BNET Industries

Waste Management Inc.

(WMI) is in the Business Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$13.3B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Solid Waste Management & Environmental Services

Number of Employees 45,900

Contact Information

1001 Fannin St Ste 4000

Houston, Texas 77002-6711

www.wm.com

(713) 512-6200

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal: 562211

Company News

Recent Events

Morrisville stays in trash district, for now

12/05/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Waste Management/Cal Sierra Holiday Schedule

11/26/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Waste Management WM and Republic Services' RSG Trash is Investors' Gain - Barron's

11/23/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Blue bag pickup for Thorsby

11/21/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Refuse Revenue Roundup

11/18/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Cascades wins PPI Award for its use of biogas energy

11/17/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Fitch Rates Waste Management's New Notes 'BBB'

11/12/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Waste Management WM Declares $0.29 Quarterly Dividend; 3.5% Yield

11/10/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Door-to-Door HHW for SBWMA

11/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Waste Management Cleans Out 42K SF At Patriots Place

11/05/09 - Sites Leased - View Story
Waste Management leases space in Foxborough

11/04/09 - Sites Leased - View Story
Waste Management introduces LNG vehicle fleet

11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Waste Management Profit Sinks, but Tops Estimates

10/29/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Calif. nabs worldâ€™s largest landfill-to-fuel plant

11/02/09 - Site Opening - View Story
Waste Management Profit Off on Lower Volume and Recycling Demand

11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Waste Management Building Presence in Medical Waste with Acquisition

10/29/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Insurance company sues Waste Management and its driver

10/19/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

News & Analysis

shareholder and waste management inc. - All News and Analysis

WMI shareholders accept $457 million settlement.(Waste Management Inc.)(Brief Article)

- 2001-11-12

Houston - Waste Management Inc. shareholders will receive nearly a half a billion dollars from the company through settlement of a class-action lawsuit stemming from financial problems in the late 1990s and the company's blockbuster 1998 merger. Houston - Waste Management Inc....

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SHAREHOLDERS WAIT FOR PIECE OF SETTLEMENT: WASTE'S $220-MIL. PAYOUT ONE OF LARGEST IN HISTORY.(Waste Management Inc.)(Statistical Data Included)

- 1999-10-04

Thousands of current and former Waste Management Inc. stockholders will share in a $220-million settlement that resolves class-action lawsuits dating back two years that alleged that the company inflated earnings. Disgruntled investors filed more Thousands of current and former Waste Management Inc....

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The Desmond Law Firm Issues Class Action Update for Waste Management, Inc. Shareholders

- 1999-07-30

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 30, 1999--

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Waste mismanagement: in the boardroom.(ongoing mismanagement at Waste Management Inc.)(Brief Article)

- 1998-03-07

SPRINGTIME is not what it used to be for America's biggest companies. As another season of annual general meetings approaches, the shareholder revolts and executive sackings that used to accompany such occasions are a fading memory. Now that a little fSPRINGTIME is not what it used to...

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Waste Management Inc. 'Puffed Up' Earnings, Shareholder Suit Alleges

- 1997-12-02

PHILADELPHIA--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 1, 1997--A class action lawsuit was filed Monday by Berger & Montague, P.C. and Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament Bell & Rubenstein, P.C. in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Waste Management Inc. WMX and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons...

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Waste Management Inc., NYSE:WMX, Shareholder Suit Alleges Company 'Puffed Up' Earnings

- 1997-11-10

PHILADELPHIA--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 10, 1997--A class action lawsuit was filed Friday by Berger & Montague, P.C. and Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament Bell & Rubenstein, P.C. in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Waste Management Inc. (NYSE:WMX) and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons...

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