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7 unusual facts about Tyco International


North American Competitiveness Council

The meeting was attended by 50 government officials and business leaders from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, including officials from the Canadian Privy Council Office, the Mexican Presidency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and corporate reps from ExxonMobil, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Tyco, and FedEx.

Review of the role and effectiveness of non-executive directors

There was widespread unrest after the scandals in the US, involving Enron, WorldCom and Tyco.

Robert Monks Professor of Corporate Governance

It was established in 2001 by a benefaction of US$ 4,000,000 from Dennis Kozlowski and the Tyco Corporation of the United States of America.

Stuart H. Singer

He specializes in complex business litigation and represents clients such as NASCAR, Carnival Cruise Lines, Florida Power & Light, and Tyco International.

TAS Racing

The team has been known under a series of names: originally TAS Suzuki, then from 2007 until 2011 Relentless energy drinks, a product of Coca-Cola, teamed up with TAS (Tandragee Auto Salvage), but from 2012 the team was rebranded Tyco Suzuki joining up with new title sponsors Tyco Security products.

Timothy Flanigan

Flanigan left his job as White House Deputy Counsel in December 2002, to work as General Counsel, Corporate and International Law, at Tyco International.

TV Network Protocol

The protocol was developed by Philips Projects (now Tyco Integrated Systems) on behalf of the Traffic Control Systems Unit (TCSU), now a part of Transport For London.


's-Hertogenbosch

It is home to many national and international businesses such as Heineken, Epic Systems, Tyco International and many others.

Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission

High-profile business scandals and failures (e.g. Enron, Tyco International, Adelphia, Peregrine Systems and WorldCom) led to calls for enhanced corporate governance and risk management.

MCI Inc.

Movie Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), featuring Jim Carrey: The closing credits begin with a Special Thanks To list, naming executives at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia, ImClone Systems, Arthur Andersen, Cendant and HealthSouth.

Publicly traded private equity

An ill-timed birthday event around the time of the IPO led various commentators to draw comparisons to the excesses of notorious executives including Bernie Ebbers (WorldCom) and Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco International).

Vivien v. Worldcom

The Vivien decision provided the legal framework for many similar suits filed by employees of companies such as AOL Time Warner, Reliant Energy, Cardinal Health, Tyco International, Merck, and Dell.

William Lerach

Lerach was involved in many securities class action and corporate derivative suits in recent years, including Enron, Dynegy, Qwest, WorldCom, Citibank, Drexel Burnham, Tyco, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Disney, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse First Boston, Global Crossing, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, ExxonMobil, R.J. Reynolds, Arthur Andersen, and AOL Time Warner.


see also

TE Connectivity

On June 29, 2007, Tyco International was split and Tyco Electronics, along with Covidien, became separate, independently-traded public companies.