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Not too timely at Coventry Health…

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Here’s one reason companies might want to work extra hard to disclose employment contracts sooner rather than later: Delays can raise more and thornier questions.
Consider Coventry Health Care Inc. (CVH), the $3.5 billion managed-care company based in Bethesda. It filed its 10-K on Feb. 26 — and then had to file an amendment on Friday [...]

The paper shuffle at Hess Corp…

Monday, March 8th, 2010

One of the challenges of reading annual reports is sifting through the massive dump of exhibits and figuring out what has been filed previously and what hasn’t. And despite what you’re probably thinking, that work isn’t always as glamorous as it sounds.
Occasionally, though, the scrutiny pays off, as it did when we reviewed the [...]

Toyota in the filings…

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Earlier today, we looked at Toyota’s own disclosures about the massive recall. But there’s also been a number of other companies that are disclosing all sorts of things related to the recall.
Among them was CTS (CTS), which disclosed in the 10-K that it filed yesterday that it too had received subpoenas. Here’s a snip from [...]

Did Toyota wait too long to disclose its subpoena?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

This morning, a lot of attention will be focused on Toyota Motors (TM) CEO Akio Toyoda, who will start testifying around 11 am est before the House Oversight Committee. Given this, we decided to take a look at both Toyota’s recent filings and those of some other companies and came up with some interesting [...]

A first for everything: Google shrunk in 2009

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

If you thought that Google (GOOG) was immune to the sluggish economy in 2009, think again. Buried deep in the 10-K that the company filed late Friday was an interesting disclosure: Google’s headcount actually shrunk in 2009 for the first time since the company has been public (and most likely for the first time ever, [...]