One of the ways (theoretically) in which businesses are held accountable by the public, or at least those with stock portfolios, is through shareholder activism. However, in practice, shareholder activism can actually be a case of a disease being used to cure an illness.

I agree with George Will about as often as the Boston Red Sox agree with the New York Yankees, but as the law of broken clocks suggests, we must both be right at least twice a day.

The student loan deal is badly needed. It should have just been extended! But as part of the "sweetener" for those 1 percenters there is a corporate pension giveaway in the deal that has nothing to do with student loans.

By Jessica Wohl May 23 (Reuters) - CalPERS, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, said on Wednesday it plans to vote a...

NEW YORK — One of the nation's largest public pension funds has filed a lawsuit against current and former Wal-Mart executives and board members...

An asteroid just missed Earth yesterday by 143,000 miles, meaning you still need to know seven and a half things today that do not involve scrambling ...

(The author is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By David Cay Johnston Jan 10 (Reuters) - The Fe...

A major pension fund and longtime investor in Walmart has blacklisted the retailing behemoth, citing poor labor practices and the company's anti-union...

A law firm that led mortgage bondholders to extract a $8.5 billion settlement from Bank of America Corp is turning its sights on JPMorgan Chase & ...

The Federal Reserve's 'Operation Twist' to bring down bond yields and stimulate the economy is likely to cause pain for the nation's largest pensi...

A pension fund representing U.S. government employees has filed a shareholder proposal to strip Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blan...