Help for the little guy
It seems a simple goal – but achieving it will be far from simple. Opinion over special dispensations for smaller firms is widely...
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Boardroom archive
Will Sox lead to international firms de-listing?
It’s impossible to dismiss the evidence now, however. Just a few weeks ago European issuers very publicly presented their...
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Trends among transfer agents
Finding a transfer agent whose representatives could recognize – and spell – Kalaniana’ole Highway and other vowel-laden Hawaiian...
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Directors look for individual cover
Let’s say you are an outside director of a large company and you keep a close watch on corporate reporting, accounting standards...
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Majority rules
Director elections are under the microscope this proxy season with a small but influential group of companies testing the majority...
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Gray power
Aged 90, Appel is younger than former US President Gerald Ford, but he is due to retire from Citigroup in April. In fact, a recent...
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A Fair deal
Corporate executives wonder whether their company will be the next defendant submerged in asbestos litigation and what their...
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How diverse is your board?
Around half the US workforce is female, and their wages are rising. Yet the number of women serving on the boards of US companies...
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Equity and fairness
Compensation committee members are finding themselves at the center of the storm as regulators, exchanges and investors put...
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Do the right thing
Q.) What steps can my directors take to protect themselves? A.) According to E Norman Veasey, former chief justice of Delaware and...
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