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Stealing Babies from Haiti

By Val Booth | Published: February 3, 2010
Why are “missionaries” running down to Haiti for children after being warned not to take children out of Haiti without proper papers? Why is anyone trying to take healthy children out of Haiti without proper documentation? I think Mike Doughney has a good answer to that question in his article about the arrest of PersonalShopper.com CEO [...]
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Reed Elsevier’s Letter Agreement with Hank Asher: Fraud or Simply Lack of Performance?

By Val Booth | Published: June 28, 2009
Kaitlyn (“booknerd”) posted this about Hank Asher and Reed Elsevier on MetaFilter: Hank Asher, billionaire eccentric philanthropist/data miner, is being sued by publishing giant Elsevier. “What’s with these people? They’ve even sued my cancer research company.” On the one hand, Asher used to smuggle cocaine. On the other hand, Elsevier has their own problems. I want [...]
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Why Hank Asher is Being Sued by LexisNexis

By Val Booth | Published: May 16, 2009
Given Reed Elsevier’s position in the information business, I’m not surprised their US arm LexisNexis is suing philanthropist and database guru Hank Asher. Right or wrong, Reed Elsevier would like to hold on to every bit of the market share they have. As of this past year, the LexisNexis division provides over one-third of [...]
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