Shareholders

Is There A Feminine Way of Doing Business?

Lotta Alsen | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business


Lotta Alsen

We have a different rationale for starting a business. And because we are different, we also bring in new perspectives.

Barney Frank Disagrees With Obama On Fund, May Face Fight With Some Financial Firms

bloomberg.com | Alison Vekshin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Barney Frank, chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, reversed course on paying to unwind failed financial fi...

Shahien Nasiripour

Investor Protection Act: Dems Square Off Against Republicans On Shareholders' Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business


Democrats and Republicans faced off Wednesday in a congressional debate over whether shareholders should have an easier time nominating directors to c...

AP Source: Bank of America To Give Up Documents From Merrill Lynch Deal

AP | VINNEE TONG and STEPHEN BERNARD | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO — After months of resistance, Bank of America Corp. plans to turn over documents showing legal advice it received on its purchase ...

Is the New Yorker on S.I. Newhouse's DNR List?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media


Gerald Sindell

Calling in those McKinsey folks to review your profit and loss numbers in the middle of the deepest recession since the 1930s is a little like having Dr. Kevorkian over to offer a second opinion.

Ken Lewis Retiring: Bank Of America CEO To Step Down By End Of 2009

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Ken Lewis, the embattled CEO of Bank of America Corp., is leaving the company, succumbing to nearly a year of strife that followed hi...

Do Corporate Fines and Punitive Damage Awards Serve Their Purpose?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business


Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Pfizer agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle fraud claims regarding its marketing practices -- the largest criminal fine of any kind ever. But it's the shareholders, and not the corporate officers, who will be punished.

AFSCME Urges Say-on-Pay for Shareholders

Gerald McEntee | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


Gerald McEntee

A key step to fixing our economy is making sure that the interests of shareholders and stakeholders are considered in corporate board rooms.

The Rise Of The Shareholder: Washington Post

Washington Post | Anne Kates Smith | Posted 07.14.2009 | Business


Count on it: This proxy season, investors will not be shy about giving company management a piece of their mind. ...

The Free Market's Marked Men, From The Niger Delta To The Amazon

Amy Goodman | Posted 07.10.2009 | World


Amy Goodman

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.

Unsure How to Vote Your Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Other Proxy Ballots?

Kim Cranston | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics


Kim Cranston

See how organizations and people you trust, like Ed Begley, Jr., Ceres, Pride Foundation, Responsible Endowments Coalition, recommend you vote and why.

Wall Street's Mad Dash for Trash

Dan Dorfman | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

The market bottom, contrary to renewed market enthusiasm stemming from the recent rally, still remains a long way off.

Cuomo: Is Chevron Misleading Shareholders?

Michael Brune | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green


Michael Brune

For nearly 16 years, Chevron has been fighting a landmark oil pollution lawsuit brought by more than 30,000 residents from rainforest communities in Ecuador.

Swine Flu Found on Wall Street

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 06.03.2009 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

Hedge funds are often unstable. One bad year, and investors pull their capital. A few bad "marks," and lenders make margin calls.

Creating Shared Value

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe | Posted 05.25.2009 | Business


Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

If you fail to work on behalf of the public interest and take shortcuts that place the public at risk, you also will fail your shareholders.

It's Up to the Shareholders, Not the Government, to Demand Change at a Company

Carl Icahn | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business


Carl Icahn

For too long and for a variety of reasons, shareholders have been complicit in allowing management excesses and incompetence by not taking a stand.

The Right Way to Icahn-Proof Your Board

Carl Icahn | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business


Carl Icahn

I await Corporate Board Member magazine's upcoming article, "How to Icahn-proof your board," with keen interest, particularly since I serve on a number of boards that apparently failed in this regard.

The Audacity of Greed

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Robyn O'Brien

As we stand by watching Henry Paulson use our taxpayer dollars for the government's leveraged buyout of Goldman Sachs, I am struck by the audacity of greed.

Not All Lobbyists Are Created Equal: The Current Energy Bills

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green


Frances Beinecke

I am an environmental advocate. Sometimes I travel to D.C. to lobby on behalf of issues NRDC cares about. Big Oil companies dispatch lobbyists to the Hill as well. Does that make us equals?

Fannie and Freddie Symptoms of Larger Problem

The Real News | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business


The Real News

Chief economist at the AFL-CIO Ron Blackwell believes that while bailing out Fannie and Freddie is important, politicians shouldn't lose sight of the broader economic crisis.

Wal-Mart's Dog and Pony Show

David Nassar | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business


David Nassar

Wal-Mart's abandonment of founder Sam Walton's own beliefs that have led them to become such a distasteful presence to an increasing number of communities and shoppers.

Washington Mutual Close To Securing $5 Billion From Investors

Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business


U.S. private equity firm TPG and other investors are near a deal to invest around $5 billion in U.S. thrift Washington Mutual, a source familiar with ...

What About Main Street?

Washington Independent | Mary Kane | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business


Now that JPMorganChase has raised its bid for Bear Stearns, angry shareholders seemed to have calmed down and Wall Street isn't as worried that the in...

While Shareholders Weep, Wall Streeters Bag $38 Bil In Bonuses

Bloomberg | Christine Harper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Shareholders in the securities industry are having their worst year since 2002, losing $74 billion of their equity. That won't prevent Wall Street fro...