Worldstock – Financial Treason & Crime

Overstock.com CEO Dr. Patrick M. Byrne Named Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year® 2011 Retail and Consumer Products Award Winner

PRNewswire, 16 November 2011

Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK), today announced that its CEO and Chairman Dr. Patrick M. Byrne, was named the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Retail and Consumer Products Award winner. He was honored at the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards gala, the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum® held in Palm Springs, California on November 12, 2011. Continue reading “Article: Overstock.com CEO Dr. Patrick M. Byrne Named Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year® 2011 Retail and Consumer Products Award Winner”

Overstock.com Donating All Profits from “Worldstock” to Charity

Ocean Media, 18 May 2011

Hot on the heels of Ocean Media Client Overstock.com announcing they’re beginning Carbon-Neutral Shipping, they will now begin donating 100% of all profits from their “Worldstock Fair Trade” store to charity.

The Worldstock Fair Trade Department of Overstock.com was founded in 2001, with the goal of returning 60-70% of product sale prices back to artisans from around the world who made them. As of the end of April, over $67 million have been returned. These funds have gone towards building schools as well as water towers and water harvesting tanks. Continue reading “Article: Overstock.com Donating All Profits from “Worldstock” to Charity”