Contrarian Pundit

In 2008, Fraud Magazine published a fascinating interview with Dr. Robert Hare and Dr. Paul Babiak, authors of Snakes in Suits, on identifying psychopathic fraudsters in the corporate world. (Thank you, naked capitalism, for the link.)
In it, we learn that companies have become more “psychopath friendly” …
Babiak: The change of organizational structures from large and [...]

Readers of my investigation into Macy’s jewelry sales will be dismayed to learn that the Women’s Jewelry Association issued an award for excellence last year to Bea Spiech, Macy’s vice president and divisional merchandise manager of fine jewelry.

Remember my story on those glass-ruby composites that Macy’s sells as “rubies” for hundreds of dollars per carat to this very day?
Gemologist and author Gary Roskin saw them being sold in Las Vegas recently for $6 per carat wholesale.  Be sure to click through to see pictures of the stones piled up in cardboard boxes [...]

Reuters has the goods on WellPoint’s horrific “rescission” program:
Shortly after they were diagnosed with breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had been canceled. …
The women paid their premiums on time. Before they fell ill, neither had any problems with their insurance. Initially, they believed their policies had been canceled by [...]