Author: Herb Greenberg

Herbalife, whose stock tumbled last week after hedge fund manager David Einhorn asked a few questions on the company’s earnings call, is no stranger to controversy. Herb Greenberg sees some reasons to worry.   Read More

So far this year, Herbalife CEO Michael Johnson is the highest paid of 817 Russell 3000 CEOs surveyed by GMI Ratings.    Read More

With its first-quarter earnings release and big revenue miss, Green Mountain’s days as a growth story are officially over, CNBC's Herb Greenberg says.   Read More

Four years ago then-convicted felon Barry Minkow, who had turned from white-collar criminal to claiming to be white-collar fraud-buster, had a new target: Herbalife, the multi-level marketing company best known for its weight-loss shakes.   Read More

If you get away from any of the spin, and with blinders on just look at the numbers, you can’t help but wonder whether Netflix is headed down the same road as Blackberry maker Research In Motion.    Read More

The elephant in the room in the wake of the Wal-Mart spacer fiasco is whether we should accept, cover-up or no cover-up, the concept of bribes, graft and outright corruption as simply a way of doing business abroad? Herb Greenberg examines.   Read More

With each passing SEC suit against a once high-flying U.S. traded Chinese company, it becomes striking how pervasive the alleged fraud was in some of these companies.    Read More

Based on my discussions with several analysts, from reading their reports, I suspect that the earnings revisions occurred after the analysts had conversations with Mylan.    Read More

In 2011, Mylan’s longtime chief executive Robert Coury, who gave up the post at the end of the year to become executive chairman (he’s also chairman of the board) earned cash compensation of $7.4 million.    Read More

Away from the controversy over Google’s decision to lower the already-low voting rights of average investors, try this one on: Google’s stock has a chance to beat Apple to the $1,000 finish line.    Read More