By WBE | 12.9.2010 | For Businesses,For Consumers,Hall Of Shame,In The News,Uncategorized,Villain Of The Week,You Should Know
In Indianapolis, Rolls-Royce Corp. concealed reoccurring defects at an aircraft engine plant, and then fired a safety official for reporting the problems.
Thomas McArtor filed the ...
By WBE | 12.7.2010 | Hall Of Shame,In The News,Public Victories,Villain Of The Week
Last week, an online eyeglass retailer found out the bad publicity was good publicity. Vitaly Borker, owner of DecorMyEyes, claims that customers' complaints against his business created ...
Visa to Prevent Fraud by Using Mobile Phone Location
By WBE | 12.1.2010 | For Businesses,For Consumers,In The News,You Should Know
Visa Europe will start using the location of customers' mobile phone to prevent credit card fraud. Partnering with ValidSoft, a company specializing in fraud prevention, Visa will be able to ...
In Europe, Google is under an antitrust investigation headed by the European Commission. The investigation originally stems from complaints by three companies: Foundem, a U.K. price comparison ...
FDA’s Negligence of Painkillers’ Side Effects Could Have Caused over 1,000 Deaths
By WBE | 11.23.2010 | For Consumers,Hall Of Shame,In The News,Villain Of The Week,You Should Know
Last Friday, national consumer advocacy group Public Citizen criticized FDA's negligence about the dangerous side effects of Darvon.
Public Citizen first petitioned FDA for a recall of these ...
By WBE | 11.18.2010 | Columns,In The News,Ken Wexler,You Should Know
I was just "captivated" on the elevator TV monitor by a story that Harry Reid is promising to bring the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell to a vote before the end of the lame-duck session of ...
One of this morning’s lead stories was that GM had priced its IPO and $33 per share. It expects to raise some $20 billion. Not bad for a company that, just 2 years ago, was on the verge of ...