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Tuck into that buttery pound cake and those Jimmy Dean sausages while you can. Because in addition to rising sea levels and disappearing species, global climate change — or at the very least, governmental efforts to mitigate it — could threaten the goodies from Sara Lee (SLE). That’s the implication of a new risk factor [...]
Corporate lawyers aren’t known for being early adopters, whether of cutting-edge technology or zippy new buzzwords. As a result, company filings may be one of the last places to spot new trends. So we’re assuming that a recent sighting means social networking, that many-splendored creature, is here to stay: It’s now scary enough for the [...]
Companies have to disclose all kinds of things to investors. Companies dearly like to spin those disclosures to seem as positive as possible. In a pinch, guess which impulse wins out? Look no further than Walgreen Co. (WAG) the big pharmacy and drug-store chain, which filed a quarterly report with the SEC on Friday that [...]
Stark reminders of the reach of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continue to surface in the filings, sometimes in unlikely places. The most recent: The J.M. Smucker Co. (SJM) — purveyor of jellies, Crisco, and Jif peanut butter — warned in the annual report it filed yesterday that the disaster could interfere with its Folgers [...]
We’ve seen a lot of grim disclosures about the health-care reform bill, including big charges from AT&T, Caterpillar, AK Steel and others. (Footnoted Pro subscribers can download our report on the topic from early April.) Yet, if anyone would be excited about the new law, you’d think it would be healthcare-IT firms and electronic medical-records [...]
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