The BBC reveals that staff were told to ‘keep quiet’ after accidental Camelford poisoning. Staff from a company involved in the UK’s worst mass water poisoning were told to keep quiet about what had happened, an inquest has been told. Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate were accidentally added to the water supply in Camelford, Cornwall, … Continue reading UK Water Poison Cover-up
Just a few weeks ago the Washington Post news broke that Google was using a set of loopholes to evade paying US taxes. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll discover that Google, the company that once promised to do no evil, turns out to be an ingenious tax dodger that has found a way to … Continue reading Google Sucker-Punches US Gov
The US Government’s Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) recently released a formal Consent Order related to HSBC compliance failures on the BSA/AML (Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering). …violations and failures were the result of a number of factors, including, among others, (i) inadequate staffing and procedures in the alert investigations unit that resulted in … Continue reading HSBC Bank Secrecy Failures
An article called ” Microsoft’s consumer brand is dying” by CNN points out that the software giant’s execution is no longer winning the market. They cite a blog from Ray Ozzie who says fit and function has been surpassed. This sounds right to me. Consumers often say they like the feel of Apple and Google … Continue reading Microsoft Takes a Beating