News Digest for October 27, 2006

There are 6 items … The Next Insider Trading Scandal? | Credit-Default Swap Traders Anticipated Announcements of LBOs? | TSE says in talks with NYSE on business tie-up | Winners of IR Magazine Continental Europe Awards 2006 announced | Companies Fire Back at Backdating Report | Survey Shows MBA Students Believe Business Should Be Agent of Social Change

The Next Insider Trading Scandal?
According to recent research by Alan D. Jagolinzer, an assistant professor at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, some executives appear to be making better-than-expected gains while trading within 10b5-1 plans.

Credit-Default Swap Traders Anticipated Announcements of LBOs
Derivatives traders may be profiting from inside information on leveraged buyouts and other takeovers, a study by Credit Derivatives Research LLC suggests.

TSE says in talks with NYSE on business tie-up
The Tokyo Stock Exchange said on Friday it is discussing an operational tie-up with the New York Stock Exchange

Winners of IR Magazine Continental Europe Awards 2006 announced
Germany’s E.ON and Netherlands-based advanced technology systems manufacturer ASML faced tough competition but took the top prizes at the IR Magazine Continental Europe Awards 2006, held in Zurich at the Hotel InterContinental on October 25.

Companies Fire Back at Backdating Report
Confronted with errors and criticized for unfairly implicating executives and companies in the stock-options scandal, officials at The Corporate Library are standing behind the firm’s recently issued report purporting to reveal that a web of board connections underlies the current wave of backdating misdeeds.

Survey Shows MBA Students Believe Business Should Be Agent of Social Change
The overwhelming majority of today’s MBA students believe that businesses should work toward the betterment of society, that managers should take into account social and environmental impacts when making business decisions, and that corporate social responsibility should be integrated into core curricula in MBA programs, according to a new survey.

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