Archive for the 'Friday filings' Tag

Based on the 10-Q that Philip Morris International, Inc. (PM) filed last Friday, we’re betting that its lawyers have been working some long hours lately. The 75-page Q discloses lots of information about current litigation, initiatives to ban and/or limit ingredients that make cigarettes palatable to consumers, and health warning requirements. But the issue that [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve looked at Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK), where the past few years’ events have been decidedly more exciting for some (CEO Aubrey McClendon and the NEOs come to mind) than for others (read: shareholders). Last Friday, Chesapeake filed its annual proxy, so it seemed like a good time to check in [...]

It has been a little over two weeks since the explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, which killed 29 people in the worst mining accident in 40 years. On Sunday, President Barack Obama heads to Beckley, West Virginia, for a memorial service for the miners. Last Friday, Massey Energy (MEE), which [...]

While we don’t usually pay much attention to companies under $250M in market cap, there was something about the 10-K filed by tiny Industry Concept Holdings (INHL) that caught our attention. It wasn’t just because it was filed late on Friday on a day when the market was closed, though that certainly piqued our initial [...]

Today is one of those rare days when the markets are closed, but the SEC is open. And judging by our inbox so far, companies are certainly using this rare occurrence to happily file away undistracted by Mr. Market. We’ve already counted over 100 new alerts and it’s just 10:30 now. Since today is a [...]