September 8, 2010—By now, you've no doubt either read or heard about Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) lawsuit against former golden child CEO Mark Hurd that was filed yesterday morning (you can read the actual complaint here). And perhaps, you've even seen some of ...

August 13, 2010—There's an H&R Block (HRB) office not too far away from world headquarters and while it's closed right now (as many of their offices probably are off-season), it would be tempting to go there one day and ...

July 23, 2010—Now that Dell (company and founder alike) has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission, no doubt investors and management will forge ahead. But we want to take one moment to look back -- not to the sordid accounting gimmicks and misleading ...

July 21, 2010—In 1973 — two years before Microsoft (MSFT) was founded — Peter Karmanos, Jr., Thomas Thewes and Allen B. Cutting started Compuware Corporation (CPWR). It went public in 1992 and now has a market cap of $1.89 billion. ...

July 2, 2010—It usually isn't seemly for managers to look like they're treating a public company like their personal fiefdom (or trough). But when a company is still headed by its founder, and where that founder still holds a significant chunk of the shares, are giant ...

July 1, 2010—When a chief executive's contract is renewed, we tend to see pay rise, perks expand and change-in-control provisions become more generous. So we admit to being a little surprised when we saw the new agreement City National (CYN) inked with its chairman and ...

June 21, 2010—Browsing through Friday afternoon's filings over the Father's Day weekend, we found an 8-K filed by biopharmaceutical maker Celgene Corp. (CELG) It spelled out the financial details of the executive transition it had previously announced on April 29: Chairman and Chief Executive ...

June 21, 2010—Last Tuesday, we took a look at Williams-Sonoma's (WSM) retiring Chairman/CEO W. Howard Lester's retirement package after the company disclosed its terms. Then, near the end of the week, the company reported the terms of its employment agreement with ...

June 16, 2010—It's a busy week within the executive ranks at Exide Technologies (XIDE). Exide produces and recycles lead-acid batteries in 80 countries and had 2009 net sales of $3.3 billion. Today is the last day for president/COO Edward —E. J. O—Leary, who has been ...

June 14, 2010—There's still vigorous debate in some quarters about splitting the chairman and chief executive's jobs at big companies. We've always wondered how much more work it is for someone to wear both hats at once. Caterpillar (CAT), the heavy equipment giant in the onetime American ...