Random thoughts and business insights (5.3.07)

Random Thoughts and Insights

Former Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, recently expressed his displeasure with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

According to my calculations, the market capitalization of Home Depot increased by approximately $1.86 billion on Wednesday, the day the company announced the abrupt resignation of CEO, Bob Nardelli. Subsequently, Nardelli is leaving with a sweatheart severance package of a cool $210 million.

The landscape of companies entering the public arena is sure changing. For one, we now have an environment where companies are waiting longer to hit the market with an IPO. The reasons for such delay are numerous and varied.

2007 Insights - Various topics

Looking back over 2006, I’ve compiled what I believe are the best of the best blog postings for Your Money Matters.

I guess that I should have seen this one coming. The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Christopher Cox, communicated that he is “intrigued” by the idea of disseminating important corporate information via the use of corporate blogs. It appears that this dialogue primarily started when the CEO of Sun Microsystems, Inc.(Sun), Jonathan Schwartz, and Sun general counsel, Michael Dillon recently requested a clarification on Regulation FD to allow the use of corporate websites or blogs rather than or in addition to the use of press releases and operator assisted conference calls to disseminate material corporate information.

Microsoft Office Accounting 2007 has packaged together an assortment of features, which combined with other products like Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, provides the opportunity for ease of use and business growth.

Now here is a start-up enterprise for which I, along with many others, would like a piece of this investment – Tiger Woods Design!