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Information Today February 18, 2010	Morningstar Acquires Financial Fineprint Business, Footnoted.org Footnoted's research staff pores over hundreds of SEC filings a day to unearth critical information buried in the fine print.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2010 Jeffrey Morgan	Corporate America Wants Your Vote Why we should all care about corporate governance.
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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.
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The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Can the SEC Instill Confidence? Investors should make sure that the agency's efforts to untangle the proxy process ultimately benefit shareholders more than corporations.
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BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Spencer E. Ante	The Secret Behind Those Profit Jumps Many companies are boosting earnings by reversing write-downs and not disclosing it.
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The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Alyce Lomax	People Power in Corporate America Don't underestimate the power of individual investors. Just look at all the strides toward better corporate governance that investors have made this year.
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.
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InternetNews April 5, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Google Not Interested In Censorship Standards Google's board of directors recommended shareholders vote against a proposal by New York City's Comptroller that would require the company to follow a set of standards "to help protect freedom of access to the Internet."
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