… hefty hit against earnings - $1.944 million, to be exact - thanks to the looniness and litigiousness of Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne . This will come as no surprise to anyone who's closely read the company's disclosures. In other words, pretty much …
… Canadian court. In a twist of irony, one of America's most anti-media personalities--Overstock.com ( OSTK ) CEO Patrick Byrne --will also be adversely affected by the ruling. Byrne is the subject of a libel suit in Canada by Altaf Nazerali, a …
By Felix Salmon : Today’s story from Gretchen Morgenson , about Goldman Sachs ( GS ) and short selling, is notable for two things. One one front, it fails to deliver: Morgenson seems to be trying to make a case that Goldman might be guilty of naked shorting, but she doesn’t really come close. On a
… corporate entertainment, Overstock.com ( OSTK ). The company is so deep in the hole that you could barely hear its CEO, Patrick Byrne , as he mouthed the usual platitudes and excuses during Friday's conference call. This company is a goner. Sales are …
… morning and welcome to our fiscal year and fourth quarter 2011 earnings conference call. On the call we me today are Dr. Patrick Byrne , the Chairman and CEO of the Company; and Steve Chesnut, Senior Vice President of Finance and Risk Management. Click …
By Gary Weiss : An eagerly awaited court ruling in Vancouver, where Overstock.com ( OSTK ) CEO Patrick Byrne is being sued for libel, was handed down on Thursday, and it's horrendous news for the erratic Byrne and his long-suffering …
… prosecutors in a consumer fraud suit, and a devastating revelation emerged in a libel suit against Overstock's mercurial CEO Patrick Byrne . In the fraud suit , which was brought by criminal authorities from throughout California, Overstock had been fighting …
By Gary Weiss : With much sturm und drang and bluster, Overstock.com's ( OSTK ) beleaguered CEO, Patrick Byrne , put his Deep Capture website back online last week. But he made an interesting, though understandable, omission: it doesn …
… has been in the share-price doldrums lately. One reason has been the continuing legal travails surrounding its CEO, Patrick Byrne , who is embroiled in a potentially devastating libel suit in Canada. There have been two recent developments in the suit …
… After all, had it not "renegotiated" its bank lending arrangements, Overstock - run by right-wing conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne - had faced possible insolvency . Overstock's desperate straits are reflected in the fact that despite the Complete Story …