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Buffett on corporate governance: Warren Buffett issued his annual letter to shareholders two weeks ago.  These letters are always a great read, and this is one is no exception.  His comments on corporate governance and the credit crisis are particularly noteworthy: It has not been shareholders who have botched the ope...
The Commission: Proxy Matters link on SEC homepage: Since the great credit crisis, the SEC has had its hands full. Among other things, the Commission had to deal with regulatory flaws Madoff exposed, the public outcry to reign in dastardly short sellers, the default voting option the brokers were given, and the market’s underlying structure ...
Here’s to the many pioneers! Part 2: Two weeks ago, we highlighted individuals and organizations that have made important contributions to the field of corporate governance and shareholder advocacy. Today we post a continuation of that discussion. Glyn Holton Glyn Holton at Investor Suffrage Movement - Having limited contact...
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Voting Your Shares Starts to Matter:  “What would happen if all the small investors banded together and cast their ballots during proxy season …?” the New York Times asks in an article that cites the contribution of ProxyDemocracy in educating shareholders. “How much of an impact would they have?”...
SEC Steps Up Proxy Vote Education: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced a series of steps to educate investors about proxy voting and support greater investor participation in corporate elections. The measures include a “Spotlight on Proxy Matters” Web site that explains the proxy voting process in plain la...
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ShareOwners: Democrats Push Ahead on Finance Bill - http://tiny.cc/MF2PO:
ShareOwners: NYTimes links to Shareholders.org & The Corporate Library report on the failure of mutual funds to vote in the interests of their investors:
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Murray Hill Inc. for Congress:
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A taxing disclosure at Fortune Brands …: It’s a rare day when corporate America cites the Internal Revenue Service as a bastion of restraint and sober perspective — especially when it comes to personal income. Yet there on page 35 of the proxy filed by consumer-products conglomerate Fortune Brands Inc. (FO) is a table laying...
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Proxy Voting: The Movie:
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Kurz v. Holbrook: Shareholder Voting, Omnibus Proxies, and the Role of DTC: The Goal of Profit Maximization: We are discussing Kurz v. Holbrook, 2010 Del. Ch. LEXIS 24 (Del. Ch. Feb. 9, 2010). There is often a debate over whether board are really obligated to engage in profit maximizing behavior.  As commentators sometimes note, corporate statutes don't mention the phrase.  Boards instead...
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Podcast: What To Watch For In The Finance Bill: Chris Dodd will release his finance-reform bill on Monday.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) On today's Planet Money: Come Monday, we'll finally get to see what's in Chris Dodd's finance-reform bill. Two key sections we'll be ke...
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The Truth Behind Unemployment Reports:
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Risky Business: Ten Key Questions for the Decade Ahead: For the last decade, risk governance and risk management have been on the ascendancy. Early in the decade, Enron and its ilk helped to propel a sense of urgency and crisis, driving the completion of the Enterprise Risk Management framework of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Trea...
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326 Form 10-K Filings in last 7 days:
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