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Boeing’s million-plus consultant…

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Last August, Boeing (BA) announced a management reshuffling that included the departure of Scott Carson, who had been running the company’s Commercial Airplanes unit. The release, which was dated Aug. 31 — when few people were likely paying attention, given how sleepy things are at the end of August — noted that the changes would [...]

WellCare worries over how health insurers look…

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

This morning’s NY Times had an interesting story about the Obama Administration going after what it describes as “excessive rate increases” that some health insurance companies — the article talks about Anthem Blue Cross specifically, a subsidiary of WellPoint (WLP) — are trying to pass along to their subscribers.
And just last week, a friend of [...]

Rite Aid’s expensive changing of the guard…

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

One of the more popular posts we’ve done here at footnoted — at least in terms of reader comments — was this one from two years ago on the lack of adequate products at a Rite Aid (RAD) store in Manhattan. Even after all this time, Rite Aid employees still write in to grouse about [...]

Invacare plays hardball…

Monday, January 11th, 2010

While the rest of the country went back to work last week, Congress is just getting around to that task today and by most accounts healthcare is at the top of the agenda. But one company seems to have gotten an early start: Invacare (IVC) filed this 8K on Friday, which certainly caught our attention. [...]

Perot gets a gross-up…

Monday, December 7th, 2009

As footnoted regulars know, we hate to pick on the same company twice in a row. Not that we necessarily consider outing the stuff that companies try to bury in their routine filings really picking on someone (or something). But we’re sure that some people see it that way.
Still, the 8-K that Dell (DELL) filed [...]