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The Motley Fool July 30, 2011 Cliff D'Arcy	Vodafone's Massive Giveaway Next February, the telecom giant's owners will share a very special dividend.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Investors Give Vodafone Static Are investors overreacting to guidance from the world's second-largest cell phone operator, Britain's Vodafone? Despite a decent earnings result and the announcement of significant returns of capital to shareholders, the stock was marked down 5% in trading.
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The Motley Fool June 10, 2009 Daniel Harrison	Vodafone: Not Sexy, But Safe The British telecom lags its peers, but it's here for the long haul.
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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.
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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.
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The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Dave Mock	Foolish Forecast: Sprint Nextel's Spinning Wheels In advance of third quarter earnings, analysts expect wireless services provider Sprint to report a slight decline in revenue, and a larger decline in earnings.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings.
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InternetNews December 16, 2004 Jim Wagner	No Static Expected in Sprint-Nextel Deal Industry watchers don't expect any trouble from regulators or competitors when it comes to the proposed Sprint Nextel merger. The two companies announced their "merger of equals" Wednesday after nearly a week of rampant speculation.
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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.
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