy in Afghanistan to the personal financial fortunes of celebrity, political employees, including George H.W. Bush.

"Former Enron suitor is the latest energy trader to undergo management shake-up." [CNN/Money]

"Agency investigating growing disclosure of false sales reports across many industries." [CNN/Money]

"The energy firm once set to buy Enron is shunned by traders and investors as they contemplate the worrying parallels with its infamous rival." [BBC News]

Current and background articles as well as related links.

Provides script to disable Top Text and Surf+. Documents source code alterations made by these programs.

Provides history of the company and its founders, and lists several irate complaints and business practices.

A Pentagon audit says the oil services group charged inflated prices for petrol to US troops in Iraq, officials say. [BBC]

Feedback and ratings from perspective buyers and homeowners.

Provides links to SEC and court documents regarding the WorldCom case.

The former chief executive of Worldcom is charged with fraud, conspiracy and making false statements regarding the company's finances.[BBC]

"J Sainsbury may sue Merrill Lynch for mismanaging its pension fund after the US bank settles a similar case with Unilever out of court." [BBC News]

"A deal being weighed by New York's attorney general could also mean the brokerage will not reimburse investors for its 'tainted' advice." By David Schepp. [BBC News]

Volunteer effort on Yahoo Club site by people concerned about the "new" Monsanto's power and motives.

In a statement Monsanto acknowledged that there was not a sufficient market to make the introduction of its GM wheat worthwhile. [Guardian]

The world's leading luxury goods retailer sues the investment bank over alleged unfair research to favor its rival Gucci. [BBC]

Paper by Richard Clayton, providing technical details of the proposed system following a meeting with Phorm engineers.

SEC found that Putnam committed securities fraud by failing to disclose potentially self-dealing excessive short-term and market timing trading.

The search page at VeriSign, which appears for all mistyped .com and .net sites, passes information to a marketing firm. A computer security researcher said that this could include personal information. [The Sydney Morning Herald]

Longtime Internet litigator Ira Rothken has filed a class action suit against VeriSign over the registrar's redirection of mistyped .com and .net names to a search page it controls. [CNET News.com]

Professor Anthony J. Sebok examines the issue of whether the discrimination suit against the retailer should proceed as a class action.

Complaint site.

UC Berkeley study finds that use of safety net programs by Wal-Mart workers in California is higher than average for the retail industry.

"Xerox admits overstating its profits by $1.4bn from 1997 to 2001, casting a fresh shadow over US corporate and auditing practices." [BBC News]

Bill Parish's view on how Microsoft uses stock options to raise revenue, taking advantage of its size and cash to manipulate the value of firms it wants to own or harm.