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Navistar: isn’t it ironic?

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

It’s hard not to look at the 8K that Navistar International (NAVZ) filed late Friday and not want to start humming a few bars of Alanis Morissette’s classic song, Ironic.
Maybe it’s just the way my mind works, but there’s something about giving the new chief risk officer — the company announced last week that CFO [...]

Solera execs go shopping for perks…

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Yesterday, Solera (SLH) filed this 8K which despite being only 1 paragraph, was chock full of new perks for the company’s top executives:
The benefits approved by the Committee include increased supplemental life and long-term disability insurance, annual physical exams, company automobile benefit, country club fees (solely for the Chief Executive Officer), and, assuming year by [...]

Another tech CEO just says no to Silicon Valley…

Monday, June 9th, 2008

A few weeks ago, we footnoted an interesting agreement that LSI (LSI) had filed that extended CEO Abhijit Y. Talwalkar’s housing allowance — in place since 2005 — for another year so that Talwalkar could continue living in Oregon, even though LSI is based in Silicon Valley.
Late Friday, Verigy (VRGY), whose US offices are is [...]

Circuit City execs try it and like it…

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Here at footnoted.org, we’re all about kicking the tires to see how something works, tastes or feels. Before my recent trip to Copenhagen, I bought an Ipod Touch to see how well the WiFi worked, only to return it and wait for whenever the new Iphone comes out. But the “officer evaluation program” at Circuit [...]

Maybe Williams-Sonoma should start selling corporate jets…

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

It’s the start of Memorial Day weekend and judging by the various news reports, the $4 a gallon gas is having a major impact on people’s travel plans this weekend. But some folks are still managing to travel and judging by the planes leaving Teterboro right now, Martha’s Vineyard appears to be a top destination.
Indeed, [...]