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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 [...]

Leucadia Exec Gets Big Pay to Stay…

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The Change in Control terms for executives at Leucadia National Corp. (LUK) were already generous, but for Vice President Justin R. Wheeler, they just got a lot better.
Late last Friday afternoon, Leucadia filed this 8-K and an attached letter agreement to set out Wheeler’s new deal with the company.  According to the document, the new [...]

Armstrong World Industries rearranges the gym…

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Instead of nibbling on chocolates or checking out the President’s Day sales last weekend, the footnoted staff settled in at our computers with a nice long list of SEC filings.
While the second pot of coffee brewed, we found this 8-K that Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (AWI) filed at 4:39 p.m. last Friday.  Armstrong, which is based [...]

Cincinnati Bell’s magical compensation lamp…

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Employment agreements are, no doubt, the result of serious negotiations between a company, an employee, and a gaggle of attorneys and staff from Human Resources.
The filing that caught our attention this time concerns an 8-K that Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (CBB) filed earlier this week.  But before we disclose what popped out of the magical compensation [...]

Morningstar acquires footnoted!

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

For the past 6 1/2 years, we’ve written frequently about various mergers and acquisitions. Today, we have some M&A news of our own: Morningstar (MORN) has acquired footnoted.org. You can download the official press release here, but I wanted to personally share with you why I’m so excited about this deal and why I think [...]