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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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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

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

It’s a new year and that means time to “get your house in order,” including getting your finances working for you! As a shareowner, one of the most significant things you can do that is to encourage your US senators to get behind the recently passed “say on pay” legislation passed by the House earlier this year (HR 3269) and incorporated in the broader “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” approved by the House last month. But wait, you say; if I want my personal finances to improve,… Continue

New from ShareOwners.org and the Council on Institutional Investors ...

"The case for a uniform federal proxy access rule for the election of corporate directors is stronger today as the result of a major new study finding that the alternative permitting company-by-company decisions on such access would effectively lock out shareholders at about 40 percent of top U.S. companies.

Titled "The Limits of… Continue