Posts Tagged ‘wall street’
Morgan Stanley CEO Faces Questions From Occupy Wall Street At Annual Meeting – Wall Street Journal
Morgan Stanley CEO Faces Questions From Occupy Wall Street At Annual MeetingWall Street JournalWe manage financial wealth for individuals around world who are saving for their children's education and we help fund small business and are a leading u... Read the rest of this entry »
Show some moxie on client proxies – InvestmentNews
Show some moxie on client proxiesInvestmentNewsIf shareholders' faith in Wall Street — and ultimately in the financial markets — is ever to be restored, public companies must stop lavishing their top executives with compensation that bears no r... Read the rest of this entry »
Mighty Goldman Heeds Pesky Proxy Fights – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalMighty Goldman Heeds Pesky Proxy FightsWall Street JournalGoldman, which is expected to release its proxy statement this week, has long preferred to fight such battles behind closed doors. But the financial crisis transformed the fir... Read the rest of this entry »
Banksters Plotting A Propaganda Offensive Against Occupy Wall Street (News Corpse)
... The former Boehner aides, who now lobby for Wall Street, sketched out a strategy for deploying proxies to shill for Wall Street and against Occupy without the public knowing.” The lobbyists’ memo (pdf) goes into detail as to how they would deli... Read the rest of this entry »
Occupy the boardroom? (Justmeans.com’s News and Editorial)
Protestors are Occupying Wall Street with many beefs about the current system. Working outside the system, which many of the protestors believe to be rigged against them, and armed mainly with tents and sit-ins, they've successfully nudged the national... Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Licata’s Occupy Wall Street Resolution Passes Unanimously (Slog)
By a 9-0 vote, the Seattle City Council just approved Nick Licata's resolution to support the Occupy movement. While nonbinding, the measure resolves to reexamine city tax break s for companies, affirm the rights of Occupy Seattle to peaceably assemble... Read the rest of this entry »
Online Annual Meetings Begin to Click – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalOnline Annual Meetings Begin to ClickWall Street Journal"You need to have give-and-take between shareholders and the board," says Glyn A. Holton, executive director of US Proxy Exchange. Last year, after Symantec Corp. beca... Read the rest of this entry »
Lagging Wall Street Bonuses Through the Lens of Public Opinion – Corporate Counsel
Lagging Wall Street Bonuses Through the Lens of Public OpinionCorporate CounselAs Occupy Wall Street protesters advance plans to survive a New York winter in Zuccotti Park, a new report revealed that the upcoming bonus season will be a little less warm... Read the rest of this entry »
A Buffett Devotee Riles His Targets – Wall Street Journal
A Buffett Devotee Riles His TargetsWall Street JournalThe company recently adopted a poison-pill antitakeover provision, and Mr. Biglari launched a proxy fight to get himself elected to the board. "Warren Buffett charms people. Sardar Biglari does... Read the rest of this entry »
Corzine Resigns From MF Global Days After Bankruptcy Filing – San Francisco Chronicle
Telegraph.co.ukCorzine Resigns From MF Global Days After Bankruptcy FilingSan Francisco ChronicleCorzine was in line for $12.1 million in severance and pro- rated bonus and benefits payments if he left for "good reason" or was fired "wit... Read the rest of this entry »