Word: stocke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...charges leveled here are serious. Harvard has invested a large amount of money in a company whose actions are antithetical to the principles of social justice. With the actions of Shell and the reputation of Harvard in mind, I call on the Corporation to sell all shares of Shell stock...
Part of Trilogy's appeal: The multi-million dollar company has yet to go public. When it does, employees will be offered stock options that could be worth millions...
...What happens when the CEO retires? Michael Eisner of Disney (who had a heart attack in 1994) and Sumner Redstone of Viacom (who is 75) have clashed repeatedly with potential successors, who then left. Both stocks have done well. But shareholders will get singed if these CEOs step aside suddenly. On the other hand, when Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl last month ran off his likely successor and agreed to stay on until 2002, the stock surged...
...Does management deserve a second chance? Put Dunlap in charge of a bloated company in trouble, and I'd buy the stock. (I'd also sell it within a year.) I also believe Henry Silverman, CEO of the marketing firm Cendant, will fix things in the wake of a disastrous merger with CUC International. His may be the ultimate display of agility. Silverman is selling chunks of the company he built, which is now worth more in liquidation than its value in the market...
Ever wonder why a firm's share price gets hammered even though its earnings surpass stock analysts' published expectations? Most likely, it failed to beat the "whisper" number that really matters on Wall Street--the one analysts apply privately, when they aren't trying to make life easier for their firm's clients. This earnings season investors can read more of the market's gossip at sites like whispernumber.com and www.earningswhispers.com...