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January is half over, the news from Haiti is heartbreaking, and right now it seems that the snow will never melt. In all, it’s been a tough few weeks. Fortunately, the 8-K that Red Robin (RRGB) recently filed lets us focus for a moment on something positive and bestow footnoted’s first Gold Star of 2010. Red Robins [...]
Maybe we can chalk this all up to a sudden surge in holiday spirit — you know, how it’s better to give than receive. How else to explain why three top executives at Constellation Energy Group (CEG) voluntarily agreed to give up their change in control payments? But there it was in this short, but [...]
In the proxy, that Microsoft (MSFT) filed earlier this week, there was an interesting new disclosure about Microsoft’s political contributions: Microsoft recognizes the increasing interest of U.S. public company shareholders in establishing greater transparency of corporate political contributions. Microsoft discloses its political contributions to support candidates and ballot measures. Microsoft has also adopted principles for [...]
As footnoted regulars know, occasionally Michelle bestows the coveted footnoted gold star to companies whose executives set the bar high for good corporate behavior. When we read the proxy that the Sara Lee Corporation (SLE) filed on Wednesday, it seemed worthy of an approving nod. Although for reasons we’ll explain, while this can’t be an 18-karat [...]
Recently, I was talking to a reporter and they asked me if I ever highlight anything good in the filings and it reminded me of how we used to do this thing called “Gold Star Fridays” where we tried to focus on good corporate behavior. But it’s been forever — well, February — since we [...]
