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Feeling nutty at Diamond…

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

I sometimes feel like the revised SEC proxy disclosures have merely given companies an excuse to drone on and on about their compensation “philosophies.” But this proxy that Diamond Foods (DMND) filed Monday – its first effort since the new rules went into effect ‘“ shows how the current regime forces some improved disclosures, especially [...]

The devil made us do it…

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Last April, Interwoven (IWOV) announced that it had hired Joe Cowan to serve as its new CEO. Cowan had been CEO of Manugistics (old ticker: MANU), which was acquired by JDA Software (JDAS) in July 2006 for a whopping $2.50 a share, or $213 million. That’s the history. But what struck me as interesting was [...]