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Cornered In The Corner Office "Revolt in the Boardroom: The New Rules of Power in Corporate America" is a concise and readable probe of the battle for control within U.S. corporations.   |
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August 8, 2005 |
Readers Respond: Is There an "Efficient Market" in CEO Compensation? Readers offer varying viewpoints and solutions on the topic of CEO compensation. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Shareholders Flexing Their Biceps The arena of proxy voting is not only interesting, it's also important. When you receive proxy-voting materials, take time to read through them and then cast your vote. |
BusinessWeek
December 13, 2004
Diane Brady |
Quit While You're Ahead, Hank Investors are fretting about the lack of a definitive succession plan at AIG. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2004
Tom Taulli |
The Sarbanes Raiders Sarbanes-Oxley is a powerful tool for the SEC. It could also be very helpful for corporate raiders. A firm called Relational Investors LLC purchased a significant stake in SPX and recently launched a proxy fight to throw out management. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2007
Charles Keenan |
Pillars of Good Governance REIT corporate governance is among the best in the United States and boards across the industry remain highly focused on corporate performance and strategy. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Sarbanes-Oxley: Private Opportunity In Public Regulation With an eye toward the future, some closely held firms voluntarily adopt Sarbanes-Oxley Act principles. |
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? |
Insurance & Technology
April 19, 2005
Katherine Burger |
Junior High Justice New rules for insurance company CEOs to certify transactions punishes everyone for the misdeeds of a few. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005
Brady & Byrnes |
AIG: Get Ready For Starr Wars The fight over a secretive entity that wields enormous influence over AIG is just starting. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2005
Seth Jayson |
This Just In: CEOs Are Rich CEO bonuses are up 46%. Shareholders should be questioning whether or not some CEOs are deserving of such high pay. |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2005
Tom Taulli |
The Icahn Effect Carl Icahn has spread fear throughout corporate boardrooms. Now hedge fund Relational Investors looks like an Icahn wannabe. |
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006
Emily Thornton |
ISS Looks Like It's Channeling Icahn The proxy advisory firm says Fifth Third's CEO should go despite stellar governance. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit? |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005 |
Hank Greenberg And History The AIG scandal won't dim his legacy in furthering global trade. Even executives brought down by scandal are entitled to be judged as much for what they built as for how they ended their reign. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Risk, Rot, and the Road to Recovery It's high time shareholders demanded better corporate governance from boards. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The Truth About CEO Compensation While CEOs fulfill very important roles, they should remember that they are employees, too. They must answer to shareholders, instead of their own greed and hubris. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Brady & Vickers |
AIG: What Went Wrong A look at how AIG insurance got itself in such a mess -- and where all the probes are headed. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 10, 2003 |
CEOs of Aramark, AIG Lament Today's Risk-averse Climate CEOs of companies that never made headlines during the corporate scandals of the late 1990s expressed concern at a conference last week over what they see as a climate of government over-regulation in response to the business scandals of the last two years. |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Welcome to Proxy Fight Club Despite their downsides, proxy wars represent an important part of shareholder rights. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
CEOs: Do the Right Thing! 2008 was a bad year for shareholders and workers. Some CEOs made out like bandits, though. |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
More Rules, Higher Profits? New research shows that good governance practices may reduce your cost of capital. |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Ronald Grover |
Just Don't Call Him A Raider Carl Icahn, who now styles himself a shareholder activist, prepares for battle with Motorola. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
Kerry J. Sulkowicz |
CEO Pay: The Prestige, The Peril CEOs should reflect on the impact of their pay on their boardrooms and employees. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Louis Lavelle |
Executive Pay Top CEO paychecks in 2003 were, as usual, off-the-charts amazing. But the pace of overall raises for execs slowed considerably |
BusinessWeek
December 12, 2005
Emily Thornton |
Fat Merger Payouts For CEOs Top executives at companies being acquired are reaping windfalls. Whose interest is being served? |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 13, 2006
Jay W. Lorsch |
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do Compensation committees are under pressure to keep CEO pay high, even as shareholders and the media agitate for moderation. The solution? Boards of directors need better competitive information and an ear to what shareholders are saying. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2005
Bill Mann |
Greenberg: L'AIG C'est Moi Even if Hank Greenberg steps down as AIG's Chairman, the company won't be able to escape his shadow. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Joseph Weber |
Tough Questions For AIG's Auditors Regulators are probing if PricewaterhouseCoopers let the financial shenanigans slip through. Already, institutional shareholders, who sued AIG last fall when its stock began a 21% plunge, are considering roping the auditing firm into a class action. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Henry et al. |
The Boss on the Sidelines Auditors, directors, and lawyers are asserting their new-age power, and the reason for their defiance is no great mystery. The watchdogs are finally facing genuine liability for their failures. |
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006 |
An Acid Test for Boards Institutional Shareholder Services is making financial performance a metric for supporting directors' reelection. |
Inc.
July 2006
Darren Dahl |
CEOs Are From Mars, VCs Are From Venus It's official: CEOs ans VCs see everything differently. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005
Marcia Vickers |
Warren And Hank Are Set For A Grilling When Buffett and Greenberg meet with Spitzer and the feds, old feuds may flare. Insurance experts are wondering if the rendezvous with regulators will turn into a showdown between the two icons. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Capel et al. |
Europe's Old Ways Die Fast The two-year bear market, and a slew of homegrown corporate scandals, is spurring European shareholders to stand up for their rights. |
BusinessWeek
March 27, 2006
Diane Brady |
Hank Greenberg At War One year after Hank Greenberg was forced out of the insurance empire he built, the wounds are still raw. Then again, his battle against AIG has only just begun. |
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? |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2001
John S. McClenahen |
Endangered! Unless manufacturing's CEOs perform very well and very fast, they're history... |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Lori Calabro |
The Prime of Ms. Nell Minow For the prominent shareholder activist, these have been both the best and the worst of times. |
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
November 11, 2011
Robleto & Chan |
4 Breakups Costlier Than Kim Kardashian's Breaking up is hard to do, but can be quite profitable for executives. Take steps to ensure that you're investing in companies that are aligned with shareholder interests. |
BusinessWeek
May 12, 2011
Ian McGugan |
Book Review: Fatal Risk: A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide by Roddy Boyd The author asserts that former CEO Hank Greenberg's aversion to risk helped build the AIG empire, which fell without it. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 21, 2009
Roger Thompson |
Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
CEOs Still Raking It In Are CEOs really 301 times more valuable than rank-and-file employees? |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Silver-Greenberg et al. |
CEO Pay Drops, but...Cash Is King An exclusive first look at the 2009 compensation of chief executives at 81 big companies |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Ann Therese Palmer |
Watching the Insiders An interview with Nell Minow, editor of The Corporate Library, a research group that evaluates corporate governance policies, on why a rep should consider a company's corporate governance when deciding which stocks to purchase for a client. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Stop Enabling Crazy CEO Pay Rubber-stamping excessive executive compensation ruins things for the rest of us. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Another Black Eye for AIG These are dark days for the insurance giant. In the latest news, former AIG chief executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg might face civil charges for an alleged role in improperly inflating AIG's loss reserves. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Jerks and Their Perks When these folks push, shareholders need to push back. |
