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Entries tagged "Corporate governance"

Borders' new board has same problems

Borders plans to elect five new board members in September.


Wolf and the perversity of bank shareholders

Criticism continues to rain down on the president's regulatory reform proposals, but only Martin Wolf is bold enough to suggest a return to shareholder liability.


Beyond 'The Myth of the Rational Market'

Justin Fox's book, 'The Myth of the Rational Market' has been reviewed widely and received, in the main, good notices.


Are PE-backed companies better at governance?

A new study attempts to determine whether private equity-backed companies are better at corporate governance.


Companies paying more for audits

A survey of independent audit fees showed that companies saw a slight increase in 2008 compared with the previous year.


Icahn near Biogen Idec victory

Popularity of activist investor Carl Icahn's proposal to split up biotechnology company Biogen Idec may be why the company suspended its annual shareholder meeting.


Bill George refutes Ackman's Target proxy

Former Target board member Bill George tells TheDeal.com why Pershing Square chief Bill Ackman's proxy against the retailer is wrong.


Redstone likes life at CBS, Viacom

To the chagrin of some shareholders, CBS and Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone has no plans of stepping down anytime soon.


BofA's Lewis to stay; shareholders react

Bank of America shareholders react to news that CEO Ken Lewis and the board were re-elected, but another vote that would split Lewis' roles is still being tallied.


Kwak, Johnson on cleaning up crony capitalism

Baseline Scenario's James Kwak and Simon Johnson explore crony capitalism's role in today's financial crisis.


Remembering Louis Lowenstein

Corporate governance expert and Columbia Law professor Louis Lowenstein passed away last week.


Apple investors approve 'say on pay'

A recount of a shareholder vote by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shows the 'say on pay' proposal was approved by a slim margin.



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REIT IPO deja vu

By Edward Schneidman, Michael Blair and David Malinger, Mayer Brown

Real estate sponsors that might wish to undertake an IPO will need to consider a wide variety of issues and begin to take action long before the first filing with the SEC.


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Loan-to-buy

By Steven Miller, Standard & Poor's

Paulson's proposal to purchase an equity stake in Yellow Pages publisher Idearc is the second time in recent months an investor group has used its prepetition debt position to execute a bargain price 'exit LBO.'


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Managing your shareholder base

By Bradford P. Weirick and Joelle Khoury, Gibson Dunn

Growth companies and their PE sponsors should be wary of the pitfalls that arise when they layer on tiers of preferred stock.



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