Officials in several states, however, are investigating his practices, and numerous magazine and newspaper articles have debunked his get-rich-quick claims.

Alaska Electric Light and Power has been a privately owned utility since it was founded in 1893 by Willis Thorpe, who sold it three years later to four miners, including John Parker Corbus and Adam Corbus.

...that auditors examined. Released this month, the report makes seven recommendations to the state Division of Banking, Securities and Corporations on how shareholders could be better protected. Auditors said the division is passive when it comes...

ANCHORAGE - Juneau-based Alaska Pacific Bancshare Inc.a¹s stock climbed 21 percent this past week, closing Tuesday at an all-time high of $12.25 a share.

The Huna Totem Corporation's dominant directors effectively "placed their hands over the ballot box" to keep from being recalled in 1999, an attorney for dissident shareholders told the Alaska Supreme Court in Juneau Tuesday.

Attorneys found plenty of work in the early 1980s at Koniag Inc., the regional corporation for Kodiak Island. Shareholders from village corporations sued the regional corporation, Koniag directors sued each other and the village corporations sued Koniag's lawyers and accountants.

...that auditors examined. Released this month, the report makes seven recommendations to the state Division of Banking, Securities and Corporations on how shareholders could be better protected. Auditors said the division is passive when it comes...

Three Huna Totem Corp. shareholders claim an administrator at the village Native corporation's Juneau office slammed the door in their faces and threatened to call the police when they came to pick up a list of shareholders' names.

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Attorneys found plenty of work in the early 1980s at Koniag Inc., the regional corporation for Kodiak Island. Shareholders from village corporations sued the regional corporation, Koniag directors sued each other and the village corporations sued Koniag's lawyers and accountants.