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Maureen Thompson

CHECK OUT THE SEC EFFORT TO BOOST INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR PROXY VOTING!

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking action to promote greater investor participation in corporate elections. The Commission is hoping to “get the vote out” from individual or mom and pop investors.




As the SEC notes, investor participation in the elections of companies they own is c

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Posted by Maureen Thompson on February 24, 2010 at 2:30pm

Alex Higgins

Wall Street Bonuses Rose 17% in 2009

Today, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced that Wall Street paid out $20.3 billion of bonuses in 2009, up 17% from 2008. Bonuses at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley rose by 31%.



Given the lingering problems in the economy and high unemployment, one wonders what these executives could have done to merit these awards. Let's not forget that these are the same banks that had to be bailed out with taxpayer money in order to avoid collapsing.


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Posted by Alex Higgins on February 23, 2010 at 11:15am

John Chevedden

When companies know better than shareholders

When companies know better than shareholders

By LOREN STEFFY Houston Chronicle

Feb. 6, 2010, 12:18AM

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/steffy/6854111.html



Extract:

John Chevedden says he owns 50 shares of Houston-based Apache Corp. But when he tried to submit a shareholder proposal last month, the company not only rej
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Posted by John Chevedden on February 8, 2010 at 11:23am

Maureen Thompson

SHAREOWNERS.ORG ORGANIZING MAJOR PUSH TO PROTECT INVESTORS AFTER COURT RULING

You can read our news release below ...

SHAREHOLDER GROUPS, INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS LAUNCHING MAJOR EFFORT TO PROTECT INTERESTS OF INVESTORS IN WAKE OF CITIZENS UNITED COURT RULING

Shareholder Resolutions, SEC Rulemaking and Congress All Seen as Venues to Ensure Full Board Accountability in New Era of Unleashed Political Contributions.

WASHINGTON, D.C.///February 4, 2010///
A large and growing group of shareholder organizations and major investors announced today that they are wo… Continue

Posted by Maureen Thompson on February 4, 2010 at 11:06am

Maureen Thompson

SHAREOWNER'S 10-POINT PLAN FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES REFORM

It's a brand new year!

ShareOwners.org is starting things off with a bang by outlining our 10-point plan for financial services regulatory reform.

You can read the letter we sent to Capitol Hill here:
http://216.250.243.12/SO/ShareOwners_on_financial_reg_reform_FINAL.pdf

Posted by Maureen Thompson on January 18, 2010 at 3:03pm

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Michael Morton

A better approach 2 Replies

Started by Michael Morton. Last reply by Devin LaSalle Feb 26.

 
 

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