Makes good on pledge after regulators fail to act LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A national organization dedicated to bringing attention to fraudulent financial practices today announced that it had recruited organizational leadership as well as substantial funding to place onto the ballot in four states initiative...
By Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 12--Note to the Securities and Exchange Commission: Democracy isn't such a dangerous thing -- just look at what happened last week in California. Were the SEC to take the...
By David Nicklaus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 12--The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to strike a blow for shareholder democracy. Unfortunately, it's a weak blow that will benefit shareholders only rarely. The SEC proposed...
By Len Boselovic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 12--Simultaneous with the democratic spectacle of California voters ensconcing Herr Gropenfuhrer in the governor's mansion, the Securities and Exchange Commission is proceeding with the liberalization of rules for electing boards...
By David Nicklaus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 29--Voters get one choice, take it or leave it. Ballot-box stuffing is widespread. Ballots aren't secret, and vote totals may not be disclosed for weeks. While that may...
Byline: Barry B. Burr Proxy ballot access for shareholder nomination of directors - what some institutional investors consider the holy grail of corporate governance - was removed from proxy statements this season. The proposal doesn't have universal support among corporate governance...
In 1994, after members of New Mexico's SouthWest Organizing Project were unable to persuade Intel Corporation's management to hold a dialogue with them over the environmental and economic impact of a plant Intel was expanding, a small group of shareholders introduced a resolution calling on the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission must open up the corporate proxy ballot to allow shareholders to nominate at least some directors and should do so, if possible, in time for 2007 annual meetings. Investor confidence has been shaken by what se The Securities and...
Until the Securities and Exchange Commission opens up the corporate proxy ballot to shareholder nominees, it ought to declare that companies can no longer use the term "election'' in regard to shareholder voting for candidates to the board of di Until the Securities and Exchange Commission...
SAN DIEGO -- Code Making Panel CMP 3 had decided to retain Sec. 300-4d in the 1993 NEC. On a 5 to 4 hand vote, that is subject to change on the written ballot, the panel accepted comments urging retention of the new 1990 NEC requirement....
Makes good on pledge after regulators fail to act LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A national organization dedicated to bringing attention to fraudulent financial practices today announced that it had recruited organizational leadership as well as substantial funding to place onto the ballot in four states...
MTNA members will be electing National officers beginning in February 2009. Included here are the nominees as recommended by the MTNA Nominating Committee. The committee nominates two candidates for each position. MTNA members also may submit nominations for the ballot. To do so, you must send to the...
The nation's premier college football conference has come up short in recent years in balloting for the sport's most prestigious individual award. But that could change Saturday. While generally considered the strongest league in the nation, the Southeastern Conference has had one Heisman Trophy winner since...
Following a contentious hearing Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a rule that will make it more difficult for shareholders to nominate their own candidates to serve on the boards of companies. By a 3-1 vote along party lines, the SEC reinforced its long-standing position that public...
WASHINGTON -- Federal securities regulators on Wednesday voted to let companies deny shareholders access to annual proxy ballots, a move governance advocates say could make corporate America less responsive to investors. With the lone Democrat on the Securities and Exchange Commission dissenting, the panel voted 3-1 at...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: William Colbert of NACHA - The Electronic PaymentsAssociation, +1-703-561-3941, wcolbert@nacha.org Implementation Date--March 20, 2009 HERNDON, Va., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On August 14,2007, the NACHA voting membership approved an amendment to the NACHAOperating Rules that will require all international payments made viathe ACH Network to...
MTNA members will be electing Division officers and directors beginning in February 2008. Included here are the nominees as recommended by the MTNA Nominating Committee. The committee nominates two candidates for each position. MTNA members also may submit nominations for the ballot. To do so, you must send...
In early 2007, ASABE President Charles Sukup appointed a 2007 Dues Review Committee to study the ASABE dues structure and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees. Article C5, Sec. 2 of the ASABE Constitution specifies the procedure to be used for changes in the annual dues: "The annual dues...
(ProQuest: ... denotes "strike-through" in the original text omitted.) In early 2007, ASABE President Charles Sukup appointed a 2007 Dues Review Committee to study the ASABE dues structure and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees. Article C5, Sec. 2 of the ASABE Constitution specifies the procedure to be...
In accordance with Article VI, Sec. 2 of the MTNA Bylaws, this slate of two candidates per office was prepared by the MTNA Nominating Committee consisting of Phyllis I. Pieffer, Aberdeen, Washington, chair; Marilyn Brossard, NCTM, Burlington, Washington; Geri Cheney, North Salt Lake, Utah; Carleen Graff, NCTM, Plymouth, New Hampshire;...
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