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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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