Corporate Governance

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• Are We Setting Ourselves Up For Another Economic Crisis?

  
  The Corner Office — Authority: 537
  Today, U.S. Senate lawmakers voiced their opinions on the role of the Federal Reserve in our economic meltdown. With unemployment over 10 percent, a record federal deficit, and the looming specter of inflation, its not at all clear were doing anything differently, going forward.
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• Standard Life backs Mitchells & Butlers board shakeup

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Declaration of support is a blow to Piedmont and Joe Lewis • Statement could mean a boost for boss Simon Laffin Major institutional investor Standard Life has come out in support of the dramatic boardroom purge carried out this week at pub operator Mitchells & Butlers in which four non-independent ...
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• The Lazy Manager Theory

  
  Organizations and Markets — Authority: 515
  | Peter Klein | Good ideas from John Wilkins , who earned a PhD in (I think) evolutionary biology while working as a full-time manager (via Randy). Sample elements of the Lazy Manager Theory: Never do any piece of paperwork when the person who asked for it isn’t there and holding it when they make the request. ...
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• WSJ: Small Investor, Bigger Voice

  
  Breakout Performance: Ironfire Capital — Authority: 486
  Five ways the Internet is giving individual stakeholders more influence in the boardroom DECEMBER 3, 2009 By ROB CURRAN Technology keeps making it easier for the small investor to be heard. Thanks to the Web, shareholders have not only more information, but more ways to share news, ideas and issues about the ...
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• Corporate governance meaning and Principals

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 454
  Corporate governance (CG) is one of the most talked about topics in business, indeed in society, today. Google search revealed 513 news citations during a single week in June 2006. Most academics, business professionals, and lay observers would... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in for ...
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• Bank of America Free to Exit TARP (BAC)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 694
  Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is going to soon be out of the TARP.  The report was first out by CNBC’s Charlie Gasparino right after 5 PM that Bank of America is about to do a large capital raise to exit out of the TARP.  The the Wall Street Journal reported that Bank of [...] [[ This is a content ...
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• Corporate Accountability Conference Highlights What’s Next on the Regulatory Landscape

  
  Bulletproof — Authority: 419
  On Tuesday, regulators and corporate compliance officers from top companies around the world gathered at the Eighth Annual Corporate Accountability Conference in London to discuss the most pressing issues, trends, and challenges that are evident in today’s complex global regulatory environment. If one thing is ...
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• Joe Lewis hires City big hitter to counter Mitchells & Butlers allegations

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Joe Lewis says M&B;s assertions are without foundation • Mitchells & Butlers says it is standing by its allegation Bahamas-based investor Joe Lewis has hired Lazard chairman Ken Costa to lead an activist shareholder campaign at Mitchells & Butlers in the wake of a bitter falling-out with the ...
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• Lynch ‘Em

  
  Organizations and Markets — Authority: 515
  |Craig Pirrong| I’ve had several calls from reporters asking my opinion on the Lynch Amendment to Barney Frank’s derivatives regulation bill.  For some reason, Forrest Gump pops into my head every time that question is asked.  You know, the part where he says “stupid is as stupid does.” As I am sure ...
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• The Value of Control in Emerging Markets

  
  The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation — Authority: 517
  Editor’s Note: This post comes to us from Anusha Chari and Paige Ouimet , Assistant Professors of Finance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Linda Tesar , Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. Foreign acquisitions extend the boundaries of the firm across national borders. ...
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• Smaller bonuses at Exxon this year

  
  NewsWatch: Energy — Authority: 576
  Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson received a smaller bonus this year -- a mere $2.4 million vs. the $4 million last year, according to an SEC filing. The number of company shares he receives as a bonus remains...
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• Other People’s Money: Interpreting the Fiduciary Duty to Monitor Enterprise Risk Management

  
  Conglomerate — Authority: 606
  You may remember this story from last spring…. On a crisp Saturdaymorning in the spring of 2009, a somber group of citizens from the Connecticut townsof Bridgeport and Hartford boarded a tour bus.   The tour route did not pass through the lovely Hollywood Hills homes ofOscar-winning actors perched high above the ...
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• GM: All Out of Scapegoats - Now What?

  
  The Corner Office — Authority: 537
  GMs board abruptly fired CEO Fritz Henderson today. Why am I not surprised? Finally unconstrained by a mountain of debt following the fastest Chapter 11 restructuring in history, youd think GM would at least be starting to operate like a normal company. No such luck.
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• Henderson Out as CEO of GM (AIG, BAC)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 694
  General Motors may be looking more like Government Motors every day.  Fritz Henderson is stepping down according to a report from CNBC’s Phil Lebeau, citing sources.  What is not clear is if Henderson was asked or told to resign in the symbolic falling-on-the-sword maneuver or if Henderson just couldn’t take ...
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• Rebels are kicked out of pub group M&B

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • M&B; directors take on hostile billionaire investors • Group set for showdown at annual meeting next month Powerful rebel shareholders at Mitchells & Butlers have had their representatives ejected from the boardroom in a purge led by the pub groups new independent chairman, Simon Laffin, and his ...
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• Cadbury boss Stitzer to play the heritage card

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Group will stress ethical links to fight off Kraft bid Cadbury intends to use its ethical credentials as an important plank of its defence against the £10bn hostile bid from Kraft, the confectioners chief executive said today. Todd Stitzer said he intended to play up the heritage of the brand and its Fairtrade ...
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• Mitchells and Butlers boardroom row escalates

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  The shenanigans in the boardroom at M&B; are starting to make a full-on bar-room brawl look like a minor handbagging. To swiftly recap: over the weekend it emerged that Richard McGuire, a non-executive director of the All Bar One and Toby Carveries group, had blocked the appointment of Archie Norman as the new ...
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• Participate in Online Forum: Business and Human Rights

  
  Law at the End of the Day — Authority: 114
  Christine Bader , Adviser to the U.S. Secretary Generals Special Representative on Business and Human Rights (John Ruggie ) has just announced the commencement of an important participatory vehicle for individuals and organizations interested in contributing to the developing transnational framework for ...
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• Task Force on Governance Reforms

  
  INDIAN CORPORATE LAW — Authority: 122
  A few days ago, the website of the Ministry of Finance carried a draft report consisting of recommendations by a Task Force appointed by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to reform corporate governance norms in India. This Task Force was appointed in the wake of the Satyam scandal earlier this year, and its ...
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• CII recommended no client should exceed 10% business of audit firm

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 454
  No single corporate client or group should account for more than a tenth of the total revenues of any audit firm and its associates, a committee on corporate governance set up by industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has recommended... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
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