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The Motley Fool May 7, 2004 Bill Mann	Rash of Activism at Staples This year's proxy statement from office supply giant Staples contains four separate shareholder proposals, the first time any shareholder proposals have been made in the last ten years.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2004 Rich Smith	DeVry's the Prize Shares jumped in price as the for-profit educator announced a purchase bid by an unidentified party.
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CFO June 1, 2004 Lori Calabro	Letting Down Your Guard With takeover defenses being increasingly dismantled, will a rise in hostile acquisitions be the result?
The Motley Fool July 28, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Greenbrier's Poison Pill A battle between the transport company and its chairman has nudged volume upward.
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The Motley Fool April 13, 2005 Rich Smith	What's Japanese for Horse Hockey? Management sees Matsushita in somebody else's crosshairs. If Panasonic truly wishes to serve its shareholders' interests, it will drop this pill idea.
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InternetNews November 18, 2004 Clint Boulton	Oracle to PeopleSoft: It's Your Best Deal In an open letter, Oracle calls its offer for applications rival PeopleSoft in shareholders' best interest.
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Emily Thornton	How Golden Parachutes Unfurled When did companies start awarding CEOs a small fortune once their company changed hands, and why?
The Motley Fool March 2, 2004 Ben McClure	Hollinger's Poison Pill Thanks to a "poison pill," Hollinger's auction can go forward.
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IndustryWeek April 20, 2011	Poison Pills Still Offer Protection Properly structured agreements can deter hostile takeovers.
CFO July 1, 2002 Roy Harris	States of Grace How companies incorporated in jurisdictions like Ohio, with tough antitakeover statutes, tailor defenses.
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.
InternetNews November 10, 2004	Oracle's 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer Rejected The battle for PeopleSoft now goes to the shareholders while the legal wranging continues.
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InternetNews April 21, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Salesforce.com Tees up IPO Price The on-demand applications provider files to offer 10 million shares, and adds a poison pill provision.
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HBS Working Knowledge August 22, 2007 Robin Greenwood	The Hedge Fund as Activist Do hedge funds improve management of the companies they invest in?
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The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Anders Bylund	Foolish Book Review: "Resisting Hostile Takeovers" This book by former Gillette board member Rita Ricardo-Campbell explains in the financial conditions around Ronald Perelman's attempts to gain control over Gillette in the late 1980s and early 1990s and merge it with his flagship holding, Revlon
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The Motley Fool November 30, 2004 Rich Smith	Merck Execs Circle the Wagons Shareholder anger is elicited by a filing that Merck made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, announcing that in anticipation of a possible hostile takeover, its executives are taking all possible measures to protect... themselves.
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BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 David Henry	Have Dealmakers Wised Up? Acquiring companies seem to be taking a closer look -- and paying less.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: ChoicePoints to Better Times Last year was one of lousy press and mediocre numbers for the data collator. Will the new fiscal year be better for the company and shareholders alike?
InternetNews November 1, 2004 Clint Boulton	Oracle to PeopleSoft: 'Best and Final Offer' Oracle ups its bid for PeopleSoft to $24 per share and drops most conditions in its continuing quest to buy the software maker.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Window Shopping at Tiffany Investors will probably see the upscale jeweler's net profitability fall back toward the high single to low double digits when it reports its fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 results.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Honda Targets Individual Investors The automaker and other Japanese firms make their shares more appealing to average citizens.
InternetNews November 24, 2004 Michael Singer	PeopleSoft 'Poison Pill' Hearing on Ice A Delaware Chancery Court judge wants to hear PeopleSoft's board explain their decision to ignore Oracle's $24 per share offer.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2007 Toby Shute	Quick Take: Coal-porate Governance Mega miner Peabody Energy takes a shareholder-friendly baby step towards better corporate governance.
HBS Working Knowledge April 5, 2004 Jim Heskett	Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction? Research tells us that the short-term value in an acquisition accrues primarily to shareholders of acquired companies. On the other hand, short-term value is more often destroyed than created for shareholders of acquiring organizations.
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Michael Singer	PeopleSoft Investors Sharing a Divided House Tensions run high as major shareholders mull their choices on Oracle's takeover bid.
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The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Monitoring Motorola Motorola is set to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings -- investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool October 11, 2004 Tim Beyers	Don't Waste Your Vote Every year, as a shareholder, you're given the chance to have a say in how the companies you own are run. Don't blow it. Vote.
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