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Panda Security, one of the world’s leading providers of cloud-based security solutions, has released its ranking of the most widespread scams on the internet during the past 10 years. These include the infamous Nigerian scam, ploys involving beautiful foreign women and money mule schemes based on too-good-to-be-true job offers.
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NAVIGATORS INTERNATIONAL AND FORMER PRESIDENT LIABLE FOR $70,000 IN FRAUDULENT BOND FUNDING SCHEME
The SEC announced that U.S. District Court Judge Nancy F. Atlas entered two final judgments in a civil action involving Navigators International Management Co., Ltd., a Bahamian corporation. Navigators, without admitting or denying the Commission's allegations, consented to ... Read More
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The SEC announced that U.S. District Court Judge Thomas W. Phillips entered a judgment against LandOak Securities, LLC (“LandOak Securities”) and Patrick L. Martin (“Martin”). LandOak Securities and Martin were ordered to pay disgorgement in the amount of $880,512.16, plus prejudgment interest of $111,628.38.
The judgment further provides that if the ... Read More
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Over 20 years ago Adriaan Alettus Niewoudt rose to prominence when he convinced thousands of wide-eyed South Africans to buy into the kubus scheme, which was based on a milk culture his grandmother used as a skin product.
In January 1984, Nieuwoudt placed a newspaper advertisement inviting members of the public ... Read More
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For many employers, America’s robust economy is a mixed blessing. As the economy has grown, so have profits. But with unemployment at its lowest level in over two decades, finding enough employees to meet the increased demand is proving quite difficult in some regions (Southeast, West Coast) and next to ... Read More
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“What I'm best at doing is finding a group of talented people and making things with them. I respect the direction that Apple is going in. But for me personally, you know, I want to make things. And if there's no place for me to make things there, then I'll ... Read More
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Green investing has become a phenomenon in the financial industry and is expected to be one of the fastest sectors to rebound once the current economic turmoil has run its course. A recent study found that more than 50% of the world’s wealthiest investors — that is those with greater ... Read More
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Natural resource companies - especially in the mining sector-have taken a beating during the past few months. Their market value plummeted amidst scandal, panic and doubt. Investors have become fearful. This is unfortunate because it's nothing more than unwarranted fallout from the Bre-X debacle.
Bre-X's massive find in Indonesia's Busang region ... Read More
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In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old originator of Facebook, was Time magazine’s 2010 Person of the Year, was number one on Vanity Fair’s list of the Top 100 “most influential people of the Information Age,” and was number sixteen in New Statesman’s annual survey of the world’s 50 most influential ... Read More
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By Scott Symons
In the beginning, there was this very energetic, intelligent individual who discovered a great product. All of his friends, relatives and acquaintances told him what a great service he could provide and how much money could be made by marketing this product. Eventually our energetic, intelligent individual — ... Read More
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INTERVIEW: A Few Words With The Chicago Resource Expo’s Rich Radez
The Spring 2011 Chicago Resource Expo will be held on April 15th and 16th. Originally known as the Chicago Natural Resource Conference and Exhibition, it is one of the oldest natural resource conferences in the United States. The conference is ... Read More
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It began as an idea to help a client. In 1995, Donald Baillargeon owned and operated a large Central California advertising agency. One of the agency's clients was a housing
development company.
"We were producing newspaper and television advertising for them, with a pretty good track record", Baillargeon remembered. "Then one day ... Read More
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By Ronald E. Karr
-Many books have been written and seminars delivered on the development of so-called "closing techniques." Most advice on these so-called closing techniques is ludicrous. "Presto change-o," they promise, "say this and people will magically want to buy from you!" Yet any commitments we "win" by reciting high-handed ... Read More
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The United States Supreme Court's decision last year in U.S. v. O'Hagan dramatically affirmed the Securities and Exchange Commission's powers to enforce the federal insider trading laws and, as expected, has shown that the SEC continues to place a high priority on eliminating insider trading. These developments should put securities ... Read More
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In the Spring 1996 issue of Opportunist Magazine, Ted Turner was the Cover Story...Where Is He Now?
Since the early 1970s, Ted Turner has stepped into the international spotlight with one accomplishment after another. Whether in billboard advertisement, cable television, sports team ownership, sailing, environmental initiatives or philanthropy — Turner's vision, ... Read More
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Boom and bust phenomena have existed for centuries. During a "boom" period, buyers jump on the bandwagon and find themselves paying increasingly higher prices until the "bust", at which time the goods and commodities for which they have paid inflated prices end up worth little or nothing.
Some of the more ... Read More
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“The Net has become the new wild wild West...years ago those of us online were bombarded with ‘spam’ or junk e-mail for X-rated Web sites. . . now it seems like the X has morphed into a dollar sign.”— Peter Hildreth, president of the North American Securities Administrators Association
Every year ... Read More
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By Tonilee Adamson and Bobbye Brooks
Social networking can seem overwhelming to some of us, especially when we are looking at an empty Facebook page with no friends or a Twitter page with no followers. Building a following takes time, but if we take some basic steps, we will see our ... Read More
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The Library of Congress’s Federal Research Division recently prepared a report on the behavioral traits of U.S. investors, at the request of the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy. The Library of Congress’s report identifies common investing mistakes that can undermine investment performance. The report is based on research and analysis ... Read More
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Don Merrill, President & CEO of Tootie Pie Company called into SmallCapVoice.com to discuss the amazing year the Company had in 2010 and to provide a comprehensive outlook for 2011.
Tootie Pie Company bakes and sells high-quality, handmade pies through three basic sales channels: retail,corporate and wholesale. The ... Read More
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