News tagged with employee stock ownership plan
Owning too much company stock puts workers' retirement at risk
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Congress should ban employer stock from company-sponsored retirement plans to spare workers the risk of putting too much of their nest eggs in one basket, a new study by a University of Illinois legal expert says.
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Green firms rewarded by financial markets
May 29, 2008 |
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When a company improves its environmental performance, it is common to think that the accompanying economic improvements are based on the company's more efficient use of resources. However,
Google executives get one-dollar paychecks in 2008
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Google's co-founders and the California Internet titan's chief executive Eric Schmidt each took only a dollar in pay last year, a filing with US regulators indicates.
Openings begin in Broadcom backdating case
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A jury was set Friday to hear opening statements in the federal trial of former Broadcom Corp. Chief Financial Officer William Ruehle, who faces conspiracy and fraud charges in an alleged scheme to backdate stock ...
EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.
New study on effects of disclosing financial interests on participation in medical research
Oct 04, 2008 |
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Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients' willingness to take part in clinical trials. However, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study more participants ...
Stock options may cost shareholders much less than previously thought
Jan 12, 2007 |
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Controversial stock options for company executives may be much less costly to shareholders than current mathematical models suggest, according to research presented Jan. 5 by Tim Leung of Princeton's Department of Operations ...
Wishful betting can contaminate financial markets, study shows
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Mar 11, 2009 |
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Wishful bettors, those who make overly optimistic investments, will ultimately harm themselves financially, but they can harm entire markets as well, new research shows.
Flawed 401(k) laws putting retirement at risk, expert says
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Congress needs to reform flawed 401(k) laws that could push back retirement for millions of Americans whose savings have collapsed along with the stock market, a University of Illinois elder law expert says.
Failing the sniff test: Researchers find new way to spot fraud
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Companies that commit fraud can find innovative ways to fudge the numbers, making it hard to tell something is wrong by just looking at their financial statements. But research from North Carolina State University unveils ...
Ex-Rocky staffers plan to launch online magazine
May 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some former staffers of the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News say they plan to launch an online news magazine this summer.
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