Activist Report: Microsoft should raise its Dividend | ||
| Aug 28th, 2010 | ||
| As a long holder of Microsoft (MSFT), I submitted last week a resolution for Microsoft to significantly increase its quarterly dividend. It's my hope... | ||
Ironfire Capital's Eric Jackson discusses China Opportunities | ||
| Apr 13th, 2010 | ||
| Eric M. Jackson, Ph.D., is Founder and Managing Member of Ironfire Capital LLC, based in Naples, FL. Ironfire is an equity long-biased and corporate governance-focused... | ||
Facebook's Dual Class Shares: Another Reason to Avoid This Company | ||
| Dec 3rd, 2009 | ||
| Facebook announced last week before the Thanksgiving holiday that it has created a dual-class share structure. If you are an existing shareholder, your... | ||
John Paulson's Future Performance: No Guarantees | ||
| Nov 26th, 2009 | ||
| There were two reactions I got to my column last week on Greg Zuckerman's new book The Greatest Trade Ever about John Paulson's $20 billion bearish... | ||
Red Robin Must Start Marketing Aggressively Again | ||
| Nov 24th, 2009 | ||
| One of the more surprising sectors of 2009 has been casual dining restaurants. At the start of the year amid concerns of consumer deleveraging, some analysts... | ||
Gregory Zuckerman's 'The Greatest Trade Ever' Teaches the Lessons of John Paulson | ||
| Nov 19th, 2009 | ||
| If it wasn't clear already that John Paulson had reached the zenith of his hedge fund profession, one only had to watch how fervently the media and blogosphere... | ||
Two Important Yet Overlooked Exec Comp Factors | ||
| Nov 18th, 2009 | ||
| We read a lot about corporate governance and executive compensation these days, in the wake of last year's economic collapse. Many politicians are now... | ||
Four Risks to Las Vegas Sands' Shareholders | ||
| Nov 13th, 2009 | ||
| With its stock price up over 800% since its March lows, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) plans to raise up to $3.3 billion in a Hong Kong IPO listing of its Asian... | ||
7 Steps Towards Real Free Market Capitalism | ||
| Nov 12th, 2009 | ||
| Market commentators and the White House have been quick to blame last year’s economic meltdown on a free market run amok. And they’ve used that false... | ||
What the SEC Should Learn from Raj Rajaratnam and the Galleon Group | ||
| Nov 5th, 2009 | ||
| The government's case against Raj Rajaratnam, founder of hedge fund Galleon Group, on the charge of insider trading, alleges that the hedge fund manager's... | ||
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