Jul 19, 2002 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- The issue of executive stock options should be of concern to Australian shareholders. Linking corporate remuneration to stock performance is not a desirable practice. It can encourage executives to focus on short-term performance, according to...
WALTHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--August 12, 1998--Kronos Incorporated (NASDAQ:KRON) announced that its Board of Directors voted to extend its stock repurchase program. Under the current program, the Company is authorized to repurchase up to an aggregate of 500,000 shares of common stock. During the past year, the Company has been buying back...
WALTHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--August 12, 1998--Kronos Incorporated (NASDAQ:KRON) announced that its Board of Directors voted to extend its stock repurchase program. Under the current program, the Company is authorized to repurchase up to an aggregate of 500,000 shares of common stock. During the past year, the Company has been buying back...
Byline: Brooke Southall SAN FRANCISCO - Now Nasdaq and NASCAR can be mentioned in the same breath, but the marriage of the stock market and the stock car circuit has gotten off to an inauspicious start. ...
M2 PRESSWIRE-12 March 1999-NASDAQ-AMEX: Infosys Technologies Limited lists on the Nasdaq Stock Market C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:110399 * First Indian-registered direct listing on a U.S. Market Washington, D.C. -- Infosys Technologies Limited of Bangalore, India -- one...
Business Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 13, 2001 iBEAM BroadcastingR Corp. (Nasdaq:IBEM), a leading provider of streaming communications solutions, announced that its stockholders at their annual meeting on September 12, 2001, approved a previously announced one-for-ten reverse split of the company's common stock. iBEAM has been advised by Nasdaq...
GOLDEN, COLORADO--BUSINESS WIRE--DECEMBER 6, 1995--Boston Chicken, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOST) today announced an increase in its offering of shares of common stock to nine million shares at a price of $34.50 per share, for estimated net proceeds of $298,000,000. On November 3, 1995, the Company announced the filing of a registration...
When the going gets tough, variable-annuity sellers start to play games. That's the signal regulators at the National Association of Securities Dealers are picking up from the latest spate of industry advertising. As the stock market stumbles a When the...
French automobile manufacturer Renault announced in a statement on March 8 that it has sold its 17.88% stake in the Japanese truck manufacturer Nissan Diesel to J.P. Morgan Securities, which will in turn sell the shares on the stock market. "Ren French automobile manufacturer Renault announced...
By Michael Clark, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The cold snap may have left City investors coughing and sneezing, but it has succeeded in focusing attention back on the drugs sector. GlaxoSmithKline fell 12 pence to 1187...
PASADENA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 1995--Acacia Research Corp. ACRI released sales figures for the six months ended June 1995 of $1.35 million.This compares with $87,000 for the like period in 1994. The company also reported that sales for the month of June exceeded $300,000, another new high. Earnings are...
RIYADH AFP — Saudi King Abdullah reportedly sacked the head of the country's financial market regulatory body, one day after the market dived sharply to a 14-month low. The chairman of the Financial Market Commission Council Jammaz bin Abdullah al-Sihaimi was removed from his position by a royal decree,...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--July 11, 1997--PlayByPlay Toys & Novelties, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBYP) today announced that is has completed a $15 million private placement of Convertible Debentures. Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc. acted as agent for the transaction. The Debentures mature in 7 years, pay interest monthly based on an...
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CBA supremo David Murray has no hard feelings towards the media for its coverage of lofty executive payouts, AAP reports. However Murray, who received nearly $7 million in total remuneration last financial year, still believes publication of million-dollar payouts can create "distortions". "It's fantastic for the media," he told journalists....
CHEMDEX CORPORATION has completed its initial public offering of 7.5 million shares at a price of $15 per share, raising $112.5 million. Shares of Chemdex soared 70 percent to $25.50 on its first day of trading on ... CHEMDEX CORPORATION has completed its initial...