Category Archives: News and Events

And then, as a Cryptonite, you can at least prevent others from getting your fortune. Gerald Cotten, the founder of QuadrigaCX (the largest cryptocurrency firm in Canada) modified his will in 2019. Twelve days after that modification he died in … Continue reading →

The final parent who, like the 36 other parents, worked with Rick Singer and his foundation to leap-frog their children into “good schools” on a cash basis or using other merits their children pretended to have, including test scores and … Continue reading →

Michael Nesmith, the cerebral character in the four-man “The Monkees” hit show, has passed away. His life was a fascinating one, including the fact that his divorced mother invented Liquid Paper and then ran the company that made it to … Continue reading →

Professor William Hanage of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public health on the Omicron variant of the corona virus. Goes along with the ancient adage, “If you don’t know, say you don’t know.”

Deutsche Bank, already under a deferred prosecution agreement for involvement in overseas corruption and market manipulation, just got a warning from the DOJ that it may have violated its deferred prosecution agreement in that matter. In January 2021, Deutsche paid … Continue reading →

Engineers at Nikola had warned then-CEO Trevor Milton not to call the company’s hydrogen-powered truck “functioning” and “fully built.” Still, Mr. Milton went ahead and held an event at which a Nikola prototype was pushed down a hill whilst making … Continue reading →

Do a search of this site, and you will find the saga of Jes Staley and Barclays dates back to 2017. As a new CEO of Barclays, Mr. Staley tried to force the unmasking of a whistleblower who had reported … Continue reading →

The Barometer’s anecdotal evidence from decades on campuses is that the 38% is low. In addition, 27% admit listening to music on unlicensed platforms in the past month and 23% used illegal stream-ripping services in the past month. SOURCE: International … Continue reading →

There is cheating in the game of bridge. Oh, there has always been some type of cheating when players in contract bridge sat around the card table. The tapping foot, the position of pad and pencil, and other physical techniques … Continue reading →

If the Barometer had known you could just make stuff up and be successful at business, well, an entrepreneur’s dream. The ongoing Theranos trial has produced a conga line of witnesses who have testified that the technology Elizabeth Holmes was … Continue reading →

The Office of the Inspector General of the FBI issued its report on the failures of the FBI in handling the investigation of the sexual assaults of female gymnasts at Michigan State by Dr. Laurence G. Nassar (who now sits … Continue reading →

So read the New York Times sports section headline. The headline was referring to the racist, misogynistic, and homophobic e-mails of Las Vegas Raiders coach (now former coach), Jon Gruder. For most, that underbelly, along with the phony PR moves … Continue reading →

It was their travel records and e-mails that “done them in,” as Miss Eliza Doolittle would say in her flower-girl days. The ex-players, also-rans when it comes to NBA fame, submitted file medical and dental claims for reimbursement from the … Continue reading →

There must be some brain function that turns off as folks climb the ranks of power. They can’t see a conflict to save their lives, or even just their careers. Three senior Federal Reserve officials were dabbling in individual stock … Continue reading →