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The Motley Fool
June 20, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Two Tyco Takedowns Kozlowski and Swartz are convicted for looting millions at investors' expense. Their convictions aren't enough to restore investors' losses, either in cash diverted to Kozlowski's shower-curtain budget or subsequent losses in stock value.   |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2004
Seth Jayson |
The Real Crime at Tyco A culture of corporate excess may decriminalize boardroom thievery. |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Fool's Look Ahead Ready for a new market month? Monday: Tyco is busy trying to overcome Kozlowski's shortcomings and turn itself around... Tuesday: Priceline has topped analyst estimates during each of the past seven quarters... etc. |
The Motley Fool
November 15, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Tyco Takes the Stage Global services and manufacturing conglomerate just reported a strong quarter and fiscal year, and it appears to be moving confidently beyond its past troubles. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
September 2004
Scott Kirsner |
One Tough Assignment When CEO Ed Breen took over at Tyco, he fired the very board that had hired him. And that was just the start. |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2011
Navjot Kaur |
More on Tyco's Break-Up After going through an extensive acquisition and diversification spree under the management of CEO Dennis Kozlowski, industrial conglomerate Tyco Industries is trying to simplify its business model. |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Motorola's Loss, Tyco's Gain Wall Street stood ready to inflict the ultimate punishment on Tyco. No more. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Robert Barker |
Too Late To Jump Back Into Tyco? At $22 a share, Tyco has nearly doubled from its low in March. Given Tyco's new financial basis and outlook, the question for investors is whether the stock remains a growth opportunity. |
BusinessWeek
February 11, 2010
Diane Brady |
Ed Breen Sets a New Course for Tyco With a $2 billion acquisition, it's looking to do some deals again. Will that be enough to make a "wartime general" stick around? |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2005
Rich Smith |
Stupid CEO Tricks When it comes to executive compensation, you don't always get what you pay for. If your company is too busy making its CEO rich to make you rich, then it might be time to find a better investment. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Why Martha Is a Sure Thing The recent extension of Martha Stewart's house arrest proves she's incorrigible. Even if you assume her unmatchable ego and skewed sense of entitlement won't push her into future fits of law-breaking, there are plenty of perfectly legal ways that the domestic diva will continue to pick shareholders' pockets. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Must Love Dogs Flea-infested stocks can sometimes be an investor's best friends. I'm talking about turnaround investing, of course. |
Fast Company
December 2002
Ryan Underwood |
Speedometer Best Analysis of business excess... Worst Example of business excess... Best investment advice... Worst Media Prediction... etc. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
William C. Symonds |
Tyco's Tentative Turnaround CEO Breen has done a lot of cleaning up. Now it may be time to start selling assets. Investors are concerned about slower growth. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Tyco's Still in Cleanup Mode Ed Breen has done a tremendous job in the Tyco turnaround. But as with all turnarounds, there's still work to be done. Its stock fell $1.63 to $34.51 upon that news. The 52-week high is $36.58. |
BusinessWeek
March 12, 2007
Gene G. Marcial |
As Tyco Splits Into Three The deconglomeration of Tyco International planned for the spring hasn't excited investors. But some pros have been buying shares. |
Fast Company
December 2003
Jennifer Reingold |
Make the Buck, Then Pass It We attend the opening arguments in the cases of Frank Quattrone and Dennis Kozlowski, and learn that, hey, these kingpins were merely powerless cogs (just like us). |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Tyco Tries Investors' Patience Again Tyco hasn't made it easy for shareholders to hang on. Break-up may be the best hope for growth here. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2010
Tim Beyers |
What the Bubble Taught Us About Tech In the battle of the bubbles, the dot-com disaster may have been less devastating than the recent financial fiasco and housing hullabaloo, but it still destroyed about $5 trillion in value. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2006
Jim Schoettler |
Identifying Effective Management Finding shareholder-friendly management teams may be the most important aspect of investing. We look at some tools that can help us measure what management teams are doing and how well they're doing it. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2005
Seth Jayson |
What's That Smell? Follow closely corporate scandal if you want to know where not to invest. Stay informed. Read the financials, especially the footnotes. |
Fast Company
January 2003
Linda Tischler |
Master of Deception Police veteran Dennis Marlock has written the book on scams, cons, and frauds, which makes him an expert witness to what's gone wrong in the executive suites of corporate America. Does everyone lie? Aren't we too smart to get conned? Some honest talk about dishonest business. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
Tell Your CEO Who's Boss Investing in dividend-paying companies are among the surest ways to build a fortune over the long run. From the cash in your pocket to the executive reality check about who the real boss is, those dividend payments sure do mean a lot. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2010
Rick Steier |
The Resurrection of Tyco Why the company survived in the face of scandal. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Sales Grow Even as Tyco Goes Solo It looks like management is working hard to turn things around. Overall, it's still too early to tell how Tyco, Covidien, or Tyco Electronics will perform on a stand-alone basis. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Tyco's Kozlowski Walks The judge in the Kozlowski-Swartz case has declared a mistrial. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Break the Law, Earn $200K Former corporate crooks are sought after on the lecture circuit, with one, Walter Pavlo, poised to make nearly $200,000 for telling others about his malfeasance. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2006
Richard Gibbons |
The Foundation of a Superior Investment Any stock investment should be analyzed on three important dimensions. 1. Management integrity is paramount... 2. Buy a business... 3. Wait for the right price... |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2005
Richard Gibbons |
Identifying Great Management How small investors can evaluate the quality of management. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2005
Bill Mann |
Trial by Bill Investors should hold corporate executives to a higher standard than the courts do. A CEO's actions in all regards speak to the level of trust that investors can put in his or her stewardship of their money. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Avoiding the Road to Ruin Three simple tests can keep some of the market's worst stocks off your watch list. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Lessons From Looters Looking at Hollinger International, the world's third largest newspaper group, tells you all you need to know about companies that should never make it into your portfolio. |
CFO
December 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
The Greed Factor Perhaps we should look at greed as the inevitable byproduct of capitalism, or even the fuel that drives it. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Greed's Deadly Consequences As 2008 draws to a close, it's a good time to contemplate this crazy year and one of its major themes: unbridled greed, unfettered by conscience. |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: Tyco Still Ticking The diversified manufacturing and service company is set to report fourth-quarter and full-year earnings. Investors, here is a primer on the company and its current outlook. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Say Hello to Jumpsuit Joe The once-proud telco titan is being fitted for bright orange prisonwear for illegal insider trading. Investors, meanwhile, have been handed a gift. Call it a crystal-clear case study in how hype can destroy your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
Navjot Kaur |
Building Boom Brightens Tyco's Earnings Tyco International posts robust fourth-quarter profits. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2004
Rex Moore |
Tyco's Tempting Valuation If scandal and dangerous debt is indeed behind it, this stock is undervalued compared to its peers. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
On Trial This year, the wheels of justice may catch up to some corporate movers and shakers. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2005
Paul Elliott |
Keep Your CEO Out of Jail Buy dividend paying stocks, keep CEOs honest. This is not the first time a pretty smart cookie told the author that buying dividend-paying stocks is the only way to invest. Maybe this time he'll listen? |
Salon.com
February 20, 2002
Dave Lindorff |
Chief fudge-the-books officer Enron CFO Andrew Fastow wasn't a renegade, he was just doing his job -- or, at least, he was doing precisely what today's CFOs are being told to do... |
