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Archive for the 'PR Spin' Category

Occupy Wall Street gets CME Group’s attention…

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

A serial retiree to study retirement…

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Before the ink on CEO’s contract can even dry…

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

A lesson in disclosure at Wright Medical Group…

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

If ever a company illustrated the value of reading SEC filings — as opposed to just their press releases — it may just be Wright Medical Group (WMGI). And we don’t mean that in a good way. By way of background, Wright Medical is an orthopedic medical-device maker that last fall settled [PDF] a U.S. [...]

Meet the new Goldman, same as the old…

Monday, April 4th, 2011

Even when you’re doing “God’s work,” it turns out, a little deft marketing is in order. Goldman Sachs (GS), of course, put out its annual proxy filing on Friday afternoon, cordially inviting shareholders to a morning of procedural formalities and largely predetermined balloting. True to form, the dollar figures in the summary compensation table are [...]