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- a yearly meeting at which a company's management reports the year's results and stockholders have the opportunity to vote on company business, for example, the appointment of directors and auditors....
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- The Peasants Are Revolting
- From the executive summary: ‘Apparently, shareholders are staging something of a palace coup at annual meetings over the years. During annual meetings, scores of investor groups submit their resolutions calling for corporate boards to redeem or hold a shareholder vote on anti-takeover devices. Many also introduce resolutions recommending the elimination...
- White papers 2002-09-10
- Shareholders' Questions 2003
- The purpose of this document is to assist management of public companies in preparing for the annual meeting and to be able to provide informed responses to shareholder questions. This document contains examples of questions that might be asked, based on those asked at annual meetings in recent years, and...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- How to Blunt Shareholder Activism: Ask It for a Date
- Attention CEOs: here's a novel way of blunting unwanted criticism from shareholders. For years, Evelyn Y. Davis, a self-styled 79-year-old corporate governance gadfly, has lambasted management at annual meetings of many marquee name firms. From her office at the Watergate of Richard Nixon fame, Davis pores over...
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
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- Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. Reports Results of Annual Meeting
- PORTLAND, Ore. -- Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. (OTC:FCCG) reports that at its 2005 annual meeting, held December 15, 2005, the shareholders of the Company elected Andrew A. Wiederhorn, Donald J. Berchtold, Don H. Coleman, M. Ray Mathis, and K. Kenneth Kotler as directors. In a separate action, the shareholders...
- Research articles 2005-12-17
- Understanding Financial Reporting
- Financial reporting, done annually by private enterprises and quarterly by public companies, offers essential information about the financial health of an organization. Interested parties often use this information to support investing and financing decisions. Companies prepare their reports in an agreed format, including a balance sheet, income statement, cash flow...
- Articles 2007-09-28
- Reval's Jiro Okochi Presents on FAS 157, FASB's Fair Value Measurement at this Year's Annual Association of Finance Professional's Conference in Los Angeles
- Reval speaks out on the contentious topic of FAS 157, the Financial Accounting Standard Board's pronouncement on Fair Value Measurement LOS ANGELES -- AFP Annual Conference - Reval, a global leader in financial risk management and hedge accounting solutions and services delivered under the Software-as-a-Service SaaS model, presented yesterday...
- Research articles 2008-10-21
- ELA Pays Annual Visit to FASB
- On May 18, ELA and its Financial Accounting Committee convened in Norwalk, Connecticut to meet with members of the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB and staff in what has become an annual event. For over 20 years, the association has developed and nurtured this invaluable, mutually beneficial relationship with FASB...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Annual Report
- ANNUAL REPORT A document published by public corporations on a yearly basis to provide stockholders, the public, and the government with financial data, a summary of ownership, and the accounting practices used to prepare the report. Annual reports measure a corporation's financial health. They focus on past and...
- Research articles 2005-10-25
- Unnecessary Complexity in Accounting Principles
- Historical cost-based financial reporting has traditionally served as the scorecard of business performance. FASB, however, has recently signaled its intention to force American companies to employ "fair value accounting." The direction is not toward the commonly understood notion of "fair market value." In her keynote address to the annual meeting...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- 'Acceptable Accounting Principles' Can Leave Investors Uninformed.
- By Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--What does it mean if a public company doesn't discuss 2001 financial results at its 2001 annual meeting? In the case of Milwaukee-based The Ziegler Cos. Inc., management decided...
- Research articles 2002-05-12
- Canadian National Railway Company Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. At this time we will take questions from the telephone lines. [Operator Instructions]. We have a question from Ed Wolfe from Bear Stearns. Please go ahead. Unidentified Analyst Hi guys, its Scott Ehrens [ph] for Ed. Good afternoon. E. Hunter Harrison...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-23
- CanWest Global Communications F1Q08 (Qtr End 11/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Carl Bayard - Genuity Capital Markets. Carl Bayard – Genuity Capital Markets Couple of questions. First off, a question for John Maguire. I was just wondering if you have an estimate of what the clean EPS number would be if...
- Earnings calls 2008-01-10
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Q3 FY07 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from Glenn Schorr with UBS. Please go ahead. Glenn Schorr - UBS Hey guys. Robert P. Kelly - Chief Executive Officer Good morning Glenn. Glenn Schorr - UBS so I guess it's...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-18
- Top 10 Reasons You Blew That Opportunity
- A great philosopher once said: "Everything happens for a reason." When it comes to selling, most failures result mistakes that are easily avoidable, providing you understand what went wrong.  Here are the top ten reasons that sales reps blow real-live sales opportunities. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE...
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Hartford Financial Services Group 2008 Guidance Update Call Transcript
- Earnings Call Excerpt The Hartford Financial Services Group HIG 2008 Guidance Update Call December 10, 2007 10:00 am ET Executives Ramani Ayer – Chairman & CEO Tom Marra – President & COO Neal Wolin – President & COO, P&C Operation Liz Zlatkus – Co-COO, Life...
- Earnings calls 2007-12-10
- SEC Division of Corporate Finance: Financial reporting gatekeeper
- Speaking at an April meeting of the northeast region of the American Accounting Association, Craig Olinger, deputy chief accountant of the SEC's Division of Corporate Finance, noted the types of questionable accounting practices that are showing up in recent SEC filings. It is his division, consisting of about 100 accountants...
- Research articles 1999-06-01
- Business Objects Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Mohammed Moawalla with Goldman Sachs. Mohammed Moawalla – Goldman Sachs Yes good morning. John, can you elaborate a little bit around some of the weakness in the quarter and just indicate whether some of...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-24
- GASB to Hold Public Hearing on Pollution Remediation Obligations
- NORWALK, Conn. -- The Governmental Accounting Standards Board GASB will hold a public hearing on its preliminary views PV document, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pollution Remediation Obligations which was released on March 25, 2005. The hearing is scheduled for June 29, 2005 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center,...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- Citi, Morgan Stanley in Brokerage Talks; Rubin Quits
- By Dan Wilchins and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc is in advanced talks to sell its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a move that would further dismantle the financial supermarket that has been bailed out...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Enough on Yahoo Already
- There was Microsoft. Then Carl Ichan. Then the vindication at a shareholders meeting. Isn't it time for Yahoo to get a break? Apparently, not. It now turns out that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and chairman Roy Bostock did not get the resounding affirmation rates of of 85.4...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
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