August 13, 2012—For the past few months, we've been hearing increasingly dire stories about the drought that's impacting large swaths of the U.S. This Reuters story, which talks about rising food prices, provides a good summary. With last week's big filing crunch, ...

August 2, 2012—Footnoted's Red Flag Alerts, including this alert about American International Group, Inc., are available exclusively to footnoted*Pro subscribers. To subscribe, click here.

July 26, 2012—Finding newsworthy nuggets in Apple's (AAPL) filings is something of a sport, one where there tends to be an unusual level of competition, where even the smallest statements get blown out of proportion. Given that fact, we were a bit surprised to find that ...

July 19, 2012—When ambitious B-school students start classes in a few weeks, we bet that few of them will arrive harboring dreams of running a chain of hair salons. But - based on the 8-K that Regis Corp. (RGS) filed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

July 6, 2012—This is one of those weeks in which pretty much everyone seems to be on vacation, judging by my Twitter feed. And that makes it a perfect week for companies to pay a visit to the SEC dump. Take Activision Blizzard ...

June 21, 2012—Hollywood has two main stereotypes for the corporate executive: The buttoned-down, ruthless suit who schemes coldly to accomplish his ends; and the sad-sack good-old-boy immersed in nostalgia and/or indulgence (and usually about to have his lunch eaten by the buttoned-down suit). Neither, ...