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A Sneaky Way Companies Boost Their Stock Price

12:30PM 7/29/2011

Company News, Google , Apple, Tyco International, Altria Group

Of all the ways a company might become more valuable, this has got to be the most superficial: a simple change of name. And yet a study of corporate name changes shows that it works. From 1-800 Flowers.com to Philip Morris-Altria Group, here are some of the most noteworthy nominal transformations.

Tyco Registers to Spin Off Electrical & Metal Products Unit

5:30AM 9/15/2010

By Danny King

Company News, Tyco International

Tyco International Ltd. filed documents with the Securities & Exchange Commission to spin off its Electrical & Metal Products division, which accounted for about 8% of its revenue last year. The company previously announced plans to spin off the unit in April.

Why Broadview Security Keeps Making Ads That Scare the Hell Out of Us

2:00PM 2/24/2010

By Aimee Picchi

Company News, Media, Tyco International

Using sex in advertising is a tried and true way to sell a product. But one company is betting that fear may be just as effective. Broadview Security (formerly branded as Brinks Home Security) has been airing ads that feature a series of scenarios that play on women's darkest fears.

Tyco Pulls a Brink's Job, Stock Looks Like a Steal

5:50PM 1/19/2010

By Dan Burrows

Company News, Investing, Tyco International, Stock Picks

Shares of Tyco International looked intriguing even before Tuesday's deal to buy Brink's Home Security. Now, with the business boosting its ADT unit, the stock appears too undervalued to ignore.

Tyco Locks Up Broadview Security for $2 Billion

10:42AM 1/19/2010

By Tom Taulli

Company News, Tyco International

Tyco has been quiet on the mergers and acquisitions front since the accounting scandal of 2002. But this week the company returned to the M&A game, agreeing to pay nearly $2 billion to fold Broadview Security (formerly Brinks Home Security) into its ADT unit.

Stocks in the news: MBIA, Tyco, Beazer

9:05AM 11/10/2009

By Melly Alazraki

Company News, Investing, Intel, Oracle, Sprint Nextel Corp, Tyco International, Sun Microsystems, Comcast, Time Warner Cable

MBIA (MBI) shares dropped over 13% ahead of the bell after the bond insurer reported Monday heavier losses in its insurance business than expected. The company recorded a massive loss of $727.8 million, or $3.50 a share, which is still slightly better than last year's. Tyco International (TYC)...

A 12-step program for becoming a white-collar criminal

8:30AM 10/15/2009

By Eric Wahlgren

People, Tyco International

Did Bernard Madoff just wake up one day and decide to steal $50 billion from his investors? Probably not. Other figures in the growing pantheon of white-collar criminals -- names like Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco), Jeffrey Skilling (Enron, pictured) and Bernard Ebbers (WorldCom) -- most likely didn't...

Nine U.S, companies agree to reform executive pay

1:20PM 9/21/2009

By David Schepp

Company News, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Sysco Corp, Tyco International

The constant drumbeat for corporations to rein in salaries may finally be echoing in the nation's boardrooms. AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and Tyco International (TYC) are among nine companies that have signed on to a number of guiding principles that will link pay to performance, ensure...