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The Motley Fool September 15, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Bally Totally Unfit: Part 1 Every step of the way, Bally gave off clues that all was not well, and therein lie the lessons for all investors.
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 May 26, 2009 Selena Maranjian	You Can Make a Difference Shareholders can propose changes for companies, and if they gain enough support, they can make a big difference.
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 1, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Bally Wants a Buyer This is the time of year when investors start thinking about stocks in the fitness and weight-loss world. Bally Total Fitness states, restates, and searches for a new state of mind.
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The Motley Fool April 5, 2010 Jeffrey Morgan	Corporate America Wants Your Vote Why we should all care about corporate governance.
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 December 3, 2004 Lawrence Meyers	Bally's Bully Tactics Backfire An enormous number of consumer complaints shows investors why Bally Total Fitness is hurting.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2009 Selena Maranjian	These Fund Companies Are Letting Us Down It's ridiculous, but some fund firms are supporting excessive CEO pay.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Bally Totally Unfit: Part 2 Could an investor still have foreseen the impending disaster at Bally? Possibly, if he or she continued to ask questions. Despite the company's poor performance in 2003, the entire board granted itself raises and more than 700,000 stock options, redeemable at $6 and $7 per share.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Alyce Lomax	In 2011, Shareholders Speak Louder Than Ever Your vote as an investor really counts this year.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Who's Targeting Your Stock? The Manhattan Institute's Proxy Monitor database is a tool that lets shareholder proposals point you toward real investment risks.
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.
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 4, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Not-So-Indecent Proposals Watch out for shareholders, especially of Apple Computer, shaking things up at public companies this year.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Gym Fight on Wall Street Bally Total Fitness points fingers as it reports its financial mess.
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.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009	A Trio of Options Shareholders could soon have an easier route to proposing their own directors on company boards, thanks to three changes
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The Motley Fool November 14, 2006 Billy Fisher	Throwing Their Weights Behind Cybex The maker of fitness products swings to a profit for the third quarter. Shareholders have seen the stock price rise 73% year to date.
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?
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 March 8, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Bally's Totally Rotten Report Amid reports of prior executive wrong-doing, one can only hope that the aggressive tactics and alleged wrongdoing by sales staff at individual locations will begin to change with a new CEO. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Are Forcing Change You're not as powerless as you might think when it comes to important social issues.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Magyer & Moscovitz	Let's Fix Board Elections Part of an ongoing series about the Shareholder Bill of Rights currently in Congress. In this article, board elections. Whom will you pick to run the ship?
InternetNews November 18, 2004 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Narrow Day The indexes put in "inside days" today, staying for the most part within yesterday's range.
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 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.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Keeping Score at Major Companies Big issues abound in proxy statements this year. Don't miss your chance to chime in.
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.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Foreshadowed Losses You Shouldn't Ignore You might one day regret that complacent proxy vote.
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 Jena McGregor	Activist Investors Get More Respect Boards are listening, and shareholder proposals are making headway.
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The Motley Fool July 8, 2009 Toby Shute	Shareholders 1, Board Bozos 0 Score one for shareholder empowerment.
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The Motley Fool April 24, 2009 Brian Orelli	Just Say No to "Say on Pay"? For all the complaining that investors and analysts do about executive pay, it might come as a surprise that investors rejected two out of the three "say on pay" proposals at pharmaceutical companies' annual meetings.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2010	The Motley Fool's Testimony on Corporate Governance and Shareholder Empowerment Shareholders should have a bigger say in how companies are run.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2011 Alyce Lomax	A Different Kind of Climate Change Environmental and social shareholder proposals are gaining traction.
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