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April 7, 2015
Issued to WiperFill Holdings LLC. Matthew Carroll invented a system of collecting rainwater to replenish a windshield wiper reservoir and windshield washer conditioner.
June 19, 2018
Issued to Raytheon Company. Joseph Marron invented a coherent ladar using intra-pixel quadrature detection, with applications in such varied fields as autonomous vehicles, medical imaging devices, military defense systems, and space and undersea exploration.
May 11, 2021
Issued to 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. Co-inventors Saravana B. Kumar and Jason S. Diedering provide a new method for delivering, positioning, and/or repositioning a collapsible and expandable stent frame within a patient’s heart chamber.
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What happened
Skechers (NYSE:SKX) shareholders beat a booming rally last month. The stock gained 16% in April compared with a 5.2% spike in the
The boost added to a significant rally for the footwear giant, which is up over 70% in the past year.
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So what
Investors cheered Skechers latest earnings release on April 22 showing improving demand trends. Sales rose 15% through late March despite continued pandemic pressures in some markets, management revealed. The momentum we experienced in the second half of 2020, COO David Weinberg told investors, continued into the first quarter. Skechers also noted a sharp jump in profitability thanks to rising average prices.
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Captain’s log. The EMH is giving a concert in the mess hall, singing “La donna è mobile” to a mostly rapt crowd. Tuvok starts crying, and then attacking the other people in the mess hall. The EMH diagnoses him as going through ponfarr, and has Paris prepare a hypospray while the EMH continues to sing, albeit with new, Tuvok-focused lyrics. After he gives Tuvok the shot, he gets a standing ovation at which point we realize the EMH is daydreaming. He’s expanded his program to include that ability, though Torres suggests that if he has that kind of downtime, he should just deactivate, which would save power. The EMH is also disappointed to learn that he is no longer assigned to an away team he was originally supposed to be part of.
Apr 27, 2021
It’s peak proxy season, the time of year when America’s publicly traded companies make a slew of disclosures related to their annual meetings. Which means it’s a great time to witness a phenomenon that would be heart-warming were it not happening at shareholders’ expense: the generosity that top executives and directors show toward their relatives.
Transactions with related parties, which include both relatives of and entities controlled by company insiders, have a long and checkered history.
After the 2001 implosion of Enron, which used such transactions to mask its financial shenanigans, the Securities and Exchange Commission began requiring better disclosure on anything exceeding $120,000. As a result, proxy statements often include interesting information about the relatives of top executives or directors who are on the payroll or have other business dealings with the company.