A whopping 99.14% of NovaGold (NG) shareholders voted in favor of the company’s spinoff of its Ambler copper project known as NovaCopper at a shareholder meeting earlier this week. Not much of a surprise given the support of several large proxy firms and the lack of any vocal opposition. The spin is expected to...
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Approved! Shareholders Back NovaCopper Spin
The Name Game Continues: Sara Lee Digs Into Its Past
Tired of reading about new names? Out of luck because Sara Lee recently recently unveiledD.E. Master Blenders 1753 as the new name for its international tea and coffee business. What is that name? Well, Douwe Egberts (the D.E.) is a name long (like since 1753 long) associated with coffee and that was apparently exactly...
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HIG Submits
Whew! Time to exhale as the drama is finally over. Peyton Manning is signed, Tebow was traded and now Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG) will shed several business units in order to increase its focus on its profitable property & casualty business. While the group benefits and mutual fund businesses will also be retained,...
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Sorry Costello – Abbott Chooses AbbVie For Spinoff Name
After covering Kraft’s (poor) choice in naming its spinoff, we now move onto mocking examining Abbott’s (ABT) choice of the name AbbVie for its new pharmaceuticals company. Sadly, this now means that journalists will have to stop referring to the company as ‘Costello’ which would have been quite the humorous, although ill advised pick....
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Mondelez? Oh Puhhleez! Kraft Chooses Awful Name For Global Snacks Business
Since Kraft(KFT) announced last year that it planned to spin off its North American Foods business from its Global Snacks business, anticipation has been high to discover what the two new companies would be named. Well, the wait is over. The company undertook a long and deliberate process Last fall, the company invited employees...
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