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BusinessWeek March 6, 2006 Amy Borrus	Should Directors Be Nervous? Activists are pushing majority-vote rules as a weapon against unresponsive boards.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Get Out and Vote! Proxy voting lets your shareholder voice be heard.
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CFO April 1, 2009 Kate Plourd	Stocks Down, Voices Raised Their sights fixed on executive compensation, shareholders seek a say on pay and pay-for-performance policies.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: CEO Compensation Bill Is a No-Brainer Congressman Frank's proposed, shareholder-friendly bill is nothing that other countries aren't already doing.
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.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Will Obama Succeed Where Shareholders Have Failed? Delving beyond the headlines.
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007 Jena McGregor	This Proxy Season, Expect A Brawl Add up shareholder anger over the backdating scandal, a slate of new rules on executive pay disclosure, increasing pressure from activist hedge funds, and more companies requiring directors to be elected by a majority shareholder vote, and a tempestuous proxy period lies ahead.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Not-So-Indecent Proposals Watch out for shareholders, especially of Apple Computer, shaking things up at public companies this year.
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 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 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.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Alyce Lomax	In 2011, Shareholders Speak Louder Than Ever Your vote as an investor really counts this year.
Knowledge@Wharton May 21, 2003	Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling?
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 John Helyar	Investor 'Say on Pay' Is a Bust Shareholder votes rejected executive pay at less than 2 percent of public companies this year.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Let's Fix "Say on Pay" Here's the Shareholder Bill of Rights take on compensation.
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 May 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings.
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.
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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.
CFO September 1, 2010 Joseph McCafferty	Who's in Charge Here? Listening to shareholders is easy. Making sense of their concerns is not.
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.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Rich Duprey	Home Depot Gets Religion The board of directors requires a two-thirds vote to approve CEO pay. Now let's see what else its members can come up with to restore investor confidence in their ability to lead Home Depot forward.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Your Stocks' Secrets Investors, knowledge is power, so don't ignore a freely available source of the best-kept corporate secrets -- the proxy statement. Proxy season is upon us -- don't forget to do your homework.
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.
BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 Roben Farzad	Fidelity's Divided Loyalties Fidelity Investments could be the king of shareholder rights. But do its corporate interests get in the way?
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The Motley Fool February 27, 2008 Rich Duprey	A Backhanded Defense of CEO Pay Congress is hosting a tete-a-tete for the heads or former heads of Countrywide, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to discuss how they could reap such windfalls in the face of their company's failures.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2007 Toby Shute	A Regal Retirement for the Sun King? Retirement-bound chief exec Lord Browne's last meeting with BP shareholders was clouded by a disputed pay package.
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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 May 13, 2005 Tim Beyers	Time to Get Out the Vote A full slate of annual meetings is upcoming. If you're an owner, it's time to crack those proxies and go vote.
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 June 13, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer	It's the Same Old Story at Chesapeake Chesapeake's annual meeting didn't change much of anything when it comes to the company's awful pay practices.
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.
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 April 2, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Investors, Get What You're Paying For CEO compensation has nothing to do with performance.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009	Compensation at the Fore In this sampling of bank directors' opinions on the hot topics of the day, we look at issues related to executive compensation.
CFO June 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan	Not-So-Modest Proposals For board members the choice is clear: support shareholder proposals that win a majority vote or risk losing the director seat.
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.
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The Motley Fool January 8, 2007 Rich Duprey	Is CEO Pay Really Out of Whack? Their companies' performance may be faltering, but CEOs' pay packages sure aren't. Is this a new era of corporate greed? What does it mean to shareholders?
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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.
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HBS Working Knowledge December 6, 2004 Mallory Stark	Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt.