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A Very Busy Season for Shareholder Activists: It is shaping up as a very busy season for shareholder activism, in part because of investor disgust with the lack of management oversight of lending practices that led to the current sub prime and credit crisis. So far this year, shareholders have put forward 1,106 proposals...; Tags: Financial accounting, Peter Galuszka, shareholder, Shareholder activist; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Slow-starting E-Proxies Help Governance, Ecology: Voting via electronic proxies could be be a way to both encourage shareholder democracy and save the environment. The process seems to be off to a slow start, however. This is the first proxy season since the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission put rules into effect last...; Tags: Financial accounting, Peter Galuszka, Environmental Groups, shareholder, SEC, filing; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Proxies Sank Stokes Before the Vote: Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes had already failed in his bid for two seats on the board of West Australian Newspapers (WAN) before a vote was taken at the extraordinary shareholders meeting.Of the 210 million shares on issue, more than 140 million proxies poured in before the meeting.Less than...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Vote, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-04-24
Bear Stearns Says New Suit Seeks to Block Merger: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns Cos Inc (BSC) disclosed on Thursday that some shareholders want a federal judge to block the troubled investment bank's impending takeover by JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM). According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange ...; Tags: Financial accounting, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., shareholder, federal judge, merger, Balanced Scorecard, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., bank; News items 2008-05-08
Insurers Slam Plans For Post-N. Rock Reform: By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters UK) - Insurance companies, one of the Britain's largest shareholder groups, have told the government that plans to swoop in early on ailing banks could hurt investors and hit confidence in London as a financial hub. The government, reeling from the...; Tags: Bank, Shareholder, Financial, Insurance Company, Depositor, Government, Financial Accounting, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; News items 2008-04-24

TUI Says to Approach Shipping Buyers Within Weeks: FRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - TUI AG (TUIGn), forced by dissenting shareholders to divest its shipping arm, said on Monday it would approach potential buyers for its Hapag-LLoyd container shipping unit in late May or early June. "We have reviewed and selected experienced external advisers to...; Tags: Shareholder, Advisor, TUI, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-21
Northern Rock Investors Start Legal Action: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain's government "deliberately rigged" compensation terms for shareholders in nationalised bank Northern Rock, a group of investors said on Thursday as they started legal action for a review of the terms. The UK Shareholders Association (UKSA) said lawyers were set to...; Tags: Shareholder, Compensation, Britain, Investor, Government, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Vertical Industries; News items 2008-05-08
Peltz Gets Wendy's for a Song; Now Comes the Tricky Bit: Early reaction to the takeover of Wendy's International by the particularly active activist investor Norman Peltz, announced Thursday, is coming in. The Wall Street Journal's Deal Journal blog is reporting that Peltz's Triarc, which owns 9.8 percent of Wendy's, was pushed into closing the deal by a...; Tags: Shareholder, Stock, Blog, Peltz, Wendy, Blogging, Financial Accounting, Investment, Internet, Finance, Dan Mitchell; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Bear Stearns Investors Drop Bid to Block Buyout: By Martha Graybow NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns Cos Inc (BSC) shareholders suing over the planned JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) takeover are dropping efforts to block the deal but will seek damages of at least $2.8 billion, an attorney for the...; Tags: Financial accounting, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., shareholder, preliminary injunction, attorney, New York Stock Exchange, lawsuit, New York, lawyer, investor, Balanced Scorecard, Thomson Reuters Corp., pension fund, litigation, stock, strategy; News items 2008-05-07
CBH Shareholders Approve Asset Spin-off: CBH Resources Ltd shareholders have voted in favour of spinning off several of the company's assets into a new entity, Kimberley Metals, which is expected to list on the Australian stock exchange in four to six months.One of these assets is the Constance Range iron ore deposit in Queensland,...; Tags: Asset, Shareholder, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, AAP; News items 2008-05-02
Xstrata Chief Has No Problem With Selling Up: By Sam Cage ZURICH (Reuters UK) - Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata's (XTA) chief executive Mick Davis said he would have no problem with the company being bought by another, following the breakdown of talks with Brazil's Vale (RIO) (VALE5). A potential $90-billion (46-billion pound) deal for Vale,...; Tags: Shareholder, Xstrata, Vale, Marketing Research, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Blount International Inc., Zurich; News items 2008-04-30
Punch Ends Talks With M&B: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Punch Taverns (PUB) said on Friday it had ended talks with pub-owning rival Mitchells and Butlers (MAB), confirming press speculation, because a deal would not be in shareholders' best interests. Punch also said in a statement it would announce first-half results...; Tags: Shareholder, M&B, Financial Accounting, Finance, Mitchellsbutlers, Oukbs, Punch; News items 2008-04-18
Wendy's to Announce Transaction With Peltz: Report: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wendy's International Inc (WEN) is set to announce a transaction with billionaire investor Nelson Peltz on Thursday, though the deal's specific details were unclear, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the situation. The...; Tags: Corporate governance, Financial accounting, shareholder, board, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., financial; News items 2008-04-24
Ford Tells Shareholders Turnaround Gaining Traction: By David Bailey WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's (F) turnaround has moved quicker than expected, Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. told shareholders at the automaker's annual meeting on Thursday, giving unqualified praise to Chief Executive Alan Mulally's leadership. The...; Tags: Manufacturing, UAW, automobile company, Ford Motor Co., restructuring plan, auto show, labor contract, negotiation, housing start, New York, housing market, president, CEO, bond, benefit, Thomson Reuters Corp., job, worker, sales, agreement; News items 2008-05-08
AMD Still Mum on Its 'Asset Smart' Strategy: The wait for AMD to outline its so-called "asset smart" strategy continues. AMD CEO Hector Ruiz in his annual shareholder meeting address failed to add any more detail about its manufacturing strategy going forward. AMD outlined its new server roadmap on Wednesday. In many respects, Ruiz...; Tags: Asset, Shareholder, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Strategy, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
AIG Sees No Need to Honor Ex-CEO Request to Delay AGM: By Lilla Zuill NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group (AIG), has said the insurer is in "crisis" and urged a delay in its annual general meeting scheduled for Wednesday, according to a letter he sent...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Insurance Company, Letter, AIG, American International Group, Greenberg, American International Group Inc.; News items 2008-05-12
Yahoo CEO Open to More Microsoft Talks: By Michele Gershberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc chief Jerry Yang signaled a more open stance towards Microsoft Corp on Monday, saying he had been seeking common ground when the software maker abruptly ended deal talks. Yang told Reuters in an interview...; Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search advertising, Google Inc., negotiation, software company, venture-capital fund, shareholder, Microsoft Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp., New York, investor, Internet advertising, stock, Internet, messag; News items 2008-05-05
Yahoo CEO Says Still Open to Microsoft Talks: By Michele Gershberg NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Yahoo chief Jerry Yang was set to meet staff on Tuesday after signalling a more open stance towards a takeover by Microsoft. Yang told Reuters in an interview on Monday that he had "mixed feelings" about events at...; Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Capital Research, Financial Accounting, Internet; News items 2008-05-06
No Freedom of Speech for Executives: Champions of corporate transparency believe that dialog between shareholders, executives and directors is essential. Yet a big hurdle remains. Regulations at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission strictly regulate not just what can be said, but where and to whom it can be said. Known as Regulation...; Tags: Blogging, Corporate governance, Financial accounting, Peter Galuszka, Reg FD, blog; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Watch Out! Shareholder Lawsuits Are Up: CEOs, take cover! Shareholders lawsuits are back and are on the rise. According to "Corporate Board Member" magazine, the number of lawsuits in 2007 rose to 166 compared with just 116 for 2006. Some obvious reasons are the stock backdating scandal that burst on...; Tags: Mortgages, Financial accounting, Peter Galuszka, lawsuit, Corporate Board Member, shareholder, financial; Blog posts 2008-04-14