Top tech blog exposes scam at IPO firm
TECHCRUNCH, a leading technology blog that boasts more than 3 million readers, has accused a company that is currently preparing an IPO of funding its growth by running a scam that gets people to unknowingly bill small recurring payments to their credit cards. The company, Intelius, is run by Naveen Jain who left his former [...]
Corporations are getting naked — OK, some are
LAST week was an interesting one for people who believe that corporations are entering a new era of openness where once jealously guarded pretences are being stripped bare to reveal the “authentic” soul of the company. Both Time Warner Inc. and Yahoo Inc. stood naked in front of millions when their internal management workings were [...]
Web 2.0 for investors is alive and kicking
By Dominic Jones I SAW today one of the big benefits that social/web 2.0 technologies will bring to individual investors. I’ve been wondering a lot about this, how Web 2.0 technologies might benefit investors, and have been somewhat at a loss to figure it all out. Then tonight I read a really interesting article on [...]