Asbestos: series tells story behind product liability problems
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Wall Street had developed a sudden fixation on asbestos liability, something that Georgia-Pacific company had no shortage of. Although the company had plenty of insurance for asbestos liability, a string of asbestos-related bankruptcies and eye-popping trial verdicts led the investors to slash one-third off the company's stock price.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2003
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Executive profits: stock options and side deals mean millions for managers as Qwest stock takes dive
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Joe Nacchio, former Qwest Chairman and CEO, undervalued the stock of Qwest Communications at $45 per share. Nacchio made it easy for the savvy investor to understand the trend of earning profits and collected some 32 million dollar from the stock of his company.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2003
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Extension public records search leads to pension fund fraud stories
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Boston Herald published two series detailing the public transit employees' pension fund that gave 7 million dollar in loans to a arsonist, wherein the arsonist provided kickbacks to the executive director and the chairman of the pension fund.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2001
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