Topic: ESG

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Exit from Gardner Denver came with big bucks…
July 23, 2012—There have been some big transitions at Gardner Denver, Inc. (GDI) recently, the 153-year-old company that makes industrial pumps, compressors, blowers, and more. The news that its president and CEO, Barry L. Pennypacker, suddenly resigned on July 13 got some attention, ...

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc
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Union Pacific Corporation
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Is it time for mandatory retirement ages to go?
July 13, 2012—Once upon a time, 65 was considered old. That's when Social Security kicked in and people were supposed to stop working. Then again, life expectancies were somewhere around 72. Now, articles like this one routinely tout 65 as being ...

Bridgepoint Education
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Good timing (and bad) at Amerigroup…
July 12, 2012—Monday's news that health-insurer WellPoint (WLP) would buy competitor Amerigroup (AGP) sent Amerigroup's shares up 38% that day, and even drove WellPoint's shares up more than 3%. Among those celebrating, presumably, were Amerigroup's directors, an august group that includes ...

More comfort ahead for La-Z-Boy execs…
July 11, 2012—With recent news articles bearing headlines such as "The Gory Details of La-Z-Boy's Double Miss" (about La-Z-Boy, Inc.'s (LZB) recent failure to meet estimates on either revenues or earnings per share), one might assume that things aren't so comfortable for ...

Playing with pensions at Gannett & McClatchy…
July 10, 2012—We're inky wretches here at footnoted, and so we pay pretty close attention to what's going on in the news business -- it hasn't been pretty. David Carr, over at The New York Times, is one of the industry's best chroniclers.

Hain Celestial’s CEO brews delicious deal…
July 9, 2012—Irwin D. Simon's timing is admirable... maybe practically impeccable. Simon, you see, is the Founder, President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (HAIN), the Melville, New York-based company that sells dozens of brands ...

SunOpta, Inc.
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