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The article discusses John Schnatter, founder and chief executive officer of the Papa John's pizza chain. Particular attention is paid to a controversy stemming from remarks he made in a media interview that were widely reported as indicating his company would reduce the work hours of its part-time employees to avoid having to pay for their health insurance, in accordance with the 2010 U.S. Affordable Care Act. In response to a barrage of negative reactions from bloggers and other media sources, Schnatter hired public-relations notable Michael Sitrick, who has aggressively defended Schnatter and his company.

The article discusses investment-and-wealth-management company Guggenheim Partners. Details are presented about the firm's history, its assets under management, acquisitions such as Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers and television-production company Dick Clark Productions that have served to elevate Guggenheim's public profile, its dealings with former junk-bond mogul Michael Milken that have prompted an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and some of its top executives including chief executive Mark Walter and president Todd Boehly.

The article presents a profile of computer company Hewlett-Packard, focusing on the company's downward spiral under the leadership of former chief executive officer (CEO) Léo Apotheker, and also provides a chart which depicts several of the company's CEOs, directors, and other executives between 1999 and 2012, including former CEOs Carly Fiorina and Mark Hurd, and board director Joel Hyatt. A 2007 lawsuit filed against the company by technology company Oracle is mentioned, along with businesswoman Meg Whitman's replacement of Apotheker as CEO.

The article discusses financial company J. P. Morgan Capital Markets' efforts to mine gold and other minerals in Afghanistan. An estimate by the U.S. Department of Defense puts Afghanistan's underground mineral wealth at $1 trillion. U.S. General David Petraeus, it is noted, believes economic development spurred by mining could play an important role in the U.S. strategy to withdraw its forces from that country. Special attention is paid to Ian Hannam, the J. P. Morgan executive in charge of his company's mining initiative.

The article discusses a scandal involving the Galleon Group hedge fund and its founder Raj Rajaratnam. It focuses on the arrest of Robert Moffat and a love affair he engaged in with hedge fund analyst Danielle Chiesi that exposed Moffat to criminal accusations. Moffat's background is discussed including his participation in school athletic competition, his marriage to Amor Boullosa, and his career development at International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Chiesi's background is noted as well, including her bachelor's degree in economics and her experience as a brokerage analyst.

The article focuses on the litigiousness of Revlon chairman Ronald Perelman. The author discuses Perelman's suit against Robert Cohen, the father or Perelman's late ex-wife, journalist Claudia Cohen. The author reports that Perelman wanted to take control of half of Cohen's worth and have it go to his daughter with Claudia Cohen, Samantha Perelman.

The article presents information on Dina Wein-Reis, who was conspiracy and wire fraud after her townhouse in the Manhattan borough of New York City was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Wein Reis is accused of having orchestrated an elaborate scam involving obtaining wholesale goods and reselling them to retail under false pretenses. INSET: THE SHADOWY BUSINESS OF DIVERSION.

The article discusses convicted money manager Bernie Madoff, describing and investigating the manner in which he was able to steal billions of dollars from investors from the 1990s through 2008. The authors discuss the obscured role played in the investment fraud by Madoff's employee Frank DiPascali.

This article discusses the relationship between New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and companies such as Citigroup Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co., and American International Group Inc. The role that Cuomo has taken in monitoring executive compensation at top companies is assessed in terms of its foundation in the political and legal powers of the Attorney General. The importance that Cuomo places in paying attention to citizen concerns in the development of legal issues is also considered. INSET: CUOMO'S GREATEST HITS.

The article focuses on Maurice Greenberg, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of insurance company American International Group. Greenberg is in negotiations with New York state prosecutors to settle a civil suit brought against him for transactions he made as CEO. At the same time, the collapse of his former company which required an $85 billion government bailout has cost Greenberg, its largest stockholder, hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.

LESSONS FOR & FROM AMERICA'S SMALL AND MIDSIZE COMPANIES When measuring a company's strength, a careful analysis of cash flow can be just as meaningful as the income statement. Owners [...]

The article reports on charges of corruption raised against aluminum manufacturer Alcoa by Bahraini aluminum producer Alba. Alcoa allegedly bribed top Bahraini officials to pay inflated prices for its alumina and, Alba alleges, its own top officials accepted the bribes. Topics discussed include how the Crown Prince of Bahrain's encouragement of moral business practices led Alba to bring the case to the U.S. Department of Justice, how envoy Victor Dahdaleh and former Alba chief executive officer (CEO) Bruce Hall avoided suspicion in the 1990s, and the difficulty that the U.S. will face in attempting to prosecute a company for bribery that occurred outside of its federal jurisdiction.

The article looks at the Bear Stearns hedge fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin's indictment and acquittal of conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud charges brought by the U.S. federal government, and the civil suit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is filing against them.

The article discusses a study from Stanford University's law and business schools that analyzed the accuracy of corporate-governance ratings generated by research firms specializing in the analysis of corporate governance within corporations. The research firms, whose ratings were analyzed for accuracy, were RiskMetrics Group, the Corporate Library, GovernanceMetrics International, and Audit Integrity.