| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Ebbers: I Don't Know Nothin' WorldCom's ex-CEO claims he had no idea about the massive accounting fraud. The empire's last proxy statement is a stark lesson in the kind of abject corporate governance that any smart investor should avoid.   |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Two Tyco Takedowns Kozlowski and Swartz are convicted for looting millions at investors' expense. Their convictions aren't enough to restore investors' losses, either in cash diverted to Kozlowski's shower-curtain budget or subsequent losses in stock value. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2006
Jim Schoettler |
Identifying Effective Management Finding shareholder-friendly management teams may be the most important aspect of investing. We look at some tools that can help us measure what management teams are doing and how well they're doing it. |
InternetNews
March 15, 2005
Tim Gray |
Ebbers Found Guilty Bernard Ebbers, former WorldCom CEO, is found guilty on fraud charges in connection with accounting scandal behind the collapse of Worldcom. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
Tell Your CEO Who's Boss Investing in dividend-paying companies are among the surest ways to build a fortune over the long run. From the cash in your pocket to the executive reality check about who the real boss is, those dividend payments sure do mean a lot. |
BusinessWeek
July 1, 2010
Caroline Winter |
Who Could Gain from a High-Court Ruling The Supreme Court's recent ruling will make it harder to battle white-collar crime. Which jailed execs stand to benefit? |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Short the Ice Sculptors With Tyco's ex-CEO Dennis Kozlowski behind bars, the world may see less excess. But we all need to remember that plenty of ordinary shareholders paid the price -- quite literally -- for his greed. |
InternetNews
January 26, 2005
Erin Joyce |
Ebbers' Fraud Trial Under Way Defense for former CEO of failed WorldCom seeks to point finger at others in accounting fraud trial. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2005
Tom Taulli |
The Scrushy Defense PR, highly paid attorneys, and ignorance: A recipe that worked quite well for HealthSouth's former CEO. The company currently trades on the Pink Sheets at around $5.80 per share. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2010
Rick Steier |
The Resurrection of Tyco Why the company survived in the face of scandal. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Jane Sasseen |
White-Collar Crime: Who Does Time? Corporate criminals are punished more harshly today than in the '80s, but hands-off executives may still face better odds. |
InternetNews
February 7, 2005
Tim Gray |
Former WorldCom Exec Details Accounting Fraud During ongoing fraud trial, Scott Sullivan tells jurors that ex-CEO Bernard Ebbers encouraged him to cook the books at the telecom. |
InternetNews
February 8, 2005
Tim Gray |
Sullivan: Two Sets of Books to 'Hit The Numbers' Prosecutors continue to hammer away at former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers' fraud trial with testimony from finance chief Scott Sullivan. |
InternetNews
March 21, 2005
Tim Gray |
Tightening Honchos' White Collars The WorldCom verdict, along with legislation regulating on corporate accounting practices, has sent a clear signal to company bosses. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Big Bummer for Bernie "I didn't do it," doesn't work for ex-WorldCom czar Bernie Ebbers. He could get up to 85 years. |
The Motley Fool
November 15, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Tyco Takes the Stage Global services and manufacturing conglomerate just reported a strong quarter and fiscal year, and it appears to be moving confidently beyond its past troubles. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Google's CEO Is Feeling Secure Google has performed very well as a publicly traded company thus far, but generally speaking, there's much more than meets the eye when it comes to all types of CEO compensation, so keep an eye out for those proxy disclosures this year. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Avoiding the Road to Ruin Three simple tests can keep some of the market's worst stocks off your watch list. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Your Stocks' Secrets Investors, knowledge is power, so don't ignore a freely available source of the best-kept corporate secrets -- the proxy statement. Proxy season is upon us -- don't forget to do your homework. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Scrushy Escapes the SEC First, former HealthSouth CEO-cum-televangelist Richard Scrushy beat the rap. Then he beat the SEC. Letting him off the hook this easily sets back corporate governance at least as far as the conviction of Nacchio advanced it. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Must Love Dogs Flea-infested stocks can sometimes be an investor's best friends. I'm talking about turnaround investing, of course. |
