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Coca-Cola Enterprises’ Vision not Clouded by Greenhouse Gases…

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Although the relentless winter weather may seem like more of a concern right now than greenhouse gases (GHG), a lot of companies have been mentioning them lately in their SEC filings. Last month, the SEC issued some guidance on this topic. Still, there’s no formal rules as of yet. But with 10Ks flowing fast and [...]

Dell quietly settles shareholder suit…

Friday, December 4th, 2009

You wouldn’t have picked this up in Dell’s (DELL) earnings announcement a few weeks ago or in the follow-up conference call, but it was buried in the 10-Q that Dell filed yesterday afternoon: Dell has agreed to settle a long-standing shareholder lawsuit over accounting issues and insider trading by executives to the tune of $40 [...]

On Veteran’s Day and late filers…

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Today is Veteran’s Day, which means that the SEC (and all federal offices) are closed, even though the markets are open. Given that Monday was a big deadline for (mostly) third quarter Qs, it gives us a chance to play catch up and check in on those companies that couldn’t make it to the church [...]

Fast food goes new media…

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Until this week, it seemed fairly safe to suppose that an impenetrable divide existed between the world of SEC filings and the technophiles who have already downloaded MashDeck. And then we read the exhibit to this 8-K, which included one of the first references we’ve seen in SEC filings to the the popular social media [...]

Net App antes up $128 million to feds

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Late yesterday, NetApp (NTAP) announced that it had agreed to pay the U.S. government $128 million as part of a settlement agreement over claims that it had overcharged the government. According to the law firm that represented the whistle blower who brought the issue to light, this is the largest corporate fraud settlement involving the [...]