October 30, 2008—By now we're used to reading filings that fret about the state of the economy. Many acknowledge that a prolonged weakened economy may wreak havoc with the bottom line— even if you have Kung Fu Panda's Tigress (Angelina Jolie) on speed dial. In the ...

September 24, 2008—Scary events like Lehman's fall and AIG's takeover are inspiring what you might call "Prozac disclosures," intended to soothe anxious investors. For example, on Friday Constellation Energy Partners (CEP) reported to investors that it had no bad news to report. In this press release, ...

June 20, 2008—Annual report season is long gone, but 10-Ks still dribble in now and then, courtesy of companies with oddball fiscal years. One of these stragglers is H.J. Heinz (HNZ), which filed its 10-K yesterday. In what's probably a sign of the times, a comparison with ...

May 29, 2008—This week The Wall Street Journal reported that at least 400 companies are stuck holding auction-rate securities. Since these securities remain as unmarketable as the recordings of past American Idol Taylor Hicks, some firms (including Google, says the Journal) took partial write-downs in the first ...

April 22, 2008—Some say any publicity is good publicity, but the folks at Morgans Hotel (MHGC) may disagree. Since former CEO Edward Scheetz was associated with a young woman's unfortunate death last year, Morgans has been in the press's sights. When Morgans was footnoted here in ...