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Do you offer any kickbacks to referrals?

I have added MyLot to my Bonus page (you can check it out in my profile). Earning only 50 cents in MyLot each month will give my refferals an opportunity to win a gift. Have you seen anything...

Military analysts and industry-sponsored CME

Daniel Carlat: "[They] are not the only examples of our country’s burgeoning culture of deceptive information-brokers. In the last couple of years, we’ve read about college loan officers referring...

Rezko Makes $8.5 Million Bail

After being in police custody since January because he refused to explain a $3.5 million wire transfer from Lebanon in 2007 and for trying to get kickbacks, the political fundraiser Antoin?Tony?...

'Street Fighter' Launches "Uber-Cool" Production Blog

Filed under: Action, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Games and Game MoviesSurfing around yesterday, I kept seeing the words "New Street Fighter production blog!!" all over the place. So, this morning, I...

If Consumers Will Pay $50 To Remove It, What's It Doing There In The First Place?

That didn't take long. On Friday morning, PC World reported that that it would offer a "Fresh Start" option on certain of its laptops: for an extra $50, Sony would remove all the annoying "trial...

Spitzer, the OCC, and the Emperor's Club

I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy.I am going to weave you one--connecting Spitzer's recent confession as Client Number 9 in the Emperor's Club and his February announcement that...

First Gentleman Mike Arroyo Appears in Anti-Corruption Hearing

“Fabricated” and “hearsay” are the words that First Gentleman Mike Arroyo used to describe the accusations of corruption that have been leveled against him. Arroyo has been...

Political unrest a-brewing… again?

The kickbacks scandal that allegedly involves First Gentleman Mike Arroyo is brewing renewed calls for the resignation of President Gloria Arroyo. Business leaders, primarily the Makati Business...

Lerach Draws a Two-Year Prison Sentence

William Lerach became the first partner from law firm Milberg Weiss to be sentenced for his role in paying kickbacks to representative plaintiffs in class actions in which the firm served as lead...

A Corruption Scandal, An Abduction Charge and the Removal of Speaker De Venecia

It’s all connected. A few months ago, there were rumblings of a kickbacks scandal involving China’s ZTE Corp., which was to provide a broadband network connecting Philippine government...

Shattered Hopes

Today I have an article in the Daily Standard, co-written with my colleague Nick Grace, about the influence that Benazir Bhutto's assassination will have on the Pakistani parliamentary elections that...