November 13, 2012—There were a few things going on last week, most notably a Presidential Election and the continued recovery from SuperStorm Sandy. Throw in the fact that yesterday was a federal holiday and it made for a particularly busy night at the Friday ...

November 6, 2012—Today being election day, there's been endless talk over the past few weeks about the women's vote -- waitress moms, Walmart moms, single women, you name it. Being a suburban mom who took my son to vote in his first presidential ...

October 15, 2012—Footnoted's Red Flag Alerts, including this alert about Family Dollar Stores, Inc. are available exclusively to Footnoted *PRO subscribers. To subscribe, click here.

October 10, 2012—One of the things we love to pay attention to when it comes to filings is their timing. If you buy into our belief that there are no accidents in SEC filings, that everything is there for a reason, you should also ...

October 9, 2012—Smart Balance (SMBL) is one of those companies I've followed for a long time because of its ties to my alma mater, Brandeis. As I footnoted in this 2010 post, Smart Balance was actually invented by Brandeis scientists, something that ...

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 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 ...

August 17, 2012—Yesterday's announcement that the chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (BRCD), Michael Klayko, plans to step down resulted in the company's stock price ticking upwards about 6%, after the news rekindled some oft-bandied speculation that the company ...

July 25, 2012—Thinking about retiring any time soon? Well, we don't want to discourage you, but the odds are that Gary Ervin just got a better deal than you — and especially we, for that matter — ever will. Ervin, who is ...