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Footnoted frequent flyer files for Chapter 11

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Yesterday, Mesa Air Group (MESA) announced that it was filing for Chapter 11. Here’s a snip from a statement made by Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein in yesterday’s press release:
“Over the past two years, we have worked closely with our lessors, creditors and other constituents to restructure our financial obligations. These efforts have led to [...]

Voting now open for worst footnote of 2009!

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Each year at this time of year, we try to come up with the worst footnote of the year — the one that rises above the rest. For the past two years, in the spirit of Web 2.0, we’ve asked footnoted readers to cast their votes and this year, we’re continuing that tradition by asking [...]

Krispy Kreme and doughnut sludge…

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

From the earliest days of footnoted, we’ve had something of a soft spot for Krispy Kreme (KKD). Since that post in September 2003, the stock has dropped over 90%. Given this, we tend to pay a bit closer attention to their filings.
So when they filed their 10-Q earlier this week, we took a bit closer [...]

John Mack’s early exit…

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Back in May, we thought it seemed kind of odd that Morgan Stanley (MS) Chairman and CEO John Mack’s contract had been updated, but that the length of the contract had not changed. Yesterday, with the news that Mack was stepping down as CEO, it suddenly became clear why.
A careful reading of that revised contract [...]

From the archives: Marvel’s newest superheroes

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

In light of yesterday’s big news that Disney (DIS) was acquiring Marvel (MVL) in a $4 billion deal, we dug into our archives even though we’re on vacation and found this post from last year on Marvel.
Forget about Spiderman and Wolverine. Sure, they’re really cool and have special powers, but not quite as many as [...]