Entries Tagged as 'corporate buzz'



Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

ICE Raids IFCO Over Un-pallet-able Employment Practices

Washington Post / Associated Press: Executives Arrested in Immigration Raids. Immigration agents arrested seven executives and hundreds of employees of a manufacturer of crates and pallets Wednesday as part of a crackdown on employers of illegal workers.
And all this happening on the eve of Congress fumbling over various plans to offer amnesty to [...]

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

Drug Testing the Prison Track Team?

Reuters: Conte Tells of Steroids Debate in Prison. According to his letter, Conte was involved in activities from both of his previous careers at Taft, a federal prison run by the GEO Group, a publicly traded company. “I have also been giving inmates music lessons on both the bass and guitar,” he said. [...]

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

ivillaGE

MEDIAWEEK: Post iVillage, Big Media Eye Sites . If you can deliver the traffic, the time is coming to cash in. One look at NBC Universal’s $600 million purchase of women’s portal iVillage last week shows that it’s a good time to be an independent Web publisher.
I’ve posted the Merger Agreement between [...]

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

I Buzz Take Thee Minnie

I’ve posted the Merger Agreement between Disney and Pixar. Other merger-related agreements available on the Pixar contracts page.

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

West Virginia Mining Disaster II

San Francisco Chronicle/New York Times: Rescuers too late to save trapped miners. An agonizing two-day wait came to a tragic end on Saturday when rescue workers found the bodies of two coal miners who were trapped by a fire that began on a conveyor belt 900 feet underground…. The mine is operated by [...]

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Age of aQuantive

Burnham’s Beat: Top 10 Best Performing Internet Stocks of 2005. 2005 was a good year to be long Internet advertising and online gambling. 3 of the year’s Top 10 performers, including the top 2, provide online advertising services to corporate clients, while 2 operate online gambling sites (3 if you consider online trading to [...]

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

West Virginia Mining Disaster

Forbes: Mine Deaths May Bring Scrutiny to Ross’ International Coal. Rolling up a host of smaller companies can bring a host of risks, but they are usually more financial than physical. That was not the case yesterday at a coal company brought under the umbrella of billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, and his group is now [...]

Monday, December 26th, 2005

Large Scale Layoffs

The Reporter: Biotech’s Workers Tells Woes. One day after the announced closure of Large Scale Biology Corp.’s Vacaville and Kentucky facilities, employees expressed frustration and detailed just how bad the firm’s financial woes were.
I’ve added Large Scale Biology Corp. contracts to the site. I’ve also posted IntraLinks contracts, including a Consulting Agreement with [...]

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

IPO for Web 2.0

Seattle Post-Intelligencer/AP: IPOs of Cbeyond, Website Pros end flat. Two initial public offerings ended flat while another closed lower on Wednesday, the first day of trading for the three companies. Website Pros sold 6.8 million shares at the midpoint of the $9 to $11 range underwriter Friedman Billings Ramsey set. The company, which offers [...]

Monday, October 17th, 2005

9 1/2 Weeks

Yahoo!/Reuters: Refco files for bankruptcy. Troubled commodities brokerage Refco Inc. said on Monday it had filed for bankruptcy protection as it struck a deal to sell its core futures brokerage business to a group of private equity investors for $768 million.
9 1/2 Weeks — No, not that “erotic psychodrama” with Mickey Rourke and [...]