There are 8 items today… HP CEO Linked to Spy Scandal in Email | HP Investigators Sought Briefing With Hurd | Market gossip goes high-tech | Does Your Web Browsing Create a Unique ‘Clickprint’? | France Outlines New Stock Options Rules | Top pension funds add a trillion dollars | European SRI market breaks through €1 tn barrier | Family-controlled firms outperform
HP CEO Linked to Spy Scandal
Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Mark V. Hurd approved an elaborate “sting” operation on a reporter in February in an attempt to plug leaks to the media, according to an e-mail message sent by HP Chairman Patricia C. Dunn.
H. P. Investigators Sought Briefing With Hurd
“Mark believes the names worth looking at are Hackborn, Babbio, Salhany, Keyworth and Perkins.”
Market gossip goes high-tech
Market gossip is to take on a more high-tech form thanks to a new automated system that will trawl through more than 40m internet sources – from blogs to regulatory filings – on behalf of hedge funds.
Does Your Web Browsing Create a Unique ‘Clickprint’?
Padmanabhan and Yang find that each individual may have a “clickprint” — a unique pattern of web surfing behavior based on actions such as the number of pages viewed per session, the number of minutes spent on each web page, the time or day of the week the page is visited, and so on.
France Outlines New Stock Options Rules
The government has yet to decide whether it should be a company’s board or its shareholders who decide on the proportion of stock options that executives are barred from selling while remaining in the job.
Top pension funds add a trillion dollars
Total assets at the world’s largest pension funds grew by around 12% to US$9.4 trillion during 2005, adding US$1 trillion to last year’s figure, according to Pensions & Investments and Watson Wyatt research. (Includes table of world’s top 20 pension funds)
European SRI market breaks through €1 tn barrier
The socially responsible investment (SRI) market in Europe is now worth more than €1 tn ($1.27 tn) and accounts for 10-15 percent of European funds under management, according to a new study conducted by the European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif).
Family-controlled firms outperform
UK-listed, family-run firms consistently perform better in the stock market than their rivals, according to a survey by researchers at Manchester Business School.
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