WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Want to ruin your company's reputation? Try this

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Want to ruin your company's reputation? Try this 

Just as Harris Interactive and The Wall Street Journal announced the results of their Reputation Quotient survey -- which cited Microsoft as the company with the best corporate reputation this year -- a couple of events in the news last week made me think about how one misguided incident can severely damage a company's precious reputation.

A Schism Could Cost Dale Earnhardt Inc. an Earnhardt 
Dale Earnhardt Jr.?s D.E.I. contract is up at the end of the year, and negotiations have been tense since his stepmother, Teresa Earnhardt, seemingly questioned his commitment to the team in a December interview.

Google rumoured to be wooing Ottawa-born company Adscape 
Google Inc. is reported to be looking at buying Ottawa company Adscape Media Inc. in a bid to increase its advertising presence, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Game On! Bidding War over Mills Corp Heats Up with $1.56B Bid 
The Wall Street Journal reports Simon Property Group, the largest retail REIT in the U.S., and Farallon Capital Management, a $26 billion hedge fund, have bid $1.56b for Mills Corp, topping the $1.35b offer Mills had already reached agreement with Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management.

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Billionaire Eli Broad wants nothing less than to remake his adopted

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Billionaire Eli Broad wants nothing less than to remake his adopted

US News and World Report - A newshound who built two Fortune 500 companies and a multibillion-dollar fortune, Broad (rhymes with road) whizzes through the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times each morning before most people can conquer a double

UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest
Reuters - Triad Hospitals Inc. (TRI.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) was expected to announced as early as Monday morning that it was selling itself to private-equity buyers for about $4.4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with

Are we all gambling criminals?
Los Angeles Times - One bemused Las Vegas sports handicapper told the Wall Street Journal last week that the ban on Internet gambling should be renamed the "Sopranos Support Bill," because the main beneficiaries of keeping closely regulated casinos from doing business

Born Again Supply-Sider?
Washington Post - Interviewed by Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal in November 2005, he preached class warfare in defending that vote: "I just thought [Bush's tax cut] was too tilted to the wealthy, and I still do. . . . We have a wealth gap in this country

MIV Therapeutics Releases CEO Letter to Shareholders Highlighting
Forbes - Landy is a well-known pundit in the financial media who has made frequent appearances on CNBC, Reuters, Dow Jones, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and Business Week, to name a few, and has already brought vast experience, knowledge and pedigreed

Investors Sue Dell over Alleged Kickback
CFO.com - Investors are accusing Dell Inc. of an accounting kickback scheme involving chipmaker Intel Corp., according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, investors charge that Dell is being paid as much as $1 billion

Boutique farming
Boston Online - James Perry, the great curmudgeon of a political reporter for The Wall Street Journal, listened to the exchange, then turned to no one in particular and asked, "Has anyone ever met a happy farmer?" There are some in Massachusetts because, it turns out

Triad near deal for private equity buyout: WSJ
Boston Globe - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Triad Hospitals Inc. was expected to announce as early as Monday morning that it was selling itself to private-equity buyers for about $4.4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Citing people familiar with