Creede,
My DD methods are not fixed. That is perhaps the most important aspect of how I do my research. If all I did was pick a few key financial websites to look at, I would not know very much about RSHN and who has been involved.
I searched the Cook County civil court records (currently at 198.173.15.34 ) and found the judgements against RC and/or Rush for failure to pay transportaion bills (the basis of my skepticism re:the truckloads of Rush on their way to the distributors). I searched the Illinois Secretary of State's site (http://cdsprod.ilsos.net/CorpSearchWeb/corpsrch.html) to discover that when RC first took over V-Net, Rush Beverage was not in good standing with the State of Illinois (sloppy).
Using Bullseye (desktop search tool bought, and then dropped, by Intelliseek), Coppernic (http://www.copernic.com/), Northernlights (http://www.northernlights.com/ was free, now pay) and other multi-search engine sites and tools I also found the original Pepsi case, a site by RC's ex-wife which shed light on things (that may have been where I learned she removed the documents from RC's office and gave them to Pepsi, e.g. his Pepsi conspiracy was really a pissed-off ex-wife in a nasty divorce). Where some saw a bulldog, let's just say I saw something else in what I read.
I use the appropriate Bar Association site for standing and disciplinary records of attorneys. I have used reverse phone directories (by address) to locate multiple entities at one address, establish connections between apparently unrelated individuals and more. I have had the Nevada Secretary of State's site (https://esos.state.nv.us/SOSServices/AnonymousAccess/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx) in my Favorites for years. One of the few pay sites I use is PACER (http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/) for court case info.
I always do as broad a search as possible on the key players and the companies. Using non-financial sites you can often learn much about the individuals involved. |
