Archive for the 'MIA' Tag

Right about now, a subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee is holding a hearing on how the peanut butter salmonella crisis has spun so out of control. It’s been nearly a month since the FDA announced its recall and according to this article the problem has impacted more than 220 different products. Given [...]

Given the high-profile media coverage of the World Economic Forum at Davos — the CNBC interviews, the WSJ coverage and all sorts of live-blogging, you might expect Davos to turn up in at least a few SEC filings. After all, while some CEOs have been dropping out of this year’s events, others, including Michael Dell [...]

When McAfee (MFE) hired David DeWalt as its new CEO in April 2007, DeWalt’s offer letter specifically stated that he would have six months to relocate to Dallas-Ft. Worth and that the company would pay for various moving expenses as well as “reasonable expenses for weekly round-trip airfare to California” where DeWalt lived. Make that [...]

Not quite a year ago, Tyson (TSN) was touting its “100% Antibiotic Free” chicken, with CEO Richard Bond describing it as a “game changer”. Sales were strong, with the company noting in this 8K filed last September that there was “growing consumer interest in all natural foods”. The higher margins on the chicken also helped. [...]

When TriZetto (TZIX) announced last month that it was being acquired by private equity firm Apax Partners for $22 a share, the stock, which fell sharply in March, quickly bounced back to reflect the buyout price. So investors who bought when the stock fell to around $15 were able to take advantage of a nice [...]