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Mandate Transparency on the Anniversary

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Securities and Exchange Commision, Corporate Reform Coalition, Shareholders, Corporations, Ceos, Campaign Finance, Shareholder Rights, Elections 2012, Corporate Social Responsibility, Shareholder Activist, Citizens United, Politics News

If you're not a campaign finance wonk, then you may not have noted that a significant anniversary will arrive on this weekend on January 21st.

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Celebrating A Legacy And Renewing A Promise

Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Interfaith-Center on Corporate Responsibility, Iccr, Apartheid, Shareholder Activist, Csr, Congo, Faith Consistent Investing, Christianity, Mossville, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

The combination of ICCR's commitment to respond to injustices and to hold corporations accountable to the social contract that is part of their charter makes them ever attuned to the responsibility of corporations.

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Conservatives: Do the Right Thing on Proxy Rules!

Marty Robins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholder Rights, Sec, Economic Recovery, Shareholder Activist, Economy, Economic Crisis, Personal Responsibility, Business News

I'm a conservative because I feel that it is best when government gets out of the way. But when I read about the legal challenge to the new SEC proxy access rules, I wonder about the motives of my fellow conservatives.

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Wall Street Journal Picks Up Chevron Protest Story & Pivots

Antonia Juhasz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Criticism, Shareholder Activist, Chevron, Wall Street, Big Oil, Chevron Ecuador, Wall Street Journal, Protest, Business News

Earlier today, MarketWatch ran a story about my and four others' arrests at Chevron's annual shareholder meeting in Houston on May 25, 2010. The arti...

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Coloradans Challenging Wall Street on Main Street This Week

T.A. Taylor-Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K Street Lobbyists, Shareholders, Atms, Financial Reform, Bank of America, Wall Street Reform, 17th & Broadway Denver Colorado, Auto Loans, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Poisoning Main Street, US Senate, Pay and Bonuses, Foreclosure, Wall Street Showdown, Shareholder Activist, Coloradans for Financial Reform, Wall Street Bonuses, Bank of America Kansas City, Wells Fargo Bank, Bankruptcy, Student Debt, Wells Fargo, Payday Loans, Financial Reform Legislation, Goldman Sachs Profits, Student Loans, Senator Udall, Wells Fargo Shareholder Meeting San Francisco, Toxic Wall Street, Main Street, Senator Bennet, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Fraud, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Wall Street, Working America, Goldman Sachs Bailout, Bank of America Charlotte, Not Your Atm, Colorado Unemployment, Citigroup, Denver News

The sidewalk outside the Wells Fargo Bank office at 17th & Broadway in Denver will host two Main Street actions in support of strong financial reform legislation in the U.S. Senate.

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30 Million WellPoint Shares Voted: Return to Non-Profit!

Rob Stone M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Anthem Blue Cross, Wellpoint, Angela Braly, Shareholder Activist, Proxy Access, Bush Family, Business News

The SEC has proposed a new regulation that would allow shareholders to directly nominate corporate board members called "Proxy Access." If this goes into effect this fall as expected, I intend to run for the WellPoint board.

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Politically Driven Union Activism Hurts Shareholders

Tom Donohue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholder Rights, Shareholder Activist, Unions, Labor Unions, Business News

Rewarding activist investors at the expense of average shareholders does not move governance of our markets in the right direction.

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Icahn Blows Off Yahoo Annual Board Meeting

Epicenter | John C. Abell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yahoo, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Board Meeting, Yahoo Annual, Corporate Raider, Carl Icahn Yahoo, Shareholder Activist, Business News

"I will not be attending." It isn't exactly "Nuts" or "I shall return" but with that dramatic declaration Carl Icahn begins a highly quotable blog po...

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On Carl Icahn's Settlement -- And New Responsibilities -- With Yahoo

Alan Patricof | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yahoo, Shareholder Activist, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Shareholders, Corporate Raider, Business News

The most constructive part of the settlement is the requirement that Icahn Enterprises maintain holdings of at least 30 million shares in order to retain the board seat.

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Yahoo Points Out That Carl Icahn's Record Stinks

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yahoo, Carl Icahn, Corporate Raider, Yahoo!, Shareholder Activist, Yahoo Takeover, Carl Icahn Incompetent, Jerry Yang, Carl Icahn Hostile Bid, Business News

Don't know why it took this long, but Jerry Yang and company are finally launching a media blitz, one that we think is doing an effective job of makin...

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