Money Deception

Learn about the dark triad and the most dangerous kind of dark personality there is. Discover the most powerful digital manipulation protocol driving the world. And…get the power to confront them all. Acquire the ability to resist manipulation. Own your money, enjoy your time, fulfill your purpose, and cherish your freedom. Make your life your own. This book is now the best aid you can have to finally begin countering the world-pervading, incontrovertible evil that is psychological manipulation.

El 17 de septiembre de 2008, dos días después de que se declarase la quiebra de Lehman Brothers, J. Volpi, uno de los genios financieros y mecenas de la ópera más respetados de Nueva York, abandonó intempestivamente sus oficinas de JV Capital Management. Ese mismo día las autoridades lo acusaron del desfalco de 15 mil millones de dólares.

It’s no secret that hundreds of companies have been slashing pensions and health coverage earned by millions of retirees. Employers blame an aging workforce, stock market losses, and spiraling costs - a perfect storm of external forces that has forced them to take drastic measures. But this so-called retirement crisis is no accident. Award-winning investigative reporter Ellen E. Schultz reveals how large companies and the retirement industry - benefits consultants, insurance companies, and banks - have all played a huge, hidden role in the death spiral of American pensions and benefits.

Toyota would like us to think that Mother Nature drives a Prius, Ford wants us to Join the Green Revolution,” and McDonald’s has painted its golden arches green. But are big brands and the celebrities endorsing them really as green as they claim? In The Greenwash Effect, Guy Pearse looks behind the corporate façade in the tradition of Fast Food Nation and No Logo - and what he finds will startle you.

Minnie was just 16 when she stood trial for the wrongful death of her first husband, a successful businessman and politician almost 40 years her senior. Despite overwhelming witness testimony that the Creole beauty from New Orleans had purchased the arsenic that killed him, Minnie's own testimony brought the entire courtroom to tears. She was acquitted. Minnie returned to New Orleans with James Walkup's fortune, but she still didn't have enough cash for her liking, so she successfully targeted, seduced, and murdered two more wealthy older men while evading justice in the courtroom.

In 1919, Texas rancher J. Frank Norfleet lost everything he had in a stock market swindle. He did what many other marks did - he went home, borrowed more money from his family, and returned for another round of swindling. Only after he lost that second fortune did he reclaim control of his story. Instead of crawling back home in shame, he vowed to hunt down the five men who had conned him. Through Norfleet's ingenious reverse-swindle, Amy Reading reveals the mechanics behind the scenes of the big con.

The Ponzi Housing Scheme is the financial crime of the 21st century. It makes Madoff look like an amateur because of scale. The crime was sophisticated in it's plan. This crime violated laws on the books. It violated laws that should be on the books. And it violated the trust that people have with the banking community, and this violation reaches to the highest bankers in the land and off our shores. This crime is complex, but it is not rocket science. The proof of culpability can be known.

Imagine you found $200,000 in a box with apparently no strings attached. Or your father left you a fortune you didn't even know he had. That's exactly what happened to single mom Amy Parkens and small-town physician Ryan Duffy. But soon these decent, reputable people will discover that found money can be a godsend, or a nightmare.