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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 [...]
Three years ago, we “awarded” Aaron’s (AAN) the highly prestigious footnote of the year for its disclosure that it had spent $260K to sponsor two race car drivers who happened to be related to a top Aaron’s executive. Last year, that number blossomed to $1.6 million and the executive — Bill Butler Jr. — is [...]
Last Friday, FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN) filed an 8-K to disclose that Executive Vice President/CFO Jorge Celaya had resigned the day before, although “he will remain an employee through the close of business on March 30, 2010.” David G. Bannister, FTI’s Chief Administrative Officer, will be taking over as CFO. While we aren’t told exactly [...]
