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The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Bill Mann	Dual-Class Shares, Second-Class Investors There is a separate, non-traded class of stock that receives 10 votes for each common stock. This means that the non-traded stock shareholders, including the CEO, can dictate terms at the company far in excess of their financial stake.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Jeff Hwang	A Costly Tech Buyback Selling options low and buying back shares high destroy Texas Instruments' value.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2004 Mark Whistler	Coca-Cola: Minor Burps? Contentious shareholder relations and management issues plague the soft-drink giant.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Bill Mann	General Electric Issues Equity?! When debt financing is the next best thing to free money, GE dilutes shareholders instead. In a surprise offering, General Electric announced on Monday that it was pricing 119 million shares of its stock at $31.83 to raise $3.8 billion for the company's planned takeover of some Vivendi assets.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2004 Bill Mann	Sickly Sweet Stock Split Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory splits a $13 stock "to increase shareholder value." But in this case, splitting the stock does nothing of the sort.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2004 Bill Mann	The Hollinger Hypocrite You want to know what some executives really think of shareholders? Ousted Hollinger chairman Conrad Black calls his shareholders "a bunch of self-righteous hypocrites and ingrates who give us no credit."
The Motley Fool July 1, 2004 Bill Mann	Buffett on White Mountains Berkshire Hathaway completes its warrant exercise to take a 16% stake in White Mountains Insurance.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Watching for Wily Offers General Mills urges its stock owners to reject a below-market tender offer.
The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 Chris Mallon	Honda's Value Balances Out Honda Motors adds value where its competitors can't. Is the stock appropriately priced?
The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Bill Mann	Did Buffett Say "I Don't Sell"? A reader picks up a seeming contradiction from the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet.
The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 Selena Maranjian	When Too Much Cash Is Bad Even though cash allows companies to act quickly, there are other things they can do with their cash to be more productive.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2004 Bill Mann	Dynegy's First-Time Loser Jamie Olis is going to jail for a long time -- longer, in fact, than people who have done much worse.
The Motley Fool May 11, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Overstock Rocked The high-flying stock gets hammered on news of a share offering.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Has Central Parking Stalled? Investing in the parking lot company may seems like a good idea, but not at its current price.
CFO Kris Frieswick	Shareholder Management Odd-lot shareholder programs -- in which companies offer shareholders with fewer than 100 shares a chance to either sell them at discounted fees or buy enough to hit 100 -- are making a comeback.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2004 Selena Maranjian	The Least You Can Invest Don't think that you need to buy at least 100 shares.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2003 Mathew Emmert	Warren, Show Me the Money Why Berkshire Hathaway should pay dividends.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 W.D. Crotty	3 Values in Oil These three oil stocks appear to be relatively attractively valued.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2004 Seth Jayson	Papa John's' Crusty Conduct The pizza's heating up, but are shareholders being served?
The Motley Fool July 12, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Disney's Dividend Beleaguered Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner hinted that shareholders may hear about an increased dividend before the year is out.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Seth Jayson	Hollywood Sellout? The No. 2 video-rental chain goes private. Are investors being saved, or given a raw deal?
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Shelled and Bitten Again Shell Oil just keeps delivering the bad news.
Knowledge@Wharton	Shareholder Rights and Corporate Performance Corporate boards have long adopted techniques to stave off hostile takeovers. Shareholders' organizations have generally decried such techniques. So far, the research indicates the shareholders' groups have it right...
The Motley Fool May 18, 2004 Selena Maranjian	A Daring but Doomed Proposal What if shareholders decided how companies spent their money?
Salon.com June 24, 2000 Diane Seo	You've got money! Shareholders at AOL's and Time Warner's merger meetings demand assurances that the companies will continue to rake it in.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Selena Maranjian	How Companies Go Public A basic description of how companies raise money through an initial public offering, or IPO.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2004 Brian Gorman	Applied Materials' Buyback The stock repurchase program sounds impressive, but has yet to add shareholder value.
The Motley Fool April 6, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Fidelity Chairman Challenges SEC In an editorial, Edward Johnson challenges the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to require all chairpersons of mutual funds to be "independent" -- meaning they'd have no stake in the fund's management company.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Conflicts of Interest Linger Many CFOs may not know enough accounting to do their jobs right.
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 February 26, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Victoria's Not So Secret As expected, fourth-quarter results released this morning were strong. Same-store sales were up a robust 8%, revenue increased 9%, and net income rose 10% over the prior-year period.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 Salim Haji	Buffett Sells. Should You? Warren Buffett is clearly not finding many opportunities to invest the U.S. stock market today. Despite the fact that he has $27 billion of cash sitting idle, concerns about valuation are driving him to sell some stocks and increase that pile of cash. In doing so, he is sending a strong, clear message not only about the specific stocks he is selling, but also about the U.S. equity market in general.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2004 Selena Maranjian	More Than a Newspaper The Washington Post Co. offers a lot to investors. You may want to add the company to your watch list of companies to possibly invest in one day. It's a compelling, growing business, made up of much more than newsprint.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2004 Matt Logan	The Coca-Cola Connection Despite a web of relationships between directors, Coca-Cola's board is the real thing.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2004 Bill Mann	Cisco Might Pay Dividend John Chambers hints that he might return some cash to shareholders. That would be great.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2004 Nathan Parmelee	Value Line's Wild Ride A large one-time dividend distribution has given investors an up-and-down ride lately. Or has it?
CFO May 1, 2003 Tim Reason	Off the Street Stricter rules and wary investors are prompting more companies to exit the public markets.
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2004 Ralph Block	To Buy or Not to Buy... Is buying commercial real estate at today's market prices an intelligent strategy that's likely to be applauded by shareholders?
The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 Jeff Hwang	RIM Cashes In Share offering may indicate richly valued shares, but also a quest for long-term value.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2004 Matt Thurmond	911! Cigna Needs Help Cigna cuts costs, slashes dividend, and tries to stop customers from jumping ship.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Caterpillar Under Fire To what degree is a company responsible for how people use its products? Social responsibility activists and shareholders are concerned because the company's bulldozers are being used by the Israeli army to raze Palestinian homes.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2004 Bill Mann	Attack of the Killer Attorneys It's inevitable in every investor's career that he or she will hold a company that will attract class action lawsuits alleging some form of securities fraud.
Real Estate Portfolio Mar/Apr 2003 Art Gering	When Raising Capital Raises a Ruckus At times, direct placements of common shares by REITs make sense. But try telling that to some shareholders.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2004 Bill Mann	Warren Buffett: World's Greatest Sandbagger Berkshire's performance in 2003 was magnificent. Bill Mann reviews the letter from the chairman. Each year, Warren Buffett puts pen to paper to tell Berkshire Hathaway shareholders exactly what he thinks about his company's performance over the past year.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Feeling Nortel's Pain Before today's open, Nortel announced that its president and CEO had been "terminated for cause." Those are three words you never want to hear because they always mean bad news. But it gets worse. Also terminated with cause were the chief financial officer and controller.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 W.D. Crotty	McDonald's Is Worth It McDonald's stock may be pricey, but it may also be worth it.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Uncle Sam Double-Dips on Dividends Taxation of dividends: it's not what you earn that counts -- it's what you keep.
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 March 24, 2004 Bill Mann	The Taxman Cometh, Eh? Canada looks at tax changes that could needlessly reduce the attractiveness of some income stocks.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2004 Mathew Emmert	Banking on Small Banks Here are two small banks with big promise. Their customer-friendly ways have produced shareholder-friendly results, and diversified portfolios should take notice.