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Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2004 Paul Wanner	REITs Get the Bronze for Governance The group of REIT companies studied in this analysis exhibits superior governance practices relative to the entire universe of companies ranked by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS.)
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Lauren Young	Report Cards On Governance Morningstar and ISS both give grades on corporate governance, but their rating systems differ widely.
The Motley Fool April 9, 2007 David Lee Smith	Gray Lady May See Colorful Meeting Advisory report urges New York Times shareholders to withhold votes for directors. Investors should be advised to remain mere observers of this and other newspaper-related dramas.
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2005 David E. Simon	Raising Standards The modern REITs of today provide investors the opportunity to invest in liquid, dividend-paying, quality real estate firms actively managed for the benefit of all stockholders with the highest level of corporate governance.
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.
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The Motley Fool September 12, 2005 Rich Duprey	S&P Ratings a Zero The credit rating agency ends its corporate governance evaluation service. Considering that it was up to the end user to decide whether to make S&P corporate governance score (CGS) ratings public, the ratings' value to the investing public was probably minimal.
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