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The Motley Fool
July 9, 2004
Bill Mann |
Rigases Off to the Big House Adelphia's founder was convicted of fraud and conspiracy. It is a cautionary story of what can happen when a family-run business turns into a publicly traded company.   |
CFO
December 1, 2003
Joseph McCafferty |
Adelphia Comes Clean Can Vanessa Wittman help bring scandal-wracked Adelphia out of bankruptcy -- and back into investors' good graces? |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Ebbers: Killing 'Em Softly WorldCom's ex-CEO says his acts of kindness earn him a shorter sentence. Bernie may indeed have been a good buddy to some, but shareholders weren't on the list. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Ebbers on CEO Death Row Ebbers gets no mercy: received a 25-year sentence (and there is no parole in the federal system). It's about time a clear message was sent. Hopefully, many CEOs will now think twice before engaging in illicit conduct. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Tom Lowry |
The CFO Behind Adelphia's Rescue Vanessa Wittman is cleaning up a financial mess at Adelphia Communications and prepping for a sale |
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. |
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? |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
On Trial This year, the wheels of justice may catch up to some corporate movers and shakers. |
InternetNews
April 8, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Comcast, TW Bid For Adelphia Hits Court A bid by the two largest cable operators in the U.S. reportedly trumps Cablevision's attempts to gain control of Adelphia's network. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
Bill Mann |
WorldCom's Ebbers Surrenders WorldCom's CFO finally gives up the goods on the top man in an $11 billion fraud case. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Time Warner's Double Play The conglomerate trades the Braves and spins off its cable company. Time Warner looks like a superb operator that should bask in the cable industry's strength for years to come. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Break the Law, Earn $200K Former corporate crooks are sought after on the lecture circuit, with one, Walter Pavlo, poised to make nearly $200,000 for telling others about his malfeasance. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Report: WorldCom Class-Action Accord Near Former directors said to settle a suit stemming from accounting fraud for a total of $54 million. |
InternetNews
August 11, 2005
Tim Gray |
WorldCom Finance Boss Gets Five Years The government's key witness in the biggest fraud scandal in history is spared a long sentence. |
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. |
CFO
February 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
The Best Defense In today's high-stakes legal environment, top white-collar attorneys are ready to defend the CFO. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2004
Ben McClure |
Comcast's on a Roll The cable provider inks another deal that should please investors. |
CFO
January 30, 2004 |
Letters Many jurisdictions are moving to redistribute the tax burden to businesses for the benefit of residential owners, says a reader. Another letter to the editor: At scandal-ridden companies, lack of an internal-control environment was not the main problem. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2005
Ben McClure |
Tempted by Adelphia? Should the cable giants fight the urge to splurge on ailing Adelphia? |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Drama Queen's Co. Gets New CEO Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia names a new CEO, but will the big cheese ever learn? |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Will WorldCom Rise Again? Is there any hope for WorldCom? The erstwhile telecommunications darling of Wall Street money managers seems to have lost its footing... |
Salon.com
August 22, 2002
Arianna Huffington |
How to spend $67 billion What would you do with all the money squandered by corporate America? |
