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Why Companies Split Their Stock
A split changes the share count and nothing else — yet the announcement reliably moves prices, because it signals management confidence and retail accessibility.
Lena Fischer · April 18, 2026
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Company news across retail, food, leisure and consumer goods: results and guidance, mergers, disposals, closure programs and job cuts. Entries include the figures a company disclosed and the ones analysts asked about. Built for investors, suppliers and competitors needing the development and its arithmetic together.
Company news across retail, food, leisure and consumer goods: results and guidance, mergers, disposals, closure programs and job cuts. Entries include the figures a company disclosed and the ones analysts asked about. Built for investors, suppliers and competitors needing the development and its arithmetic together.
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How Layoffs Get Counted Under the WARN Act
The layoff numbers in headlines come from a 1988 law's notice filings — and they systematically miss the job cuts that dominate white-collar recessions.
Lena Fischer · March 26, 2026
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CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure, Explained
Since 2018, every public company must publish one number: CEO compensation divided by the median employee's — a metric designed for shame that turns out to be hard to compare.
Lena Fischer · March 4, 2026
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How Chapter 11 Restructuring Works
Chapter 11 lets a company keep operating while it rewrites its debts under court supervision — funded by lenders whose claims jump the queue and paid out in an order the bankruptcy code fixes.
Lena Fischer · February 9, 2026
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What an 8-K Filing Tells Investors
The SEC's Form 8-K is the corporate alarm bell — bankruptcy, CEO exits, mergers, and auditor changes must reach it within four business days, often before the press release lands.
Lena Fischer · January 17, 2026