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Next Entries »Don’t play games with disclosure
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s look at a story reported by The Wall Street Journal yesterday. According to the Journal, disclosure has become an issue in the civil fraud suit that the SEC is pursuing against three former top officials of Countrywide Financial Corp. It’s an [...]
What will the Mariner Energy platform explosion mean for the Gulf?
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Just a couple of hours ago, the Coast Guard received word that a second oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, not far from where the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in April. According to The Wall Street Journal, the explosion injured one of thirteen workers on the rig, which is owned by [...]
Should CEOs be rewarded for laying off their workers?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010MSNBC reports today that CEOs who laid off more workers than average raked in more money than their peers. According to a new report issued by the Institute on Policy Studies, the fifty CEOs who led the charge on laying off rank-and-file employees during the recent economic turndown received $12 million on average in [...]
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