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InternetNews December 15, 2006 Roy Mark	SEC Brings Proxies Online Shareholders will soon be able to find proxy statements and annual reports online, according to new voluntary rules approved this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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.
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Amy Borrus	At The SEC, The Agony Of Compromise Chairman Donaldson is finding a deal on proxy reform elusive in an election year. Yet, despite competing pressures, his resolve shows no sign of waning.
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?
BusinessWeek December 3, 2007 Nanette Byrnes	Proxies: The SEC's Stopgap Solution Chairman Cox indicates he'll vote against shareholder access to corporate proxies, but the agency will revisit the issue next year.
CFO September 1, 2004 John Goff	Who's the Boss? Spurred by a slew of portfolio-punishing accounting scandals and angered by decades of corporate indifference to their requests, shareholder activists want more say in how American companies are run.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 W.D. Crotty	SEC May Look at CEO Pay It is encouraging to see some pension fund managers and the SEC taking action on pay for performance among top executives, but shareholder shouldn't get too happy.
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 February 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Get Out and Vote! Proxy voting lets your shareholder voice be heard.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Robert Brokamp	Let's Fix the Rules of Enforcement Is the SEC up to the task?
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Think Twice Before Agreeing With Management Did you know that companies in which you own stock may be doing things you don't like, and you may be giving them your blessing? Investors, proxy voting probably doesn't work the way you think it does.
Insurance & Technology June 13, 2005 James Watson Jr.	Managing the Transformation From Paper to Digital Delivery What have been the barriers to achieving success with electronic document delivery?
Registered Rep. April 7, 2005 Kristen French	NASD Advocates More Disclosure, Less Paper Broker/dealers and their reps may get a big break on point-of-sale disclosure if the Securities and Exchange Commission heeds recent NASD advice.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2008 Alyce Lomax	The SEC Has Let Us Down Who's the SEC looking out for again? It's not you or I.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2004 Tim Beyers	Inside a Proxy Statement Proxies often reveal gems shareholders don't want to miss.
CFO March 1, 2008 Kate Plourd	Pulp Faction Don't write the obituary of the paper proxy statement just yet.
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 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.
CFO February 1, 2006 Alix Nyberg Stuart	Penalty Box The SEC is handing out bigger and bigger fines for misdeeds. But is this the right approach?
InternetNews April 24, 2007 Michael Hickins	SEC Charges Former Apple Attorney With Fraud SEC levies fraud charges at Apple's former general counsel and settles with its former CFO in connection with a stock options backdating scandal.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Read Those Proxy Statements in 2006 Shareholder resolutions are an increasingly important vehicle for shareholder activism of all sorts.
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 David Henry	A Wake-Up Call From Investors CEOs are being grilled like never before in conference calls run for shareholders.
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.
U.S. Banker December 2007 Karen Krebsbach	Opposition Grows Against Rules To Trim Shareholder Rights The SEC is expected to decide before year's end whether to approve any of the five controversial proposals that would curb the rights of shareholders to file resolutions and participate in choosing corporate-board members.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Shareholders Step on the Gas Shareholders are indeed owners, and that should mean having a voice and advocating for change as needed. Maybe that's why corporate governance issues appear to be gaining momentum.
On Wall Street May 1, 2013 Cumming & Horwitz	SEC Takes on Structured Notes Large banks need to provide better information on these complex securities sold to the wealthy, regulator says.
Registered Rep. February 18, 2004 John Churchill	SEC Puts Forth Mutual Fund Rules Proposals The SEC has put forth three proposals that could drastically change the way mutual funds are sold.
HBS Working Knowledge December 20, 2006 Mihir Desai	Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting What corporations report in profit to the IRS and what they report to shareholders are often two different numbers. That's why the IRS and Securities and Exchange Commission are proposing that companies publicly report taxes paid
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 14, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Making Corporate Housecleaning Easier in 2012 Proxy access resolutions pile up; could some corporate boards get cleaned up next year?
The Motley Fool January 23, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Trouble at the Top for Whole Foods? We dig a little deeper into a shareholder resolution aimed at the company.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 Jena McGregor	Board Shakeups Made Easier New law gives shareholders more power. Delaware entities will have to put shareholder nominees on the proxy and reimburse successful campaigns. The SEC and the Senate have new regs in store, too.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Will the SEC Protect Proxy Access? Investors of all stripes should keep an eye on next week's ruling.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Don't Forget to Be Outraged The SEC makes a controversial ruling, which will allow companies to block shareholders' attempts to put their own director nominees on proxy ballots.
InternetNews February 4, 2011	Shareholder Group Pushes Apple CEO Plan With Apple's annual meeting coming up, a shareholder's advisory group has put forth a proposal that would require Apple to publicly disclose a succession plan to replace CEO Steve Jobs when it becomes necessary. But Apple has criticized the proposal.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009	A Trio of Options Shareholders could soon have an easier route to proposing their own directors on company boards, thanks to three changes
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Jane Worthington	Document Requests Every registered advisor can expect an SEC staff examination and document request. To ease your firm through the process of delivering the documents in a timely manner, it's important to ensure that documents are easily accessible.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Majority Rules! Majority voting standards would let shareholders have their say.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2005 Tim Beyers	Your Own Personal Deep Throat Do you know all there is to know about the stocks you own? The government does. You can, too. EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval) is an investor's best friend.
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 Jena McGregor	Activist Investors Get More Respect Boards are listening, and shareholder proposals are making headway.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2011 Alyce Lomax	From Corporate Excess to Excessive Embarrassment Sheer humiliation could be a great tool to push for better corporate behavior from executives at Bank of America.
Bank Systems & Technology March 19, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Citi Files for Reverse Stock Split, Exchange Offer Citigroup is following through with its plans to build capital by petitioning the SEC for permission to convert preferred shares into common stock and a reserve split.
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Thomas O. Gorman	SEC v. Bank of America: Where to Go From Here? The SEC thought it had completed an investigation, brought an enforcement action and then settled it.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2005 Jim Mueller	Sportsman's Guide's Red Flag How many stock options is the outdoor gear seller giving out? And it wants more? Here's an investor's red flag.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2005	Finance: True To Reform New rules affecting the ways companies offer and register securities are slated to take effect on Dec. 1, 2005.
CFO November 1, 2004	Sporting Suggestions Players unions are ''blind to the financial realities'' in their sports... Few companies have working capital under strong control... An SEC proposed rule would result in a sham upon the investing public... etc.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2010 Jeffrey Morgan	Corporate America Wants Your Vote Why we should all care about corporate governance.