Equity Securities

Buffett Rebuffed
Growth Companies

Buffett Rebuffed

The Berkshire chairman decried the FASB mandate on new reporting for unrealized gains and losses. His airline holdings proved him wrong.
By Vincent Ryan | June 1, 2020
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The Value of Cash
Tax

The Value of Cash

How much is $1 of surplus balance-sheet cash worth? Less as a company matures, it turns out.
By Hans Tallis | November 4, 2014
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Why Would You Want to Work for a PE-Backed Firm?
Job Hunting

Why Would You Want to Work for a PE-Backed Firm?

For CFOs who may be of a mind to hook up with a private equity-backed company, open your eyes wide and tread very carefully.
By John Touey | September 23, 2013
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Out of the Public Eye
Capital Markets

Out of the Public Eye

With both interest rates and equity investors' expectations rising, more public companies are turning to private deals for capital.
By Ian Springsteel | January 1, 2000
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Stocks: New Regs for Deadly Convertibles
Corporate Finance

Stocks: New Regs for Deadly Convertibles

Deadly convertibles are eyeballed by the the NASD.
By Joseph McCafferty | December 1, 1998
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To Have and Have Not
Investment Banking

To Have and Have Not

Companies have long had it both ways on stock options. But now they must show what these incentives cost and how much dilution they cause
By Michelle Celarier | March 1, 1998
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Where Cash Is Anything But Trash
Corporate Finance

Where Cash Is Anything But Trash

Why Honeywell prefers debt over equity to finance deals.
By Stephen Barr | February 1, 1998
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Right-of-Way
Technology

Right-of-Way

A rights-offering IPO helped OAO Technology Solutions motor through the heavy market-seas of the fall.
By Ian Springsteel | January 1, 1998
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