http://www.footnoted.com/buried-treasure/a-taxing-disclosure-at-fortune-brands/ Morningstar's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.footnoted.com/buried-treasure/a-taxing-disclosure-at-fortune-brands/comment-page-1/#comment-12150 Damned Skeptic Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:07:42 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=4591#comment-12150 So much of what these companies do seems designed mainly to assure that executives do well. It's as if there is a privileged executive class that looks out for each other, and since boards of directors are members of that class, they look out for class interests at the expense of shareholders and other employees. So much of what these companies do seems designed mainly to assure that executives do well. It’s as if there is a privileged executive class that looks out for each other, and since boards of directors are members of that class, they look out for class interests at the expense of shareholders and other employees.

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