February 15, 2012—Last week, PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) served investors a "multi-year productivity plan" that will cost about $910 million in pre-tax charges over the next four years but hopefully lead to a refreshing turnaround for the brand, which has lagged behind not just Coke ...

January 23, 2012—Executives leave companies for all kinds of reasons, but we always arch a collective eyebrow when the departure is announced suddenly, without much (or any) explanation, and it involves millions of dollars. Such is the case of Barbara M. ...

January 18, 2012—How could what started as a good idea go so far astray? Does an executive ever deserve $100 million... or more? In theory, golden parachutes started out with a reasonable premise: Executives should act in the best interest of ...

December 14, 2011—The last few months have been a bit bumpy for Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL), the Houston-based company that designs and manufactures equipment used in the distribution and control of electrical energy and "other critical processes" (to use the company's words). While some ...

November 16, 2011—Tucking into the 8-K that Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) filed yesterday was a little like digging into a nice, tasty slice of pineapple upside- down cake. Why, you ask? Well - as with the cake - it ...

September 13, 2011—At the end of July, Fortune Brands, Inc. (FO) filed an 8-K about its plan to spin-off its home and security business (which makes Moen, Master Lock, and other brands) from the part of the company that makes ...

September 7, 2011—And bang -- the doldrums of August are suddenly behind us. Yesterday late afternoon saw the dramatic news of Carol Bartz's ouster as chief of Yahoo (YHOO), even as a couple of top executives at Bank of America (BAC) were ...

August 30, 2011—The Swartz family has always been the driving force behind The Timberland Company (TBL), dating back to 1952, when Nathan Swartz bought half of what was then called the Abington Shoe Company. As the years rolled by, family members ...

August 29, 2011—The dream of retiring at the end of a long career keeps many people chugging along... enabling them to put up with congested highways and crowded public transportation... making it possible for them to sit through endless meetings. But for some lucky ...

August 22, 2011—Last week, Timothy P. Smucker gave up his title as co-Chief Executive officer of the J. M. Smucker Company (SJM). The move - which the company announced in early March - comes at a time ...