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Qwest: two planes are not enough!

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

We thought that when Qwest Communications (Q) announced on April 22, that it was “merging” with CenturyLink (CTL), we wouldn’t have Qwest (in many ways, the very inspiration for footnoted) to kick around much longer. Silly us! Though the merger hasn’t exactly been well-received in many corners — this article, which talks about the two [...]

HP and me: Coincidence or not?

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Careful readers of footnoted — the type of folks who revel in reading the fine print — might have noticed that I haven’t been writing lately, even though if you Google footnoted you’ll see that it’s called “Michelle Leder’s Guide to What’s Hiding in SEC filings”. That’s because I had a baby boy — his [...]

Hardship transfers at Dresser-Rand Group …

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Earlier this week, we looked at what it took Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) to bring an executive to its Ohio headquarters from Paris to head its global sales operations. Apparently, it’s just as tough to get Texans to move to Paris. At least, that’s what it looks like from the 8-K that Dresser-Rand Group (DRC) filed [...]

Dell’s Tale of Two Proxies…

Friday, May 28th, 2010

If Charles Dickens were writing about the proxy that Dell, Inc. (DELL) filed yesterday, he might have reworked his classic opening paragraph to read, “It was the best of proxies, it was the worst of proxies, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” (we’ll spare you the rest so that [...]

Betting the house at Wynn Resorts …

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

We’ve written about Wynn Resorts (WYNN) before, both in this space and elsewhere. When we do, it always seems to have something to do with cheap or free housing. Now along comes Linda C. Chen, Wynn’s newly minted chief operating officer for Wynn Resorts (Macau) S.A. We imagine it’s a pretty glamorous job, what with [...]