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Google the words “I hate Powerpoint” and you’ll wind up with over 2,000 results, including this funny slideshow that provides detailed instructions on how not to kill off your audience from boredom.
I thought of that yesterday morning when I was skimming through this lengthy presentation that Best Buy (BBY) did yesterday on its international business [...]
Scary events like Lehman’s fall and AIG’s takeover are inspiring what you might call “Prozac disclosures,” intended to soothe anxious investors.
For example, on Friday Constellation Energy Partners (CEP) reported to investors that it had no bad news to report. In this press release, it said it had “no hedging or other contractual counterparty exposure” to Lehman [...]
Given everything else that is going on in the financial markets, today’s an absolutey perfect day for a company to slip something into their filings, figuring that few people are likely to be paying attention. Last night, the SEC sent out one of its’ rare Sunday night press releases and followed up this morning with [...]
Back when I was a daily business reporter, one of the stories that I periodically had to write (or edit) had to do with some new company coming to town and discovering the joys of Bradenton or New Haven or East Fishkill. There was the big press conference with all the local politicos lined up [...]
Two weeks ago, Ruby Tuesday (RT) staged a mock demolition to drive the point home that the restaurant chain was changing. But the demolition, which was a big hit on YouTube, judging by this long list of people who filmed it, actually showed another chain restaurant being blown up, prompting the company to issue what [...]
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