- DeCrane's stock buy-back plan may hit
roadblock.
Over the past 15 months, DeCrane Aircraft Holdings Inc. has raised more than $70 million on Wall Street, first with an IPO, then through a secondary stock offering. Now the company is attempting to boost its fortunes once again - by going private. The El Segundo-based aircraft components manufacturer, in ......
- Stock repurchase plans boost ROE.
Community bank managers and directors should be concerned about shareholder value and how to enhance it. After all, the directors have a fiduciary duty to shareholders to maximize the value of their institution's shares. Boards that do not take actions to maximize value over a period of time will find ......
- More Adelphia Complications
A group of Adelphia Communications Corp. bondholders made moves to throw a wrench in the cable company’s efforts to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and execute a $16.9 billion sale to Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp., sending a letter to Adelphia’s board of directors criticizing its latest reorganization plan....
- United Capital Corp.'s shares up 15%
United Capital Corp.'s (AMEX: AFP) shares rose 15 percent to $27.15 for the week ended June 2 after the company bought back nearly 5 percent of its stock. The firm said it bought back 425,000 shares for $23.42 per share, or about $10 million, leaving about 8.7 million in outstanding ......
- Axed merger costs Excel Technolgoy
Excel Technology on Tuesday said $2.1 million in charges related to its planned merger with a California tech company caused its third quarter profit to fall 43 percent.
- People
Horton, Inc., Roseville, Minn., has announced the appointment of Jeff Lindgren as vice president and general manager. Lindgren oversees Horton sales, marketing, engineering, production, finance, IT, and human resources functions. Horton also announced the appointments of Gary Pellegrom to the position of U.S./Canada sales and David Hennessey as director of ......
- Asphalt roofing group names new officers
The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association elected and installed their new officers and Executive Committee members at the 2005 Fall Meeting of the ARMA Board of Directors, held Nov. 2-3 in Napa, CA. ARMA's new president is Robert B. Tafaro, chief operating officer of GAF Materials Corporation, Wayne, NJ. Tafaro's term, ......