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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 April 5, 2010 Jeffrey Morgan	Corporate America Wants Your Vote Why we should all care about corporate governance.
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 June 23, 2005 Bill Barker	History Is Made, for Now At yesterday's annual meeting, Flamel's shareholders made history. All proposals to re-elect the former directors were rejected by voting shareholders.
U.S. Banker June 2006 Rebecca Sausner	Corporate Governance: Ready, Aim and Fire: Shareholders Get Armed A fairly new proposal on the ballot at some institutions includes moves to require an advisory shareholder vote on compensation committee pay reports, with Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial and U.S. Bancorp facing votes on this issue.
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 Jena McGregor	Activist Investors Get More Respect Boards are listening, and shareholder proposals are making headway.
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 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Voting: Not Just for November Anymore It's a very exciting time of year for investors: tax season, annual report season, and proxy voting season. Believe it or not, it's worth your time to sift through the mail and uncover your ballot; your proxy votes carry more power than you think.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2009 Toby Shute	Shareholders 1, Board Bozos 0 Score one for shareholder empowerment.
HBS Working Knowledge July 5, 2006 Joseph Hinsey	Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction Corporate governance reformers are pushing the idea of majority voting for directors. But that solution won't produce the desired outcome. The answer? Keep CEOs and board chairs separate.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2005 Gardner & Mann	Quality Systems: Board Battle Rages On The electronic records software provider's final slate of directors is being contested by dissident shareholder and director Ahmed Hussein. If a lawsuit is brewing from the vote count, management and its board should have revealed it to shareholders.
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Amy Borrus	At The SEC, The Agony Of Compromise Chairman Donaldson is finding a deal on proxy reform elusive in an election year. Yet, despite competing pressures, his resolve shows no sign of waning.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Eliot Cohen	Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors.
The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Are Winning ... Slowly CEO overcompensation is gradually being challenged in corporate America by shareholders, through resolutions and annual meeting proposals.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 Aaron Byrd	Disney: Notes From the Front Line Even after Disney shareholders voiced their lack of confidence in staggering numbers, the board installed an existing member as the new chairman.
InternetNews May 13, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Closes in on MCI Stake Verizon will soon own 13 percent of MCI after a $1.1B deal with a private stockholder. But the larger merger vote looms.
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?
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 August 27, 2010 Alyce Lomax	A Shift Toward Shareholder Rights Shareholder-friendly policies may become an increasing priority in corporate America.
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 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 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 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.
U.S. Banker May 2007 Karen Krebsbach	Executive Pay, Still in the Hot Seat Shareholders are trying to gain more influence on executive pay as more resolutions hit the agenda at firms' annual meetings. But passage is proving to be tough.
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 January 14, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Want a Say on Pay? Cast That Ballot! Will shareholders rock the vote at annual meetings this year?
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 March 28, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Conflicted Mutual Funds There are conflicts of interest afoot in mutual funds. The bottom line if you're interested in seeing shareholder proposals pass at companies in which you've invested is to check out the proxy-voting policies at the funds that own big chunks of the companies.
CFO March 1, 2012 Sarah Johnson	Dismay on Pay Why say on pay won't be any easier the second time around.
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The Motley Fool May 19, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	I Hate You, Don't Leave Me! If Blockbuster's ridiculous compensation and severance packages are the reason why John Antioco is still around, then that's just another reason for shareholder's to whip out a broom and sweep the boardroom clean next year as well.
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The Motley Fool October 19, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz	A New Era for Investors Management and boards must be accountable to us, the owners of the companies employing them. That's called capitalism.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2010 Anders Bylund	Guess Who Just Got a No-Confidence Vote? Barnes & Noble's leaders, that's who.
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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