When the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Office this year announced an investigation into the $57 billion sale of Gillette to Procter & Gamble, state officials zeroed in on the minutes of a meeting by Gillette’s board of directors in which the sale was discussed.
“There’s no evidence of extensive deliberations,” Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin told The Boston Globe, referring to the board minutes. “I find it hard to accept that these are the actual minutes of what occurred.”

