SCORE Stories: Painting the Town Red
A case of the corporate blues and being in the right place at the right time was all Tom Evans and Shawn Hickey needed to make a career change and join the millions of Americans who chance it every day and open a small business. Though neither had the innate entrepreneurial urge to break away from the somewhat predictable 9-to-5 corporate America lifestyle, both recognized an opportunity when it was squarely in front of them. Evans...
Former Rep. Mike Oxley Dies at 71
New York — Mike Oxley, the former Ohio congressman who co-sponsored the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring corporate executives to vouch for company financials in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals, has died at age 71. He died Jan. 1 in McLean, Va., according to his wife, Patricia Oxley. The cause was non-small cell lung cancer, which can afflict nonsmokers. A Republican, he served 12 terms in the House of...
Chemical Giants in Mega Merger
Two of corporate America’s oldest institutions, chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont, will merge into a $130 billion behemoth — and then split again into three companies — in one of the largest megadeals of the year, the companies said Friday. Since their founding in the 19th century, both companies have invented and sold some of the most transformative discoveries in modern chemistry, changing how our homes are built and painted...
Designed to Work
Furniture making is an art that WallGoldfinger Inc. has down to a science. The Randolph-based company specializes in marrying corporate furniture — ranging from small desks to 50-foot conference tables — with technology to create beautiful yet functional pieces. Led by mild-mannered but driven CEO John Wall, who owns the company with his wife, Annie Gould, WallGoldfinger has grown into a formidable furniture producer catering to...
Drugmakers Announce Merger
Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer Inc. and Allergan on Monday announced a $160 billion merger that would create the world’s largest drugmaker with high-profile products such as Botox, Lipitor and Viagra, while increasing pressure on Washington policymakers to address corporate tax policy because the deal would shelter the new firm’s global earnings. Although New York-based Pfizer is the larger company, the deal is structured so that...
