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It looks like CEOs are timing stock gifts, especially those to their family foundations, a little too well A study by a professor at New York University looked at 151 gifts over over $1 million...
The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) has just announced that it has received notification from the Securities and Exchange Commission that the SEC’s Division of Enforcement has completed its informal...
Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) has announced that it received notification from the SEC stating that the informal investigation into Rambus’s past stock option practices has been terminated and that no...
VeriFone (NYSE:PAY) is seeing shares crushed today after the company issued a release stating that it was going to restate financial results and quarterly financial statements for 2007.  This is due...
Shares of Bidz.com (BIDZ) are trading up 8% pre-market after it announced after yesterday’s close that it was going to investigate possible wrongdoing by Andrew Left of Citron Research after his...
Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:QSII) has issued a release stating that it received a letter dated November 19, 2007, from the Securities and Exchange Commission (L.A. regional office) that informed...
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) issued a release today with the news that it has received a letter from the Board of Directors of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC confirming that the company has regained compliance...
Did he or didn’t he? That is the question being asked about Countrywide (CFC) CEO Angelo Mozilo and his 10b5-1 stock sales plan. Normally these programs are set up to cover regular stock sales over...
Diebold Inc. (NYSE:DBD) has announced some changes to its revenue recognition practices deemed the "Bill & Hold" basis within its North America segment as part of ongoing discussions with the...
The SEC will beging to step up its examination of insider trading at hedge funds. According to Bloomberg "SEC officials told hedge funds to list clients and workers who serve as officers or directors...
Almost 300 CEOs are getting letters from the SEC. They include the heads of American Express (AXP), GE (GE) and Coca-Cola (KO). The agency wants more details on how their compensation is determined....
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) has decided to do something that is probably not coincidental.  It announced that it has completed its internal investigation and will restate its financials.  Any shot this was...
Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. (NASDAQ:LEND) is in trouble this morning.  Shares were down 30% in pre-market activity after an SEC Filing from the company warned of solvency issues, although...
General Electric’s (NYSE:GE) 10-Q filing included some accounting changes that will have an impact on results from the years 2000 to 2004.  Before you have a conglomerate accounting irregularity...
Calling for a CEO to leave a company or to be fired is not an easy task, and many market pundits demand a management change far too soon and far too frequently.  After reviewing all the data, one...