Showing posts with label Dow Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dow Jones. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

GE Pays fine

According to the Dow Jones Newswire, GE is paying a fine of $50 million due to misleading investors on financial statements. They used accounting methods that altered the reported earnings and revenue to avoid showing investors negative results. Read the full report here.



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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Coupon fraud on the rise

According to Dow Jones, coupon fraud has increased significantly over the past year. With the jump of 7 cases of coupon fraud in 2007 to 93 cases in 2008, companies are loosing over $3 million a year due to counterfeit coupons. Some techniques used to make fraudulent coupons: reprinting in-store coupons, smudging bar codes and extending expiration dates. Read the full report here.



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