November 15, 2010—The 8-K that Google (GOOG) filed on Friday evening may not have been the last of the day -- that honor belongs to tiny InoLife Technologies (INOL). But it was certainly one of the juicier filings in the Friday night ...

November 12, 2010—As most readers know, Morningstar (MORN) acquired footnoted back in February. As I footnoted in my post about the deal, I was attracted to the company's openness and its interest in growing footnoted. In the interest of that openness, I thought ...

November 11, 2010—Today is Veteran's Day which means that it's one of those odd days when the markets are open, but the SEC is closed. Today also happens to be the day when Viacom (VIA) announced that it would release its third quarter earnings, ...

November 8, 2010—News that Megamind was the #1 movie this past weekend with ticket sales of $47.7 million may ameliorate shareholders' reaction to the disclosure that DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (DWA) just handed out bonuses worth $17.55 million. Of course, ...

November 1, 2010—This isn't intentional, but we noticed that - for the third time in as many months - we're writing a post on the first day of the month about Sysco Corporation (SYY). In this case, the filing is a commendable ...

October 28, 2010—Last Friday, we reported that Office Depot, Inc. (ODP) had settled a case with the Securities and Exchange Commission and paid a $1 million fine. According to the SEC, company insiders had violated federal disclosure rules by tipping off ...

October 20, 2010—Since last week's announcement that Ravi Saligram will replace Sam Duncan as President and CEO of Office Max, Inc. (OMX) on November 8, there have been different opinions expressed about what the change might mean for ...

October 18, 2010—Just last week - on October 12 - the news broke that Pfizer, Inc. (PFE) planned to acquire King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (KG) for $3.6 billion in cash, which worked out to $14.25 a share. That price represented ...

October 15, 2010—Shareholders of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD) are probably happy that - for the 25th consecutive quarter - the company has increased its dividend. Just yesterday, Enterprise announced that it will pay a quarterly cash dividend of $0.5825 per share. To ...

October 13, 2010—The principle "Buy low, Sell high" applies to pawn shops just as well as it applies to investments and other for-profit businesses. But if there was ever any doubt about what happens to some of the money that goes into ...