Tag Archive 'extortion'

Somehow the credit card company of Capital One, along with a few others of its lending brothers, have stumbled upon a fantastic money making model – reviving paid debt.
Yup, you read right. The companies are taking records of old debt that people have paid off and reinstating them. This means that a person needing a [...]

Unfortunately, it is all too common for us to hear of overseas companies (sadly many of them with American connections) using unethical methods or working conditions to boost profits with no regard to the people working for them. The most common of these unethical situations would have to be child labor. Thankfully, most of these [...]

A sex scandal in the Bluegrass State may jeopardize the career of a Louisville Cardinals’ coach. After a one-time tryst six years ago, the University of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino is in hot water.

This warm summer weather must be doing something to all of our politicians. Late Tuesday, another political sex scandal came out of the woodwork. This time, it was Republican state senator Paul Stanley of Tennessee. The actors in this drama:  Stanley (a married man), his 22-year old intern, and the intern’s angry boyfriend, who tried [...]