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Archive for the '10Qs' Tag

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 [...]

Overstock’s odd filing…

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

This morning, a certain sub-sector of the financial blogosphere is abuzz over the press release that Overstock.com (OSTK) put out late yesterday announcing that they had fired its outside auditor, who had just been hired earlier this year, and were filing an “unreviewed” 10-Q. Here’s a snip, which starts with a quote from Friedrich [...]

On Veteran’s Day and late filers…

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Today is Veteran’s Day, which means that the SEC (and all federal offices) are closed, even though the markets are open. Given that Monday was a big deadline for (mostly) third quarter Qs, it gives us a chance to play catch up and check in on those companies that couldn’t make it to the church [...]

Porsche vs. Crocs…

Monday, November 9th, 2009

It’s Q season and footnoted regulars know what that means — lots of crazy things buried deep in the filings. Sonya, Kristen and myself spent much of the weekend in our waders working our way through all sorts of filings. Some of the biggest names — Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Yahoo (YHOO), Bank of America (BAC) [...]

CBS’ last CFO still hanging around…

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Back in June, CBS (CBS) announced that its CFO, Fred Reynolds, planned to retire in mid-August. That same day, the company announced that Joseph Ianniello would be taking over as CFO on July 20.
Now Ianniello was no novice. He had been with CBS or Viacom (VIA) for the past 12 years and had been deputy [...]