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CORPORATE LEADERSHIP,VALUES AND DECISION-MAKING--at Harvard Bus. Sch.-Hewlett/ EXXON/Richard Branson/Tyco

by Ralph Deeds

Hewlett Packard settled a lawsuit involving it's improperly obtaining telephone records of Business Week and N.Y. Times reporters in order to discover the sources of their reporting on the company. The amount... published 2 years ago

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Crook Alert 17--Backdating Stock Options and What to Do About It

by Ralph Deeds

Here's a link to an article by Harvard Law School Professor Lucien Bebchuk entitled "Insider Luck" on the recent scandals involving backdating stock options for corporate CEOs. ... published 2 years ago

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CROOK ALERT! Corporate Leeches Contribute to High Health Care Costs

by Ralph Deeds

Disgorgement of Ill-gotten Gains Made Easier by United Health Care Case The New York attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, has negotiated an agreement with several health insurance companies that will make physician... published 2 years ago

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Sulzberger's Address to NY Times Shareholders 4-24-07

by Ralph Deeds

Led by Morgan Stanley, 42 percent of NY Times shareholders withheld their votes in a symbolic protest against management at today's annual meeting. A Morgan Stanley analyst has criticized the NY Times recent... published 2 years ago

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CROOK ALERT! 3

by Ralph Deeds

12-18-06 A Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance research report indicates that outside directors, far from being blissfully ignorant of crooked options practices, received backdated option grants... published 2 years ago

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The Hogs are Starving/Feeding on Wall Street

by Ralph Deeds

Bonfire of the Vanities Out? Tom Wolfe says: "We may be witnessing the end of capitalism as we know it....Sherman McCoy would probably be selling his 12-room Park Ave. apartment...the word "credit" comes from... published 2 years ago

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Barry Diller 2005 Blue Ribbon Champion Corporate Hog

by Ralph Deeds

"...this year's winner: Barry Diller, chairman and chief executive of IAC/Interactive, the Internet retailing and home-shopping-channel company....one recent study estimated his total compensation last year at... published 2 years ago

3 comments    ceo pay barry diller

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Grasso Ordered to Repay $80 Million

by Ralph Deeds

A NYC artist inspired by Richard Grasso hawks his paintings outside the NY Stock Exchange. http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/artist-finds-his-muse-in-former-exchange-chief/ A New York Supreme... published 2 years ago

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