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SpeedTrack Sues Just About Every Major Online Retailer Over Patent Infringement
Source: TechCrunch

Software developer SpeedTrack has filed suit against nearly two dozen major online retailers, including Amazon.com, Best Buy, Overstock.com, Nike, Costco and Dell, accusing the major online retailers of infringing some patent that supposedly covers a search mechanism customers ca …

The Convoluted Story Behind Bernie Madoff
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Evidence suggests that Bernard Madoff, the "prominent" Wall Street operator and former chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, had ties to the Russian Mafia, Moscow-based oligarchs, and the Genovese organized crime family.

The Story of Deep Capture by Mark Mitchell, Part 14

FinancialWire speculated that the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation might have quashed the Dateline story, and Gayle had good reason for his suspicions.

The Story of Deep Capture by Mark Mitchell, Part 13

Around this time, Rocker sells his shares in TheStreet.com. A month later Cramer sells a bunch of his own shares. Then it is announced that the SEC is investigating Gradient, and has issued subpoenas to Herb, Cramer, Carol Remond, and TheStreet.com.

The Story of Deep Capture by Mark Mitchell, Part 12

It is said that Bethany McLean has a system with gentlemen of a certain age. She has Midwestern looks, but a voice like red velvet –.and she stops at nothing for a peak behind the kimono.

The Story of Deep Capture by Mark Mitchell, Part 11

Bethany McLean is one of America's most respected financial journalists. She is famous for being the first reporter to raise concerns about Enron, the energy company that later proved to have orchestrated a large accounting fraud.

The Story of Deep Capture by Mark Mitchell, Part 10

While officials are closing in on Badian, the people who control the financial media (i.e., the friends-of-Cramer) are hunting down the Easter Bunny.

The Story of Deep Capture by Mark Mitchell, Part 8

For further insight into the character and tactics of Gary Weiss, consider the story of how Gary plotted to destroy a fellow journalist named Ian Williams, a reporter for The Nation who was president of the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA).

The Story of Deep Capture by Mark Mitchell, Part 7

Gary Weiss is a journalist best known for penning the 1996 BusinessWeek cover story, "The Mob on Wall Street," which documented Mafia involvement in stock brokerages, including Hanover Sterling, run by the Genovese clan.

The Story of Deep Capture by Mark Mitchell

I want to make this as clear as possible to those that are interested in stories like this one. I cannot find another financial crime in US history that is on parity with this one.

The Story of Deep Capture by Mark Mitchell, Part 5

Cramer has a shtick whereby he brags about the crimes that he has committed, perhaps so that he can later claim that his openness suggests a certain innocence.

Russian Mafia in bed with Wall Street, CEO says
Source: Daily Utah Chronicle

"You don't have to dig very far into this before you get to organized crime," he said. As an example of its involvement, Byrne told a story from a trip to the East Coast.

Overstock.com Founder Refuses to Apologize for Comments About Minority Dropoutsl News | US News
Source: FOXNews.com

SALT LAKE CITY — The founder of Overstock.com rejected the NAACP's demand for an apology Friday after an Internet video surfaced of him saying that Utah minorities who don't graduate from high school might as well be burned or thrown away.

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Source: cheapassgamer.com

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When Firms Bark and the SEC Bites, Wall Street May Decide to Hush Up
Source: Wall Street Journal

Some say it's reasonable for the SEC to go after journalists' communications with sources if reporters are being used to spread misinformation. But that's a view from the airy realm of the abstract, Jesse Eisinger says.

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