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...
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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...
18-Apr-2016 - SunEdison, Inc. – SUNE TerraForm Power, Inc. – TERP Vivint Solar, Inc. – VSLR TerraForm Power – Confirmed, undisclosed SEC probe; added to our Watch List of Companies with Undisclosed SEC Probes Analyst Summary: This is one of those cases of...
11-Apr-2016 - Blackstone Group – BX On Watch List of Companies with Disclosed SEC Probes Summary and Opinion: Of late, Blackstone has been disclosing a lot more SEC investigative activity than we found in the past. We think this should not be...
16-Mar-2016 - The following repeats and updates a report we first published on Mallinckrodt on 27-May-2015. Update, from the Mallinckrodt 10-Q filed 02-Feb-2016 -- In September 2012, Questcor received a subpoena from the USAO for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for information relating to...
28-Feb-2016 - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. $VRX Sunday Special UPDATE: Last week, on 23-Feb-2016, we published a report warning of the potential for a new and undisclosed SEC probe of Valeant. In a letter dated 22-Feb-2016, and just received by us on...