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BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Louis Lavelle	A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Eliot Cohen	Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors.
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The Motley Fool September 17, 2007 Selena Maranjian	The SEC May Shut You Up If you want to keep the right to influence your companies, let the SEC know. The SEC has recently proposed changing rules for shareholders -- in ways that don't seem to protect them at all.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Joseph Weber	Mark Mays: "An Enormous Amount of Trust" Clear Channel Communications' president talks about how he, his brother, and his father work together running the radio giant
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The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Stephen Ellis	Chicago Merc: What Took You So Long? The deal that was obvious to everyone is finally done. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings announced that it will merge with the Chicago Board of Trade to form the CME Group, with a combined value of $25 billion. Investors, take note.
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BusinessWeek April 25, 2005	Tip For The Board: "Don't Assume" Former Illinois Governor and current Hollinger board member James Thompson on lessons learned from the Conrad Black years
Knowledge@Wharton July 30, 2003	Has Sarbanes-Oxley Made a Dent in Corporate America's Armor? In the 12 months since it was signed by President Bush, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act has caused U.S. companies to spend heavily on compliance, altered the culture of boardrooms and boosted the business of firms that offer ethics and compliance consulting. To what end?
Financial Advisor June 2004 Gary Schneider	Fund Industry Being Forced In Wrong Direction In the aftermath of some of America's biggest scandals in the history of the mutual fund industry, proposed standards are wrongheaded and unnecessary.
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BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Anne Tergesen	In Your Fund Manager On Your Side? Until recently, most investors asked just one thing of their mutual funds: red-hot returns. Now, in the wake of the trading scandals, investors are also looking for fund management they can trust.
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The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 Dan Caplinger	The SEC's Gift to You: Part 2 By giving the investing public access to information, and serving as a regulator with the power to take action to correct problems, the SEC works hard to protect investors.
CIO May 15, 2006 Meridith Levinson	Trading Up The CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange explains why he wants IT to be innovating constantly.
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The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Barring Bad Board Directors The SEC is cracking down, but enforcement is a problem.
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Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2005 Sarita Venkat	Director Independence & Charitable Contributions Despite SEC rulings, corporate governance and director independence are still somewhat subjective areas. Even a hint of impropriety can be a cause for concern.
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Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Steven K. McGinnis	Must SROs Go? A new SEC proposal to separate trading functions from regulatory activities at the exchanges could have far-reaching effects.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003	More Service, Fewer Silos at TIAA-CREF CEO for nearly a year now, Herbert Allison explains the drastic market-focused changes he's making
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IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 Jill Jusko	Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Karen Krebsbach	Corporate Governance: In Commerce Dustup, Was Board Doing Its Job? Even a whisper of "conflict" may be too loud. One of the problems is clearly the long-term tenure of Commerce's directors. Boards should be actively seeking to ensure that not only do they appear to be in line, but are actually practicing it.
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005	The WellPoint CEO's "Simple Philosophy" Larry Glasscock, head of the $45-billion-a-year health-care insurer WellPoint, discusses his "very humble beginnings," lessons learned from his company's merger, and pressing issues in health care.
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HBS Working Knowledge April 4, 2005 Manda Salls	Why Nonprofits Have a Board Problem Plenty of distinguished people serve on nonprofit boards, but for some reason these directors shrink from leadership, argues Harvard professor Richard Chait. In this Q&A, Chait discusses "Governance as Leadership," his new book on how boards can transform into powerful forces of leadership.
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