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The Motley Fool
January 26, 2004
Bill Mann |
The Hollinger Hypocrite You want to know what some executives really think of shareholders? Ousted Hollinger chairman Conrad Black calls his shareholders "a bunch of self-righteous hypocrites and ingrates who give us no credit."   |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
5 Stocks That Won't Steal From You You don't have to fight your company's management. If the companies whose stocks you own won't put the brakes on their executives' avarice, then find investments where it simply isn't an issue. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Home Depot Abdicates Responsibility When management and directors abdicate their responsibilities, what can shareholders do? Either oust management and the board, or oust the stock from your portfolio. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010
Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: Bonus Babies It's time to once again take a more serious approach to advisor bonus compensation. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
No Bonus at Gap? No Problem Paul Pressler may not have gotten a bonus last year, but there's little reason for sympathy. Many shareholders don't believe a mere slap on the wrist is nearly enough. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
When Shareholders Speak ... AFLAC Listens The insurance company blazes a trail in letting shareholders have a say on management's pay. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2004
Chris Mallon |
A Proxy for Management The proxy statement gives investors an annual glimpse into the minds of management. |
Investment Advisor
November 18, 2010
Angie Herbers |
Share the Wealth Advisory firms that pay employees based on revenues are simply more successful |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2005
Bill Mann |
The Ghost of Voom Cablevision's money-losing high-definition satellite venture has more staying power in death than it did in life. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2006
Jim Schoettler |
Identifying Effective Management Finding shareholder-friendly management teams may be the most important aspect of investing. We look at some tools that can help us measure what management teams are doing and how well they're doing it. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Dear Everyone: Be Like Oracle In the wake of the options scandal, let's stop skewering sensible pay packages. Oracle demands that its executives perform on behalf of the owners of the company -- the shareholders -- before fattening their wallets. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Goodyear: Management 3, Reform 0 Unions' and shareholders' proposals get torpedoed at the tiremaker's annual meeting. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2004
Bill Mann |
Taking Advantage of the Terminally Stupid In a public filing, Concord unveiled a plan to buy back employee options at prices up to $4. The trouble is, with a $9 share price, options granted at $40 are worth basically nothing. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Swallow the Poison Pill Corporate takeovers are often profitable for investors, so why stop them? |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Caterpillar Under Fire To what degree is a company responsible for how people use its products? Social responsibility activists and shareholders are concerned because the company's bulldozers are being used by the Israeli army to raze Palestinian homes. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Exxon's Meeting Beats a Haircut ExxonMobil's recent session involved all manner of shareholder demands. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004
Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2004 |
Where Stock Options Come From Learn the pros and cons of these controversial beasts. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Insane CEO Pay As investors, it can often be sobering to take a hard look at management compensation information in a company's proxy materials. Should shareholders say enough's enough? |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Shareholders Are Winning ... Slowly CEO overcompensation is gradually being challenged in corporate America by shareholders, through resolutions and annual meeting proposals. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2004
Bill Mann |
Dual-Class Shares, Second-Class Investors There is a separate, non-traded class of stock that receives 10 votes for each common stock. This means that the non-traded stock shareholders, including the CEO, can dictate terms at the company far in excess of their financial stake. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Get Out and Vote! Proxy voting lets your shareholder voice be heard. |
AskMen.com
December 14, 2000
Armando Gomez |
How To Ask For A Bonus... And Get It The time has arrived once again where you must have a sit-down with your boss and negotiate your way to a big fat bonus. Get out your pen and paper, take some notes, and soon you'll be smiling all the way to the bank... |
Inc.
November 2003
Jess McCuan |
Year-End Bonus Points A fat check or three nights at a resort -- which would you choose? When it comes to bonuses, employees prefer trips to bucks, a new survey asserts. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Short the Ice Sculptors With Tyco's ex-CEO Dennis Kozlowski behind bars, the world may see less excess. But we all need to remember that plenty of ordinary shareholders paid the price -- quite literally -- for his greed. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
David Henry |
Mutual Funds: Tossing Out The Rubber Stamp A new SEC rule that takes effect next year will require mutual funds to disclose how they vote on proxies for the stocks they own. The rule is intended to keep funds from siding with management to gain 401(k) business. How will this affect corporate governance? |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2010 |
Goldman Sachs Plans Tighter Bonus Rules The plan applies to unspecified "key employees" starting this year. It gives Goldman the ability to take back bonuses from employees who violate company rules. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Freddie and Fannie Shareholders: What This Means for You Freddie and Fannie -- created by the government to provide liquidity to the mortgage market -- have been essentially taken over by the government to, well, provide liquidity to the mortgage market. How does this affect shareholders? |
Job Journal
March 6, 2011
Craig Nathanson |
How to Manage with Integrity When a healthy work culture is in place, it is because management places a high priority on people getting along, communicating openly, and contributing in a fair environment. |
Salon.com
October 10, 2000
Janelle Brown |
Microsoft's funny money A spunky shareholder resolution demands that the company account for its political campaign contributions... |
InternetNews
May 9, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Qwest Gets Defensive The telecom will handle Web hosting for a Department of Defense unit under a 10-year contract. Also, Qwest officials have been talking with large institutional shareholders about the Verizon proposal, which will be voted on by MCI shareholders in late June or early July. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2005
Bill Mann |
Stealing From an Infant Every time an executive does something not in the interest of shareholders, he or she is having an impact on all shareholders, be they opportunistic hedge funds, retirees, employees at the company, even infants. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2005
Richard Gibbons |
Dreadful Stocks to Avoid Warren Buffett avoids five types of stock. Maybe you should, too. They are: Businesses that bet the farm... Businesses dependent on research... Debt-burdened companies... etc. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006
Jim Mueller |
Sonic Goes Dutch at the Drive-In A modified Dutch tender offer will reduce outstanding shares and increase value to shareholders of the drive-in burger purveyor. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Times Duels With Shareholders Shareholders, displeased with flagging earnings and shares, withhold votes at Times' annual meeting. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2011
Avishek Mishra |
Should Wall Street Bonuses Be Scrapped? Banks walk a tightrope as SEC proposes regulatory oversight over executive bonuses. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Lessons From Looters Looking at Hollinger International, the world's third largest newspaper group, tells you all you need to know about companies that should never make it into your portfolio. |
Inc.
December 2008 |
Performance Pay If you have established a robust process for reviewing your employees, you have already tackled the hardest part of performance-based raises and bonuses. But here are some additional tips. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Target Releases Arrows Made of Money The retailer has done well by shareholders, and might do even better. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2004
Ralph Block |
To Buy or Not to Buy... Is buying commercial real estate at today's market prices an intelligent strategy that's likely to be applauded by shareholders? |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 10, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Bonuses Still Point of Contention for Obama The President continues to push for restrictions on bonus compensation for financial executives. |
U.S. Banker
June 2006
Rebecca Sausner |
Corporate Governance: Ready, Aim and Fire: Shareholders Get Armed A fairly new proposal on the ballot at some institutions includes moves to require an advisory shareholder vote on compensation committee pay reports, with Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial and U.S. Bancorp facing votes on this issue. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2004
Tim Beyers |
PeopleSoft's People Speak Up Shareholders deliver a wake-up call in voting for expensing options. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2005
Rich Smith |
"Oops" With a Capital O(ne) A good year ends with a bad quarter for Capital One. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Voting: Not Just for November Anymore It's a very exciting time of year for investors: tax season, annual report season, and proxy voting season. Believe it or not, it's worth your time to sift through the mail and uncover your ballot; your proxy votes carry more power than you think. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Staples Gets It The shareholder-friendly company sets an example for others. |
Financial Advisor
November 2005
Rebecca Pomering |
Bang For Your Buck People management obviously is a complex area, and one where most advisors are looking for guidance and development. But don't shy away from defining performance expectations for the individuals in your firm and paying them based on their performance. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Freddie Shareholders: There's Nothing Left A Barrons article highlighted the truth: There's literally nothing left for common shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, particularly regarding Freddie. |
