Thieves Now Stealing Identities That Don’t Even Exist
In what is known as "synthetic identity fraud," thieves are now creating false identities from whole cloth, and using them to dupe lenders and...
Finally a Long Overdue Volcker Rule Review
The overly complex and opaque Volcker rule is finally getting a review. The Fed and the other agencies tasked with enforcing the Volcker rule...
Can GE Reinvent itself with Battery Storage?
GE is going through a major rebuilding phase. With fraud allegations and mismanagement, the greatest industrial company in American history is in a rut....
Gary Cohn Takes his Tax Break and Leaves
After capturing a capital gains tax break on the Goldman Sachs stock he was "forced" to sell when he joined government, and preventing the...
A Difficult Phrase to Say: “Enough Already, I’m Retiring”: Part II
I had a great conversation with a client yesterday who told me he has finally decided to retire. He could have retired years ago...
Are Fewer Commercials the Answer for Broadcast TV?
Fox Network Group’s ad chief wants to reduce TV ad time to two minutes an hour by 2020 from over 13 minutes today. Fox...
Forget Music and Video, Now You Can Stream Your Whole Computer
The Wall Street Journal's David Pierce details Blade, a new service run out of France that allows customers with high speed internet connections to...
This is Why Dividends are Better than Buybacks
The WSJ reports that U.S. companies have announced $200 billion in share buybacks over the last three months. That’s double the pace of last...
This State is Number One
I have a number of clients who live in Iowa and are glad they do, especially when reports like this one from U.S. News...
An Unintended Consequence of Tax Reform
The tax reform law passed by Congress and signed by President Trump last year included a new rule that allowed businesses to immediately write...