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Business Blunders

Al Lewis, Paul Vigna

Business is great, until somebody blows it. This is a newsletter about the biggest mistakes in business – from ethical lapses to gross miscalculations – by a long-time financial journalist who has seen it all.

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The Baloney Incident

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“Whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.” – Luke 16:10 NIV

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This Week In Blunders – June 21-27


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Billion-Dollar Band-Aids

The latest government crackdown on medical billing fraud showcases Ferraris, diamonds, luxury resorts and a yacht named 'Butt Nekkid.' But the real question is, how does this folly keep happening?

“I rob banks because that’s where the mone...

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Pre-Pardon Panic

This Week In Blunders – June 14-20

“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.” - Adam Smith


President Donald Trump has granted clemency to so many white-collar criminals that a bipartisan pair of U.S. senators fear he’ll...

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A Trickle And A Trillion

This Week In Blunders – June 7-13

“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” – H.L. Mencken


The same week that the world made Elon Musk its first trillionaire, The Wall Street Journal publis...

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  • Al Lewis

    Al Lewis has written for The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, CNBC, Houston Chronicle, Denver Post, and Rocky Mountain News.

  • Paul Vigna

    I write books. Latest is "The Almightier." Order it here: https://www.amazon.com/Almightier-Money-Became-Greed-Virtue/dp/1250343283/ Previously, The Age of Cryptocurrency, The Truth Machine, Guts.

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