Spinning

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The practice of brokerage houses exchanging IPO shares with top executives for reciprocating business from their companies.
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Investopedia explains 'Spinning'

A lucrative means of enticing the business of large companies. By swaying the decision of the top executives, investment brokerage houses can secure a quid pro quo type of arrangement.

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  • Is Motorola Spinning Off Value?

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Is-Motorola-Spinning-Off-Value-MOT-VZ-AAPL-T0622.aspx
    ... Article; Comments (0). Is Motorola Spinning Off Value?
    Posted: Jun 22, 2010 06:40 AM by Sham Gad. ...

  • Pages From The Bad CEO Playbook

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/08/costs-bad-ceo.asp
    Excess compensation, golden parachutes, tunneling and IPO
    spinning make these bad executives even worse. ...

  • Candlestick Charting: What Is It?

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/technical/02/121702.asp
    ... Spinning tops are very small bodies and can be either black or white. ... Figure 4: Daily
    chart of EBAY showing Doji lines and spinning tops. Source: TradeStation. ...

  • Finding Spin In The Financial Services Industry

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/10/identifying-spin-financial-services-industry.asp
    ... industry. A Closer Look As the name suggests, spinning means twisting and
    turning something around, giving it an angle or a slant. The ...

  • Some Good News Is Bad News For Investors

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/11/interpreting-investor-news.asp
    Some companies excel at announcing news that is bad for
    shareholders, but spinning it as good news. ...

  • Ralcorp Needs To Offer More

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Ralcorp-Needs-To-Offer-More-RAH-CAG-GIS-K-KFT-THS-CPB1130.aspx
    ... The company is certainly trying to change things up, including spinning off its
    branded cereal business, but this is supposed to be a good time for the makers ...

  • Marvel Takes Earnings Pause

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Marvel-Takes-Earnings-Pause-MVL-TWX-DIS-HAS-LGF0812.aspx
    ... Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), with its sprawling properties, had declining revenues from
    its film and publishing segments, and after spinning off Time Warner Cable ...

  • Break Up Brunswick

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Break-Up-Brunswick-BC-PII-ACAT-HOG-MPX0506.aspx
    ... I had a three-point plan that involved spinning out the Mercury engine division,
    selling the boat business and retaining the fitness, billiards and bowling ...

  • AMD Spinoff Won't Slay The Giant

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2008/AMD-Spinoff-Wont-Slay-The-Giant-AMD1009.aspx
    AMD's latest move is spinning off its manufacturing operations, but Goliath Intel
    refuses to go down no matter how many rocks AMD launches. ...

  • Why is Frank Quattrone credited with contributing to the growth of ...

    http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/frank-quattrone-internet-dotcom-bubble.asp
    ... The fees paid to CSFB for handling an IPO were not cheap, but the personal compensation
    given to the CEO through spinning put the CEO's personal desire above ...

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