<p>If the great American wit Will Rogers had been a Certified Financial Planner™ he might’ve written something not unlike MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. CFP® Steve Lynch’s provocative new book is a smart, funny, tell-it-like-it-is page-turner written in plain-speak with a canny cutting-edge to it. This "final piece to the financial planning puzzle” is a fun read, most instructive and damn hard to put down. Highly recommended for those wanting a straightforward guide to building wealth and, at the very least, wanting to retire in comfort—or, quite possibly, in the lap of luxury.</p>

Mind Your Own Business

Business & Money

Lynch, Steve

Finance

Bowker

Arrogance and Accords: The Inside Story of the Honda Scandal is  the tale of the largest commercial corruption case in U.S. history.  Between 1994 and 1997, eighteen former executives of American Honda  Motor Company, along with four other people, were convicted on federal  fraud and racketeering charges. The big secret at Honda was out: Over a  15-year period, the gang of greedy Honda officials had received over  $50 million in cash and gifts from automobile dealers eager to obtain  additional hot-selling Honda cars and franchises. The ill-gotten booty  included briefcases stuffed with up to $750,000 in cash, palatial  homes, luxury German automobiles, secret ownerships in dealerships and  other businesses, and Hong Kong shopping sprees.  When the  automobile market softened in the early 1990s, the high-rolling  officials, led by Honda's charismatic national sales manager, switched  to embezzling money from the corporation. Honda belatedly fired the  executives in 1992 and tried to keep the scandal under wraps - until an  ambitious small-town Assistant U. S. Attorney decided to investigate.  Eighteen never-before arrested Honda executives were subsequently  convicted. Most went to prison.  The final event of the scandal  occurred in August 1997 when the nation's largest automobile dealer,  Rick Hendrick, pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a federal court in North  Carolina.  Arrogance and Accords is both a true-crime story and a  look inside one of the world's most respected companies. It details the  key characters and their shady deals, along with the internal and FBI  investigations, and reveals the corporate culture that allowed the  pandemic payola to flourish for so long. The author examines how the  corruption adversely affected Honda's sales efforts, from how it  marketed automobiles to the establishment of the Acura luxury car  division.  The book also provides a compelling look inside the  much-maligned American automobile business.  Written by Steve Lynch, a former top Honda marketing executive, Arrogance and Accords is an insightful, often hilarious tale of greed, ignored whistle-blowers, paranoid Japanese managers, and the raucous 1995 federal trial of two of the Honda officials who decided to fight the charges.  Told as only an insider could, Arrogance and Accords is  written with authority and style by someone who was in the thick of the  action.

Arrogance and Accords: The Inside Story of the Honda Scandal

Industries

Pecos Pr

<p>Between 1994 and 1997, 18 former executives of American Honda Motor Company were convicted on federal fraud and racketeering charges. This true-crime story reveals the underbelly of one of the world's most respected companies, detailing the key characters in this 15-year scandal and their shady deals, along with internal and FBI investigations. Examines how the corruption adversely affected Honda's sales efforts, and analyzes the corporate culture that allowed it to flourish for so long. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.</p>

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