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Staff Report: Review of the Proxy Process Regarding the Nomination and Election of Directors: This case study is about the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Pension Plan requested that the Commission review the Division of Corporation Finance’s no-action position in letters issued to six companies. The AFSCME Employees Pension Plan had submitted a shareholder proposal to those companies that would have...; Tags: Financial accounting, SEC, nomination, shareholder, commission, pension plan, director; Case studies 2003-07-15
Hillary's Lessons in Leadership -- the Bad Ones: The Democratic race for the presidential nomination is by all accounts neck-and-neck. But this wasn't the case two months ago, when Hillary Clinton appeared assured of a spot at the head of the ticket in the November election. Can you say New England Patriots? In politics as...; Tags: Hillary, Sean Silverthorne, leadership, Hillary Clinton; Blog posts 2008-02-07
3 Expected Post-Election Changes - No Matter Who Wins: Martin Hutchinson submits: As Barack Obama closes in on the Democratic presidential nomination, investors should focus their minds around one uncomfortable fact: Whether it’s Obama or Republican John McCain who wins the White House, expect some policy changes that won’t sit well with investors - or with the U.S....; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-06-06
Atlantic Canada Offshore Petroleum Exploration Rights Permitting Study: This study examines the processes for issuing offshore petroleum exploration rights in Atlantic Canada, through a comparative analysis of the practices in the region and selected other jurisdictions. In particular, it identifies the approaches being used to enable public input on questions relating to the environmental, economic and social impacts...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, petroleum, analysis; White papers 2003-07-01
Prediction Markets As Decision Support Systems: Valuations from "Prediction markets" reveal expectations about the likelihood of events. "Conditional prediction markets" reveal expectations conditional on other events occurring. For example, in 1996, the Iowa Electronic Markets IEM ran markets to predict the chances that different candidates would become the Republican Presidential nominee. Other concurrent IEM markets predicted...; Tags: Data mining, Tools & Techniques, Databases, decision support, nominee, Republican, decision support system, valuation; White papers 2003-01-22

SEC Adopts Rule Requiring Disclosure About Nominating Committees and Communications Between Shareholders and Directors: Article narrates the rule adopted by SEC for nominating committees and communications between shareholders and directors of the organization. It talks about the changes adopted by SEC to the Proxy Rules to “enhance the transparency of the operation of boards of directors. The new rule requires a statement as to...; Tags: Corporate governance, Financial services, nominee, investment company, director, SEC, shareholder, board, board of directors; White papers 2003-12-01
SEC Proposes New Proxy Disclosure Rules Regarding Board Nominating Committees and Shareholder Communications With Boards of Directors: On August 8, 2003, the SEC published for comment proposed amendments to the proxy disclosure rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would require companies to expand significantly their disclosure regarding the operation of board nominating committees. The SEC also proposed new proxy disclosure requirements concerning the means,...; Tags: Corporate governance, SEC, shareholder, board, Securities Exchange Act, director; White papers 2003-08-18
Precision Castparts: an Abandoned Growth Story, Part I: Jeffrey Lin submits: Precision Castparts PCP has been on a nasty slide down to $100 since tapping $130 when it reported earnings on May 6, 2008. Stocks which supply products going into commercial airlines, including PCP, continued to be sold off. Investors seem spooked by recent fleet...; Tags: Materials/Industrials, Precision Castparts Corp.; External links 2008-06-17
ElkCorp: Corporate Governance Guidelines: The corporate governance guidelines of Elkcorp include the business and affairs, which shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Directors (“Board”), subject to the powers, duties, authority and limitations set forth in ElkCorp’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Board will meet no less often than quarterly....; Tags: Corporate law, corporate governance, board, accountant, director, performance evaluation, financial reporting, internal control, board of directors, performance, audit, accounting, compliance, finance, monitoring, financial; White papers 2002-08-27
A Closer Look at Obamanomics: Stephen Hsu submits: If this article by John Cassidy in the New York Review of Books is any guide, Obama's grasp of economics may be orders of magnitude deeper than that of John McCain. A long exposure to the market-obsessed Chicago School has probably made him...; Tags: US Market; External links 2008-06-09
BNET Daily Dispatch: Oracle, Blackstone, GE, and Icahn: Oracle sued long time rival SAP AG yesterday for what it called "corporate theft on a grand scale." Oracle claims that SAP used customers' online access codes to copy thousands of Oracle software products onto its own servers. In the past three years, Oracle has spent $20 billion buying up...; Tags: Corporate governance, IPO, Capital structures, Joseph De Avila, General Electric Co., Oracle Corp., SAP AG; Blog posts 2007-03-23
Election '08? Somebody Tell CBS, NBC, and ABC!: It's a Presidential election year, which almost always means good financial news for the television industry. This year is no exception, as the political parties and leading candidates pour hundreds of millions of dollars into high-stakes TV ad campaigns. Meanwhile, where is network TV news in this mix? ...; Tags: NBC, ABC Inc., Network, CBS Broadcasting Inc., CNN, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Team Management, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Management, David Weir; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Top PR Blogs And Why You Should Read Them (Part 1): I read -- or more accurately, scan -- several dozen PR blogs on a regular basis, mostly looking for items and ideas to share with you on the Catching Flack blog. I do this through Google Reader, which is Google's feed reader. I thought you might be...; Tags: Jon Greer, PRNewser, public relations, PR Blog; Blog posts 2008-01-28
McCain Wants Low Corporate Taxes, Regulated CEO Pay: By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican White House candidate John McCain will promise on Tuesday to lower corporate tax rates if he wins the U.S. presidency and ease the tax burden on middle-class workers to help revive the faltering economy. The Arizona...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, John McCain, tax, severance package, White House, Washington, tax exemption, Alternative Minimum Tax, Republican, shareholder, salary, minimum wage, CEO, president, tax break, worker, dividend, Thomson Reuters Corp., small business, job; News items 2008-06-10
Not So Fast, Senators Tell Fed, SEC on Bank Pact: By Kevin Drawbaugh and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Federal Reserve and securities regulators neared an agreement on investment banks, leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Friday warned them not to get ahead of Congress with any Wall Street...; Tags: Regulations, Federal Reserve Board, SEC, commercial bank, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., U.S. Congress, agreement, senator, regulator, U.S. Senate, Republican, Washington, regulation, subprime mortgage, financial system, financial, bank, liquidity, leader, agency, bankruptcy, finan; News items 2008-06-27