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Entries tagged "Shareholders"Roll Call: McDonald's Won the RecessionHere are some must-reads to kick off your Wednesday morning. Bankslaughter won't workThe Guardian's Paul Collier has offered up a solution to deter bankers from risky behavior: jail. AIG elects new directorsAmerican International Group shareholders got to vent frustration and elect a new slate of directors at the insurer's annual shareholder meeting. BofA Ken Lewis loses chairman roleKen Lewis' role as CEO and chair of Bank of America has been split. Morgan Stanley's Mack focuses on futureAt Morgan Stanley's annual meeting, shareholders rejected a plan that would have split the chairman and CEO, a position held by CEO John Mack, who keeps his eye on the future. Citi shareholders on Pandit, BofA's LewisCitigroup Inc.'s Vikram Pandit and Bank of America Inc.'s Ken Lewis could share the same fate. But according to Citi and BofA shareholders, Lewis may be ousted first. BofA's shareholders react to Lewis' testimonyBank of America Corp.'s (NYSE:BAC) shareholders Jonathan Finger, CtW and others believe Lewis' testimony, leaked to The Wall Street Journal, is "a nail in the coffin" for the CEO and the board. M&A Outlook 2009: Barclays' Parker on critical-care M&AAt The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference, Paul Parker, managing director and chairman and head of Global M&A at Barclays Capital, explained that M&A is difficult right now because it's hard to pin down a valuation on a company due to market volatility. This is leaving most industries full of companies, which might have at another time sold off assets, struggling with critical-care situations and restructuring. See the video after the break or download it on iTunes. - Maria Woehr ... Borders reads Ackman a warrantBorders Group Inc. is telling activist investor Pershing Square Capital Management LP's William Ackman to sign on the dotted line. Borders is issuing warrants for Pershing Square, which owns 29% of Borders, to own up to an agreement signed in April, according to a Reuters report. The agreement was that if the bookstore did not find a buyer by a prearranged deadline, Pershing would buy an additional 5.15 million shares of common stock on Oct. 1. ... Who wins in UST-Altria?Tobacco producer Altria Group Inc. reportedly is in advanced talks to buy UST Inc. for more than $10 billion as a means of accessing the growing smokeless tobacco market, The New York Times reported Friday.... Roll Call: CME, Nymex revise merger agreementCME Group Inc. has revised details of its plan to buy Nymex Holdings Inc. for a "full and final offer." CME Group sweetened the bid to $113 million to win over Nymex members. The deal has received heavy criticism from shareholders, who are pushing to reject the deal at a vote on Aug. 18, according to a report on The Financial Times Alphaville. - Maria Woehr ... Roll Call: McCain to guzzle profit from InBev-Anheuser-Busch dealCindy McCain, Sen. John McCain's wife, will guzzle up over $1 million from the $52 billion Anheuser-Busch Cos.-InBev SA deal, The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire reports. Cindy McCain is the heiress to the third-largest Anheuser distributor, Hensley and Co. - Maria Woehr... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Shareholders." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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