The season makes me wonder: What does it take to become a Halloween mask?
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business
Presumably, there was a glory to betting big and being right. The highs from winning more than trumped considerations of fair play. Of course, there was one problem. They got caught.
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business
Money managers are always trying to get an edge. But how many have crossed the line with inside information?
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business
UBS, your struggles with the IRS are beginning to get in the way of business. If you're not lucky, vultures from other financial companies will soon be plucking at your market share like roadkill.
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business
Financial advisers: we serve clients best when everybody is on the same page. I would resist the temptation "to reinvent yourself" just to make the quick sale and bag a few extra bucks.
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business
If I introduce myself as a "stockbroker" at a cocktail party, people look at their watches and say, "I'm late for a drive-through root canal."
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business
If the system is broken, can Madoff victims expect just solutions? And since when do umpires share in the spoils of victory?
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 07.24.2009 | Home
Ira Sorkin, defense attorney for Bernard Madoff, requested his client's sentence be limited to twelve years. He cited Madoff's age and thirteen-year l...
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business
What do Bernie Madoff, Ahmed Ghailani, and a captured Somali pirate have in common? They're all locked in the same New York prison.
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business
The Securities and Exchange Commission barred Bernard Madoff from the securities business. We all feel safer now? Yeah, right.
Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business