Trades on Inflated Resumes Gross $1.2 Million

Bloomberg -- Using one of his three Sony Corp. Vaio notebooks, Minkow imports data listing executives and their degrees from Hoover’s Inc., a provider of company information.

Minkow finds birthdates in databases at Merlin Information Services, in Kalispell, Montana, and LexisNexis, a unit of London-based Reed Elsevier Plc. The names are then sent through the National Student Clearinghouse, a non-profit organization that verifies educational credentials.

If no record is found, he sends faxes to the school requesting proof that a degree was awarded.

If neither method can verify the claim, he sends an investigator to the registrar’s office to confirm it, he said.

Last week, the University of Michigan confirmed a Minkow claim that Concur Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer S. Steven Singh didn’t earn a bachelor’s degree reported in company filings from 1998 to 2007. Singh said the degree claim was a mistake. The board of directors issued a statement saying it has “complete confidence” in him.

Concur’s shares dropped 20 percent, to $18.20, March 20 when the news was reported.

Trades on Inflated Resumes Gross $1.2 Million

Bloomberg -- Using one of his three Sony Corp. Vaio notebooks, Minkow imports data listing executives and their degrees from Hoover’s Inc., a provider of company information.

Minkow finds birthdates in databases at Merlin Information Services, in Kalispell, Montana, and LexisNexis, a unit of London-based Reed Elsevier Plc. The names are then sent through the National Student Clearinghouse, a non-profit organization that verifies educational credentials.

If no record is found, he sends faxes to the school requesting proof that a degree was awarded.

If neither method can verify the claim, he sends an investigator to the registrar’s office to confirm it, he said.

Last week, the University of Michigan confirmed a Minkow claim that Concur Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer S. Steven Singh didn’t earn a bachelor’s degree reported in company filings from 1998 to 2007. Singh said the degree claim was a mistake. The board of directors issued a statement saying it has “complete confidence” in him.

Concur’s shares dropped 20 percent, to $18.20, March 20 when the news was reported.

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The rest of us can't afford to demonize every investor or entrepreneur who seeks to make a profit.

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The rest of us can't afford to demonize every investor or entrepreneur who seeks to make a profit.

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NYT -- “When you send your child off to school every day, you expect them to be in math class or in the choir,” Mr. Wolf said. “You never imagine their being forced to strip naked and expose their genitalia and breasts to their school officials,” Adam B. Wolf, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents Ms. Redding, said.

Ms. Redding did not return to school for months after the search, studying at home. “I never wanted to see the secretary or the nurse ever again,” she said. Вот: что ни делается, все к лучшему!

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NYT -- “When you send your child off to school every day, you expect them to be in math class or in the choir,” Mr. Wolf said. “You never imagine their being forced to strip naked and expose their genitalia and breasts to their school officials,” Adam B. Wolf, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents Ms. Redding, said.

Ms. Redding did not return to school for months after the search, studying at home. “I never wanted to see the secretary or the nurse ever again,” she said. Вот: что ни делается, все к лучшему!

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NYT -- Mr. Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on Aug. 6, 1945, when an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He returned to Nagasaki, his hometown, before the second attack, officials said.

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NYT -- Mr. Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on Aug. 6, 1945, when an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He returned to Nagasaki, his hometown, before the second attack, officials said.