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Japan: Following the Fukushima accident…

Friday, March 18th, 2011

In yesterday’s post, we took a look at some of the early disclosures that companies have made since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan March 11. But what about the nuclear angle? Well, we’re starting to see disclosures about that, too. One of the first documents filed with the SEC was this 8-K filed by [...]

Diamond Foods extracts a problematic chemical…

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

We’ll admit to having a genuine fondness for Kettle chips, those salty, extra-crispy potato slices that deliver more crunch and flavor than the potato chips we ate as kids. Somehow paying more for a bag doesn’t seem so unreasonable, since to our palates the chips taste better and are made without trans fats, MSG, or [...]

Climate change, baked goods and Sara Lee …

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Tuck into that buttery pound cake and those Jimmy Dean sausages while you can. Because in addition to rising sea levels and disappearing species, global climate change — or at the very least, governmental efforts to mitigate it — could threaten the goodies from Sara Lee (SLE). That’s the implication of a new risk factor [...]

The cost of “clean”: an environmental round-up…

Friday, August 13th, 2010

When companies pay to remediate environmental problems, it’s a long and costly process.  Several companies’ recent filings included updates about environmental issues (other than Deepwater, which we’ll continue to write about separately); here are some of the more notable ones: Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) recently settled two environmental cases, according to its 10-Q. In the first [...]

The price of crisis at Transocean …

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Transocean (RIG) got some press yesterday for the $267-million gain it recorded from an insurance settlement for the Deepwater Horizon, its drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico that burned and sank after the well it was drilling blew on April 22. It also announced net income of $715 million. But deeper in the company’s [...]