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Shareowner Activism
The Origins
In "The Concept of the Corporation," to quote the noted management guru Peter Drucker, modern big business is something that must be accepted by every country, for it is obvious that modern industrial technology requires some form of big-business organization. Therefore, "Big Business" is something that must be accepted as the very center of any modern industrial society. The central question, then, is not whether we want Big Business, but what we want of it; and what organization of Big Business and of the society it serves is best equipped to [help us] realize our wishes and demands..."
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News & Updates
By: U.S. Newswire
LOS ANGELES, July 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the United Steelworkers (USW), labor and community activists demonstrated in front of Occidental Petroleum headquarters today in support of a people's tribunal in Bogota,...
By: PrimeNewswire
ATLANTA, July 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC is investigating possible violations of federal securities laws by CarMax, Inc. ("CarMax" or the "Company") (NYSE:KMX). The investigation focuses on whether...
By: Market Wire
Zarlink Semiconductor (TSX: ZL)(NYSE: ZL) today announced that it has met with Scott Leckie, Daniel Owen and David Banks ("the Leckie Group" or "the dissidents") in an attempt to find an amicable solution to the proxy contest...
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Research & Insights
By: Business Wire
In a nationwide survey of more than 1,000 American adults, CREDO Mobile found that three-quarters believe social change is important. However, only a little more than one-third (36 percent) say they have the tools needed to...
By: The Irish Times
LORSCH REPORT:THE LORSCH report, compiled for INM, states that most shareholders should be very pleased with the work of its board and notes most investors are not concerned about what is transpiring in the boardroom.
 
By: KLD Indexes
BOSTON, MA USA- KLD Indexes reported its index returns for May 2008. KLD Indexes is a division of KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., an independent investment research firm providing investment management tools since 1988 to...
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Commentary & Opinion
By: Robert Monks
Commentary from noted corporate governance expert Robert Monks – focusing on the campaign to have ExxonMobil to separate the chair and CEO posts. The shareholder resolution won almost 40 percent of the votes cast at the annual...
By: The International Herald Tribune
Joe Nocera - The New York Times Media Group
The Exxon Mobil annual meeting Wednesday was the ''can't-miss'' corporate event this year, especially if you are a reporter. For the first time ever, members of the Rockefeller family were going to use the meeting to publicly...
By: Eleanor Bloxham
The issue of whether to separate the Chair and CEO jobs, a particularly US conundrum, causes wonderment and bewilderment from those in the UK and elsewhere, where separation of the roles is common. Currently, however, only 12.6%...
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