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Pay cuts for auto firm executives. What about banks?
in Sox First, on October 23, 2009
...n compensation during the same quarter. In other words, executives got 27% of the core equity while shareholders got absolutely nothing. And attempts to regulate compensation at financial firms will ...
Sun Microsystems to Cut 3,000 Jobs
in Java Entrepreneur, on October 22, 2009
© Silveira Neto Sun Microsystems has announced plans to cut 3,000 jobs in the coming year.
"The job losses -- about 10 percent of the global workforce -- are the latest in a series of cuts by the struggling company, which reached the $7.4 billion deal with Oracle in April," write...
FBI probes BoFA-Merrill deal
in Sox First, on September 21, 2009
... America being forced to pay $33 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading shareholders about the billions of dollars of bonuses paid to executives at the failed financial ser...
Accounting change to boost Apple profits
in Sox First, on September 17, 2009
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Do accounting rules excite you? They probably have that effect on Apple shareholders. The Apple share price has hit a 52-week high after the Financial Accounting Standards Board brought in a t...
GE cooks the books
in Sox First, on August 9, 2009
...orcement, GE had "bent the accounting rules beyond the breaking point". GE, or rather its shareholders, have been fined $50 million. The worrying part about these revelations is that GE'...
Ginipic: Neat Image Search App For Web And Desktop
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-06
...nd Windows Virtual PC
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Sun Shareholders Approve Oracle Acquisition
in Java Entrepreneur, on July 20, 2009
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With 62 percent voting in favor of the deal, Sun Microsystems shareholders have approved the company's merger with Oracle .
"Pending approval by the Justice Depar...
Paulson, Goldman Sachs and the four tiers of US Government
in Sox First, on July 18, 2009
...US corporations have been forced to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley which is ostensibly designed to give shareholders as much information as possible. But in these negotiations, shareholders were kept in t...
Directors warned about greenwash
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
... governance issue. Directors can get into all sorts of trouble for failing in their duty of care to shareholders. That's what makes a court case in Australia so fascinating. The result will have ...
Conrad Black's landmark case
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
... around the question of "honest services" fraud where corporate executives have a duty to shareholders and if they renege on that, they have withheld honest services and therefore committed ...
SOX and complacency
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
... sense of not being employees of the company". Burger says one way to address this is to give shareholders more power to hold boards accountable through the courts. Certainly, the answer does n...
Buffett says newspapers have no future
in Sox First, on May 4, 2009
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Back in 2007, Warren Buffett warned shareholders that newspapers were on the skids. In his letter at the time, Buffett said "the days of lush profits from our newspaper are over". The...
G20 and FASB: the banks win again
in Sox First, on April 4, 2009
...he banks. Think of it this way. Fair value accounting is the only way that lenders, depositors and shareholders would know about what condition the bank is in. Secondly, if companies are allowed to u...
Executive pay and shareholder greed
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
...he new rules, it's said, are likely to tie pay more closely to performance and one would expect shareholders will get more say. Companies might have to put packages to shareholders for a vote. Wh...
The seven deadly sins of executive pay
in Sox First, on March 18, 2009
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With shareholders up in arms about massive pay packages, it's worth looking at two interesting proposals. The first comes from corporate governance watchdog Regnan which has recommended cap...
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Warnings from Buffett
in Sox First, on March 3, 2009
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Some dire predictions from billionaire Warren Buffett. In his letter to shareholders , in Berkshire Hathaway's 2008 annual report Buffett says the economy will remain a shambles this year &q...
Still in the dark on Steve Jobs
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
... blog entry slagging off at the Apple board and its total failure of corporate governance, keeping shareholders in the dark about Steve Jobs, his health and the likelihood or otherwise of him staying...
Microsoft Has a Big Year Ahead Of Them
in The Gadgets Weblog, on February 26, 2009
...are continues to be dogged on almost all fronts. If Microsoft does not do something big this year, shareholders and users might revolt.
via Electonista ...
The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R Morris
in Sox First, on February 20, 2009
...s sure that companies, their employees or their contractors are not acting against the interests of shareholders and the mistaken belief that markets can be reduced to a mathematical formula. "Al...
New York Times Shareholders in Trouble
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 12, 2009
...he Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, according to one of my articles at HedgeCo .
Hedge fund shareholders, Harbinger Capital Partners Funds and Firebrand Partners own 19% of the NYT Company, an...
Reshaping governance: interview with Lord Michael Hastings
in Sox First, on January 10, 2009
...transparent reporting and all of those kinds of things. SOX FIRST: But what about the interests of shareholders? HASTINGS: But the other way is clearly when there is a genuine shareholder democracy....
Corporate ethics and law
in Sox First, on January 10, 2009
...ely that the corporation will consider broadly the impacts of its decisions, it also will - because shareholders tend to have a very short time horizon - necessarily cause the firm to take a longer te...
The relational company
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
...ational Company: Exploring a New Business Vehicle says that the problem with companies now is that shareholders have the rights of ownership but none of the responsibilities. Similarly, directors sha...
JDA and i2 merger won't happen
in Supplychainer, on December 14, 2008
...ging Automation , at the time, JDA offered to buy i2 for $346 million. But in early November, as i2 shareholders prepared to meet for a vote on the acquisition, JDA pleaded for an adjournment, saying ...
Fixing broken boards
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
...business with honesty - meeting our commitments to our customers, colleagues, business partners and shareholders. Our emphasis on improving compliance demonstrates our dedication to integrity and enha...
Georg Jensen Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on November 26, 2008
...by unrivalled customer service.
By exceeding our customers' expectations, we will provide our shareholders with superior ROI (return on investments) and long term sustainable profitability as we...
Obama slams "tone-deaf" business leaders
in Sox First, on November 26, 2008
...nteresting whether boards will be pressured to set stricter guidelines and stop executives treating shareholders and employees with such contempt.
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Citi slickers
in Sox First, on November 25, 2008
... direct injections of capital and liquidity. And let's be clear, risk is being transferred from shareholders to taxpayers. It's called privatizing profits, and socializing losses.
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Revised fair value rule fudges the books
in Sox First, on November 17, 2008
...kwards to protect banks. By throwing them a lifeline, they have completely ignored the interests of shareholders who are screaming out for transparency. Now CFO.com reports that Moody's has att...
GM: Death or bailout?
in Sox First, on November 12, 2008
...tsch Banks says its shares are worthless, or valued at $0. With the stock down 74% this year, GM shareholders have been doing it tough. But would a bailout fix the company? "Detroit has had a...
AIG's bigger bailout
in Sox First, on November 10, 2008
...of the orginal debt terms - weren't enough, what really chaps us about AIG is that the original shareholders still have $2 of value per share ($6 billion), and the original debtholders are still w...
Greenspan's legacy
in Sox First, on October 26, 2008
...tions, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms" It really beggars belief. As Tom Rutten in the Lo...
Financial ethics and the meltdown
in Sox First, on October 15, 2008
... investors have greater power than speculators? And who should appoint directors? Should it be just shareholders? Or should regulators appoint some? I am not giving any answers here. All I am saying ...
Bootstrapping key in tough economic times
in BootStrapMe, on October 14, 2008
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• Offer far greater rewards to the entrepreneur. With less dilution of earnings among shareholders, this allows founders to keep much of what they have created, a key point often also raised by b...
Hedge Fund Manager Attempts Overhaul of Noront's Board of Directors
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 10, 2008
... the hedge fund group controls over approximately 9.2% of common shares.
Rosseau asks Noront's shareholders to vote against the re-election of the Company's current Board of Directors and ins...
Bailout no silver bullet
in Sox First, on October 6, 2008
...ance (through temporary nationalisation) those institutions worth saving, while wiping out existing shareholders and management. The package continues to bail out banks at unrealistic prices and poten...
Bailout fails - what now?
in Sox First, on September 30, 2008
...re they going to do. The only way this is going to work is to make the guilty pay. And who cares if shareholders take a bath? The entire system is built around the premise that investors take the risk...
The Fall of Finance
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 29, 2008
...r corporate finance people (who are, by their nature, less focused on the product and service), to shareholders (who turned a blind eye because of the profits), to executives (who profited handsomely)...
Can the bailout fix things?
in Sox First, on September 29, 2008
...s from going under? Dr Doom, Nouriel Roubini says the only thing it will do will be to help bank shareholders and unsecured creditors. "The Treasury plan is a disgrace: a bailout of reckless ...
Your "Balanced" Mutual Fund May Be Off Balance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 23, 2008
...e than 90 percent.
Consequently, respected funds such as Dodge and Cox Balanced have disappointed shareholders. Dodge and Cox was recently down about 17 percent for the year.
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In addition, Cullo...
Best Buy 出价 1.21 亿美元收购 Napster
in Wangtam, on 2008-09-16
Best Buy 刚才宣布 ，将以每股 2.65 美元现金的价格收购数字音乐服务供应商 Napster Inc.。该收购价格包括 6700 万美元现金，以及 Best Buy 截至 6 月 30 日对 Napster 总计 1.21 亿美元的投资。
如果该项收购顺利完成，将使 Best Buy 拥有来自 Napster 的 70 万个在线音乐用户，并使其获得新的客户。Best Buy 连接数字解决方案部门执行副总裁 Dave Morrish 在一份声明中表示："我们能够预见到，Napster 作为一个平台将加快我们在数字娱乐这一新兴行业的成长。"
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What Kind of Jobs Cannot be Outsourced?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 8, 2008
... (see above).
So what is the result? Certainly, the McCain approach is more favorable to corporate shareholders and offshorers for two reasons: (a) it doesn't create a disincentive to today's...
CFO churn
in Sox First, on September 6, 2008
...in 2006. What's causing it? Obviously a more volatile market means you have more directors and shareholders jumping at shadows. Also, more CFOs are going for where the bucks are at private equity...
Ex-Tyco CEO Kozlowski: still trying to get out
in Sox First, on September 3, 2008
...ppeals throw out their convictions. This is someone who got an 8 to 25 year sentence for plundering shareholders of $400 million and looting $150 million in unauthorized bonuses. The minimum part is i...
Will Sun end up in some other hands?
in Java Entrepreneur, on August 28, 2008
...ts. These assets could make it easier for an acquirer to roll the dice or to sell the idea to their shareholders
Words are making rounds that in case Sun is put up for sale either HP or Fujitsu may ...
Harbinger Hedge Fund Picks Next Battle
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on August 26, 2008
...y invest. This month, it's Harbinger vs. Cleveland- Cliffs Inc. The mining company is urging shareholders to reject a bid by the activist hedge fund that would give them veto power over one of ...
Is it Halloween Yet?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 26, 2008
...e you afraid to open the door on your outsourcing? What will jump out at you and scare you and your shareholders? Can you fix it now - before it becomes one of next years' horror stories?...
Barbara Amiel and Conrad Black: delusion city
in Sox First, on August 10, 2008
... is hard to beat. Like her husband, she shows absolutely no remorse about the fraud perpetrated on shareholders but instead attacks old friends who let them down and the "corporate governance ra...
The corporate governance "zoo"
in Sox First, on August 7, 2008
...porate governance has now turned into a "zoo". When boards of directors now look at their shareholders, they see everything from private equity, venture capitalists which can include anyone ...
Pax World's irresponsibility
in Sox First, on August 5, 2008
...m that the investigation began in 2004, before his arrival, and that there was no financial harm to shareholders resulting from the issues described in the SEC Order. "The portfolio managers of ...
Carl Icahn and SOX
in Sox First, on July 31, 2008
... constraints of Sarbanes-Oxley.
"He will exercise his fiduciary duty to represent all of the shareholders and use his business judgment as to how to guide the company on strategic issues. He wi...
Roche Made US$43.7B Bid For Remaining Genentech Shares
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 21, 2008
... and successful participation in Genentech has provided great benefits to both of our companies and shareholders. It has resulted in one of the biggest success stories in the healthcare industry. Roch...
Run a country like a corporation
in TJ's Weblog, on July 16, 2008
... so his investment grows in value if the state/company is doing well and is profitable and grows.
Shareholders could decide about dividends and how the company/state should invest. Also the company s...
Move to block Delta/Northwest merger
in Sox First, on July 14, 2008
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With Delta Air Line shareholders to vote in September on the prospective merger with Northwest Airlines, creating America's biggest airline, concerns are being raised about how anti-comp...
More Companies Join The Symbian Foundation
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on July 10, 2008
...ftware alliance, the Symbian Foundation .
Back in June Nokia announced that it would buy out other shareholders of the UK-based smartphone software maker Symbian (for $410 million) and make ...
微软响应 Icahn 称愿与 Yahoo 新董事会进行收购谈判
in Wangtam, on 2008-07-08
激进投资者 Carl Icahn 周一在致 Yahoo 股东的公开信中，援引微软 CEO Steve Ballmer 的话称，如果 Yahoo 在8月份的股东大会上选出新董事会，微软将会重启全部或部分收购 Yahoo 的谈判。
伊坎在公开信中称，过去一周，他曾与鲍尔默多次沟通，鲍尔默仍有意全部收购 Yahoo 或仅收购 Yahoo "搜索业务"，但不会与 Yahoo 现任董事会谈判。
受微软有意继续全面收购 Yahoo 影响， Yahoo 股价开盘大涨 8.8％，报 23.32。微软股价开盘微涨 0.46％，报 26.10 美元。
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GE's Brazilian tax lurks
in Sox First, on July 2, 2008
...ernally in the months ahead, but would not be disclosed to American or Brazilian authorities or GE shareholders." The report tells us how GE evaded tens of millions of dollars in Brazilian payro...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 31
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 1, 2008
...f 2006 , dissecting the words of Warren Buffett as read via his annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. Of course, I expect Buffett to live to be 135, so this series will continue on a yearl...
U.S. Internet Gambling Prohibition Update
in The Gambling Weblog, on June 27, 2008
...s of individual rights. He is so pro corporate and big oil that he recently voted against corporate shareholders setting CEO compensation, and against any and all forms of renewable energy programs.
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Limited liability for US auditors coming in?
in Sox First, on June 19, 2008
...nges are in the self-interest of the accounting industry. They are very much not in the interest of shareholders.
...
Carl Icahn 称 Yahoo 应以每股 34.375 美元出售给微软
in Wangtam, on 2008-06-08
激进投资者 Carl Icahn 日前表示，Yahoo 应当以每股 34.375 美元的身价将自己出售给微软。
Carl Icahn 称，雅虎应当接受这一价格，并与微软合作。 Carl Icahn 今天在发送给 Yahoo 董事会的一封信中表示，如果他控制了 Yahoo 董事会，他将中断有关备选交易的谈判 ━━━━ 除非能够给股东带来每股至少33美元的收益。
这封信对杨致远施加了更强大压力，要求他或者与微软达成交易，或者走人。 Carl Icahn 表示 ，两家公司合并是微软和 Yahoo 与 Google 竞争的唯一途径。
如果不能与微软达成交易， Carl Icahn 计划...
US bank loses customer data
in Sox First, on June 3, 2008
...ntity theft protections for majority depositors of institutions such as People's United Bank or shareholders of John hancock , Walt Disney Company and TD Bank Financial Group. More details ...
Big Oil wins again
in Sox First, on June 1, 2008
... second highest on record, and in the last 10 days, its shares have traded as high as $94 . So the shareholders don't really care about these high-falutin' matters like governance and saving ...
Tightening the rules for ethical investment
in Sox First, on May 21, 2008
...changing directors' fiduciary duties which forces them to invest in the best interests of their shareholders, accounting rules and performance indicators. The paper, Putting Ethics into Environm...
微软、Yahoo 将重回谈判桌
in Wangtam, on 2008-05-20
...ssurance that any transaction will result from these discussions. "
（撤回收购雅虎提议之后，根据事态发展，微软宣布将继续探索其他的替代方案，以改进和加强在线服务及网络广告业务。微软正在考虑并已经向雅虎提交了新的方案，不过该方案只涉及与雅虎达成某种协议，而非整体收购雅虎。微软眼下不准备提交新的整体收购方案，但保留根据事态...
Rich and poor: the CEO pay disconnect
in Sox First, on May 19, 2008
...cent financial turmoil. The European commission is pressing member countries to give more powers to shareholders over boardroom remuneration but has stopped short of demanding EU-wide action to restri...
The battle for Yahoo!
in Sox First, on May 18, 2008
...rew its $47.5-billion takeover offer this month. Certainly, it looks like the the end is nigh with shareholders suing the company accusing it of covering up details about the Microsoft bid. The sha...
Carl Icahn 将正式卷起新 Yahoo 收购风波
in Wangtam, on 2008-05-17
刚刚已经提及， 亿万富翁 Carl Icahn 上周谋得 Yahoo 董事席位，意欲发动代理权争夺战 。然后 Carl Icahn 在随后发给 Yahoo 的信中确认，他已经发动了旨在促成微软收购 Yahoo 的代理权争夺战。 Carl Icahn 已经提名了十位 Yahoo 董事候选人，希望用他们取代现有 Yahoo 董事会，以推动 Yahoo 接受微软每股 33 美元、总价值 475 亿美元的收购报价。 Carl Icahn 还在写给 Yahoo 董事会主席 Roy Bostock 的信中披露，他已经收购了 5900 万股 Yahoo 股票，并在寻求清除来自国美国联邦贸易委员会的反垄...
Google Looking Forward To Deal With Yahoo
in The Search Engine Weblog, on May 13, 2008
...rking with them," Google co-founder Sergey Brin told reporters before the company's annual shareholders meeting. "We share a lot of values with them."
Neither Brin nor Google Chair...
