27-Jun-2016 - Tesla Motors – TSLA / SolarCity - SCTY Tesla / SolarCity: Governance Conflicts, Disclosure Shortcomings Analyst Summary: In the past we wrote of undisclosed problems found each at Tesla and SolarCity. Even if since resolved, which is not necessarily clear in the case of...
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27-Jun-2016 - Microsoft Corp – $MSFT Microsoft Keeping Investors in the Dark on SEC Investigations (Still) Multiple Undisclosed SEC Investigations Found Analyst Summary: Evidence of multiple, confirmed undisclosed SEC probes found. We are puzzled, if not troubled, that...
1-Jun-2016 - Alcoa – $AA / RTI International Metals, Inc. – $RTI Multiple Undisclosed SEC Investigations Confirmed Alcoa Contending With At Least Two Undisclosed SEC Probes Analyst Summary: Undisclosed SEC Probe Again Confirmed at RTI International Metals, Inc. $RTI...
1-Jun-2016 - Johnson Controls – $JCI Analyst Summary: A disclosed SEC investigation is confirmed as on-going. This company has a FCPA probe that has been running a long time, involves accounting, and could hurt (or already is hurting) operations. We explain the flaw inherent in...
26-May-2016 - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd – $BABA We parse the language used in Alibaba's newly-disclosed SEC investigation Analyst Summary: On 24-May-2016, Alibaba Group disclosed what appears to be an informal SEC investigation. This is the first time this...
24-May-2016 - Pinnacle Foods Inc. $PF Confirmed, Undisclosed SEC Investigation at Boulder Brands Unit Analyst Summary: The executives and board of Pinnacle Foods have been distracted this year. The company closed on an all-cash acquisition of Boulder...
28-Apr-2016 - Groupon, Inc. - $GRPN On Watch List of Companies with Confirmed, Undisclosed SEC Probes Analyst Summary: We understand Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia was out with a note yesterday in which he reported a statement from Groupon in response...
25-Apr-2016 - Conn’s - $CONN On Watch of Companies with Disclosed SEC Probes Added to Disclosure Games® List Analyst Summary: From carefully timed delays in initial disclosure of its SEC probe in 2014, to failure to provide meaningful updates today, we think...