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by leon on December 18, 2009
The Securities and Exchange Commission might be bringing in new rules supposedly tightening up disclosures on pay and board performance but don't hold your breath. It's not going to stop co...
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by leon on September 1, 2009
Dementia will be the next big epidemic with Science Daily reporting global research which shows that the number of people affected by Alzheimer's and dementia is growing at an epidemic pace. Let...
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by leon on June 25, 2009
Working as an investment adviser these days is dangerous. You risk incurring the wrath of financial crisis victims. And it doesn't matter how old they are either.Here's an extraordinary story...
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by leon on October 31, 2008
The other day. I did a blog entry looking at whether credit cards would be the next shoe to drop. Clearly, with the US economy imploding and jobless claims up more than 44% on the year before, more w...
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by leon on August 11, 2008
More investors are putting pressure on companies over climate change, and the trend is likely to escalate.The latest analysis from the RiskMetrics Group which shows more shareholder resolutions are b...
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by leon on May 18, 2008
The gloves are off! The fight's on between corporate raider Carl Icahn and the Yahoo! board with Icahn selecting an alternative board in a bid to take control of the company. The list of heavy hi...
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by leon on April 25, 2008
Signs that climate change is becoming an issue for investors.A new report by Ceres, Mutual Funds and Climate Change, has found that mutual funds are starting to more notice of climate change.The rese...
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by leon on December 1, 2007
This week's extraordinary decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission to let companies deny shareholders access to annual proxy ballots is another victory for the bosses and companies like...
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by leon on November 19, 2007
When I attend annual meetings, I am often struck that no-one asks hard questions. The kind that make the CEO and directors squirm.PricewaterhouseCoopers has put out a list of questions to ask at shar...
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by leon on October 5, 2007
Interesting take from the global spin merchants at the Brunswick Group on how to deal with shareholder activists.As detailed by Alan Rappeport in CFO.com, the group has provided 10 tips for handling ...
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by leon on August 10, 2007
In the past I have talked about corporate delinquent communities here and here.Usually when there's corporate malfeasance, it involves a stack of people. Auditors look the other way, managers help...
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by leon on June 21, 2006
Plenty of focus on the new breed of shareholder this season.A record number of shareholder resolutions were on file for this year and they were mainly in three areas: global warming, toxins and politi...
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by leon on June 8, 2006
With last year's $36 billion profit, Exxon Mobil was America's most valuable company. Until it got hammered in the market on Wednesday.But the company's problems don't end there.
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by leon on March 1, 2006
Top New York class action law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Schulman is in the gun. Bloomberg reports that prosecutors have told two of its partners, Steve Schulman and David Bershad, that they can expec...
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by leon on January 6, 2006
Interesting data from the 2005 proxy season has raised suggestions that boards of directors and activists brought out the peace pipes.The figures however suggest that something far more important is a...
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by leon on December 28, 2005
Last week, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced that Coca Cola had agreed to a change that requires it to get shareholder approval for generous severance payments that amount to at lea...
