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Journalists really can’t catch a break. The daily tales of more layoffs, unpaid furloughs and magazine closings (including Portfolio, which ran a monthly footnoted column). But now there’s this: those darn journalists are responsible for the problems at AIG (AIG). We’ll borrow a line from our friend, Jeff Matthews: we are not making this up! [...]
Ever since, Cheseapeake Energy (CHK) filed its preliminary proxy last week, there’s been lots of stories — here’s one from Business Week — noting just how well paid Chairman and CEO Aubrey K. McClendon is. Those stories are likely to continue since earlier today, the Associated Press came out with its list of the highest [...]
For anyone who’s ever called Verizon (VZ) to complain about something like slow download speeds or oddly high bills (speaking from personal experience, naturally) and not exactly been greeted with a sympathetic ear, have we got an SEC filing for you! Last week, Verizon, filed this amended proxy which complained about this story in Crain’s [...]
Just days before the Nov. 4 election, this story began to gain currency: gun sales were surging over fears that Barack Obama would be elected because he would take away everyone’s guns. In the days after the election, similar stories began to appear both in the national media (see here and here) and in regional [...]
Halloween’s just three weeks away (and I’m sure after four weeks of market mayhem, we can all use some sickly sweet treats). But just in case you forgot, Rite Aid (RAD) issued this press release on Wednesday to remind people that Halloween was a good time to cut loose: “Since Halloween falls on a Friday, [...]
