October 5, 2012—Footnoted's Red Flag Alerts, including this alert about Aetna Inc., are available exclusively to footnoted*Pro subscribers. To subscribe, click here.

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September 28, 2012—It's been over 3 weeks since we've last posted, but we don't want you to think we've been snoozing. There's lots of work to do on the back-end (as anyone who has ever seen their bank go through a merger ...

September 24, 2012—Footnoted's Red Flag Alerts, including this alert about DigitalGlobe, Inc, are available exclusively to footnoted*Pro subscribers. To subscribe, click here.

September 4, 2012—Yesterday may have been Labor Day, but today is Independence Day here at footnoted. That's because earlier today, Financial Fineprint, a company that I run, bought both footnoted and footnotedPro back from Morningstar. Here's a link to the official press ...

August 31, 2012—There's something impressive about a top executive who stays at the helm for 57 years. Charles Loudermilk Sr., the founder of rent-to-own chain Aaron's Inc. (AAN) accomplished that, serving as chief executive from 1955 to 2008 and as executive chairman since then.

August 29, 2012—Based on recent news accounts, one would conclude that things are going swimmingly at Ebix, Inc. (EBIX), an Atlanta-based company that supplies the insurance industry with software and e-commerce solutions. And based on an 8-K that Ebix filed late yesterday ...

August 27, 2012—All those ambitious junior executives of America who aspire to become chairman or CEO should really set their sights a little higher -- to retired executive and honored senior adviser, also known as "consultant." Granted, being chief something-or-other pays better, but ...

August 24, 2012—A few weeks ago, Symantec Corporation's (SYMC) board decided that enough was enough. After years of disappointing results under different leaders, the board fired then-chief executive Enrique Salem and tapped its Chairman, Stephen M. Bennett, to become the new ...

August 22, 2012—Anyone who has worked for a corporation has probably heard a joke or two at the expense of consultants. To workers in the trenches, consultants sometimes appear to be high-priced temps who take over a conference room, only to ...