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Posts related to ‘Corporate Governance’

Hedge Fund Stock Picks: Whale Hunting of the Kingmakers

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 5:43 pm

24/7 Wall St. published the full list of positions already for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). While there were some surprises out there and 24/7 Wall St. tracked ...
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Blue Nile Loses Head of Merchandising & Diamond Supply

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 1:58 pm

Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) is losing a key member of its merchandising team.  The online jewelry, diamond, and raw stone destination has a filing with the Securities and Exchange ...
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J.P. Morgan Firing The London Whale

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 1:35 pm

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has already sent its long-time Chief Investment Officer named Ina Drew packing after the $2 billion loss that surfaced last week.  The damage ...
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S&P Drops Chesapeake’s Credit Rating

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 10:01 am

Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s this morning lowered the corporate credit rating of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) from ‘BB’ to ‘BB-’, and put the company on negative credit watch. ...
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The 18 Big Risks To Consider In The Facebook IPO

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 7:14 am

It seems as though almost everyone wants a piece of the Facebook IPO.  The social networking giant is set to come public this Friday in what will be one of ...
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As Board After Board Fails, Governance Takes a Beating

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 6:26 am

Many Americans, and some politicians, have attacked the boards of major U.S. corporations for paying their CEOs too much, not holding management to tough earnings goals and lining their own ...
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Thompson Leaves Yahoo! With No Severance

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 6:16 pm

As many lawyers and corporate governance experts expected, Scott Thompson left Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) without any severance benefits. It was widely believed that the misleading parts of his resume and ...
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Best Buy Chairman And Founder Fired For Aiding Fired CEO

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 9:38 am

Former CEO of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Brian Dunn has an inappropriate relationship with a female employee and lost his job. The market expected that. The bomb shell about the incident surrounding Dunn ...
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How Many Other Big Company Execs Lied on Their Resumes?

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 6:16 am

It may only take a few weeks to find out how many senior executives at America’s large public companies have misleading claims in their resumes. There have to be some. The backgrounds of ...
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As Trouble Deepens, Chesapeake Gets $3 Billion Loan

Posted: May 12, 2012 at 9:27 am

Its reputation, and Wall St.'s perception of its future in tatters, Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) secured a much need loan to prop up its short term balance sheet prospects. The ...
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The Lamest Headline of the Day: YRC Worldwide

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 2:32 pm

YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) gets the dubious honor of having The Lamest Headline of the Day!  This one looks as though it was brought to you right from the Department of ...
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Chesapeake Discloses CEO Well Participation Dollar Amounts… Huge!

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 1:46 pm

SEC filings are often long and full of details that make most investors have a glassing-over look in their eyes.  Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) has filed its proxy materials for ...
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A Call For Jamie Dimon To Resign

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 11:17 am

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has done some severe damage to its image as the best risk manager of the large banks, and this damage may easily carry ...
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GSV Hammers Holders With Another Stock Offering

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 10:28 am

GSV Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: GSVC) is taking it on the chin this morning because the company has sold another secondary offering of common shares so that it can go out ...
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Nelson Peltz Joins Warren Buffett With Ingersoll-Rand (IR, BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 10:13 am

Ingersoll-Rand Plc (NYSE: IR) is often overlooked as a key company despite a nearly $13 billion market value.  The news is out that Nelson Peltz has taken a 7.1% stake in the ...
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