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BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Tom Lowry |
The CFO Behind Adelphia's Rescue Vanessa Wittman is cleaning up a financial mess at Adelphia Communications and prepping for a sale |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Bill Mann |
Rigases Off to the Big House Adelphia's founder was convicted of fraud and conspiracy. It is a cautionary story of what can happen when a family-run business turns into a publicly traded company. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
On Trial This year, the wheels of justice may catch up to some corporate movers and shakers. |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Good Riddance to Bad Rigas Adelphia's Rigases engaged in a host of accounting frauds, including hiding debt and inflating margins by capitalizing costs that should have been expensed. The remaining bits of the firm will be acquired by Time-Warner and Comcast. |
CFO February 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan |
The Best Defense In today's high-stakes legal environment, top white-collar attorneys are ready to defend the CFO. |
CFO May 1, 2004 |
Small-Town Blues Is a small-town locale a risk factor for corporate fraud?... When work outings can result in workers' comp claims... Paternity benefits are catching on... Meet a CFO whistle-blower... The benefits of setting up shop in Puerto Rico... etc. |
CFO October 1, 2002 Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
Fast Company September 2004 Scott Kirsner |
One Tough Assignment When CEO Ed Breen took over at Tyco, he fired the very board that had hired him. And that was just the start. |
InternetNews April 8, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Comcast, TW Bid For Adelphia Hits Court A bid by the two largest cable operators in the U.S. reportedly trumps Cablevision's attempts to gain control of Adelphia's network. |
InternetNews April 21, 2005 Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, Time Warner to Carve Up Adelphia Adelphia's 5 million subscribers will be divvied in $17.6 billion deal as cable consolidation rolls on. |
CFO March 1, 2005 Kate O'Sullivan |
Flashbacks: 20 Years of Finance Two tumultuous decades, from Treadway and Black Monday, to reengineering and ''irrational exuberance,'' to Reg FD and Sarbanes-Oxley. |
CFO June 1, 2003 Alix Nyberg |
Second Acts After bankruptcy, companies often teeter between encore and final curtain call. |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Nanette Byrnes |
Reform: Who's Making the Grade A performance review for CEOs, boards, analysts, and others |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Time Warner's Double Play The conglomerate trades the Braves and spins off its cable company. Time Warner looks like a superb operator that should bask in the cable industry's strength for years to come. |
InternetNews April 6, 2005 Colin C. Haley |
Report: Cablevison Bids $16.5B For Adelphia Cablevision, a cable and broadband provider, looks to outmaneuver larger players in its bid for Adelphia Communications. |
CFO October 1, 2003 |
When the Saints Come Marching In Formerly troubled companies search for ways to wipe the slate clean and start over with investors. |
CFO May 1, 2005 |
Tyco's Revolving Door The revolving door at Tyco... Going to Extremes... CFOs On The Move... |
BusinessWeek September 25, 2006 Tom Lowry |
Time For Time Warner To Unhook Cable There are obstacles, but Time Warner CEO Richard D. Parsons has a spin-off high on his to-do list. |
CFO December 1, 2003 Julia Homer |
The Greed Factor Perhaps we should look at greed as the inevitable byproduct of capitalism, or even the fuel that drives it. |
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 Amy Borrus |
Creditors Will Crack The Whip Tough new rules will make corporate bankruptcies quicker and more brutal. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2006 Rich Duprey |
The Minefield of Related-Party Transactions Beware of companies that enter cozy business deals with friends and family. Investors, develop your own cozy relationships with companies that don't need to fritter away shareholder resources on favored friends and relatives. |
InternetNews September 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, TW Mull Joint Adelphia Bid The companies may team to buy the bankrupt cable provider to maximize the chances of success. |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
C-COR Back in Black ... Kind Of The earnings quality isn't optimal, but the small-cap supplier of equipment and software to cable TV operators seems to be moving in the right direction again. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Emil Lee |
Get Rich From Bankrupt Companies Investors can find hidden value in struggling businesses. |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2004 Tim Beyers |
Break the Law, Earn $200K Former corporate crooks are sought after on the lecture circuit, with one, Walter Pavlo, poised to make nearly $200,000 for telling others about his malfeasance. |
CFO June 1, 2004 |
The Need to Manage NASA Unfortunately, only ''shocking'' errors put financial management of government agencies in the headlines, writes a reader. More letters to the editor: baseball's franchise system doesn't work; finance staff at an acquisition target; more. |
CFO July 1, 2002 Kris Frieswick |
Worldwide Workouts Filing for bankruptcy protection means different things in different countries. Will a uniform code ever be adopted? |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Mike France |
Corporate America's New Accountability When companies break the law, the first thing chief executives typically do is plead ignorance. But in a post-Enron world, "I didn't know" won't cut it. |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2004 Tom Taulli |
Motorola's Loss, Tyco's Gain Wall Street stood ready to inflict the ultimate punishment on Tyco. No more. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2005 Ben McClure |
Tempted by Adelphia? Should the cable giants fight the urge to splurge on ailing Adelphia? |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2004 Ben McClure |
Comcast's on a Roll The cable provider inks another deal that should please investors. |
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 William C. Symonds |
Tyco's Tentative Turnaround CEO Breen has done a lot of cleaning up. Now it may be time to start selling assets. Investors are concerned about slower growth. |
CFO August 1, 2003 Tim Reason |
Bo Knows Finance Meet Southwest Airlines's new pitchman, Bo the CFO. |
AskMen.com July 7, 2002 Donald Morrison |
The Ups & Downs Of Bankruptcy While filing bankruptcy shouldn't be a shameful process, it is one that ought to be approached with caution. It's a means of repayment that isn't cut out for every financial situation, regardless of how catastrophic they may seem, and its consequences can be detrimental and far-reaching. |
The Motley Fool May 16, 2005 Richard Gibbons |
Identifying Great Management How small investors can evaluate the quality of management. |