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A shareholder advisory service hasrecommended that Omega Protein Corp. stock holders votefor two directors brought forward by an activist investor toserve on the company's board.
Bank financial contagion is cited as a key feature of the financial crises, as problems at specific financial institutions rapidly morphed into a crisis for the entire financial system. Shocks to bank health have played a systematic role in worsening financial stability. Yet not all financial institutions suffered during these crisis years. In our article, CEO Overconfidence and Financial Crisis: Evidence from Bank Lending and Leverage, which was recently published in the Journal of Financial Economics, we propose a new perspective that manager overconfidence could explain the substantial heterogeneity in bank risk-taking behaviors during a boom, as well as the performance of these banks during the ensuing crisis years.
CEOs say it all the time: they have a responsibility to “maximize shareholder value.” Fund managers say it too: CEOs have a responsibility to maximize
Global markets have priced in "half the move” should British voters ultimately decide to approve a June 23 referendum and leave the European Union, said Nigel Bolton, co-head of BlackRock's equity funds business, at an investor day event in New York.
Julie Smolyansky has spent more than a decade as chief executive officer of her family's successful business, but her path to the corner office was unplanned.
Read more about Why Microsoft, with $100 billion, wants a loan for LinkedIn acquisition on Business Standard. Maybe because it'll lower the technology giant's tax bill
La main sur le coeur, le ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale jure qu'il ne demande pas à son personnel affecté à son centre d'appel
Air Canada a confirmé mardi la ratification de la dixième et dernière convention collectiv
There has been tension between the legal academy and the practising profession ever since law was first taught in university law schools in the 19th century.
In a case commonly referred to as Marblegate, a federal district court recently held that a debt restructuring by for-profit education provider EDMC violated a non-impairment provision in the Trust Indenture Act (TIA), a Depression-era statute governing bond indentures. The restructuring presented bondholders with a choice between exchanging their bonds for equity and being left with claims against an empty shell by virtue of a foreclosure by secured creditors.
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Truck-stop operator TravelCenters of America rejected a $14-per-share December bid from Golden Gate Capital, but the private-equity firm remains interested in a deal, according to people familiar with the matter.
Corporations may be settling with activist shareholders and granting them board seats more quickly than in the past, in part because it helps entrench the
Rapidly sinking second-quarter profit expectations add to investors' worries.
Thank you for inviting me to testify today [June 14, 2016] regarding the current work and initiatives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission). The SEC is a critical agency that serves as the bulwark safeguarding millions of investors and the most vibrant markets in the world.
In an open letter to cardholders, Visa says Walmart has demanded rates that are even lower than what the credit card company charges charities and schools
The asset management sector "needs consolidation" and has the potential for "quite a bit" of merger and acquisition activity, BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) Chief Executive Officer Laurence Fink said at an investor day meeting in New York.
Bombardier won regulatory approval from aviation agencies in the U.S. and Europe for its CS100 planes.
A second leading shareholderadvisory firm recommended Volkswagen shareholdersoppose next week's vote of confidence in the German carmaker'smanagement on Wednesday, due to its handling of an emissionscheating scandal.
L'avoir des ménages canadiens carbure plus que jamais à l'immobilier. Le ratio d'endettemen
Ron Mock, chief executive of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, agreed that short-termism is a problem, but he said he is opposed to loyalty shares that accumulate extra votes after investors have held their stock for a specified amount of time.
A company's share price suffers when the announcement of a female CEO fuels a lot of media attention, Kellogg School of Management research has found.
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