California Treasurer Phil Angelides may lead an effort to pull state investments out of companies negotiating Holocaust-related forced labor and asset seizure claims if they don’t reach a settlement soon. The companies involved include German banks, Daimler Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. (seeTreasurer: Settle Holocaust claims, Sacramento Bee, 10/29) Mike Cohn, of the Cohn Family Business […]
Archive | October, 1999
Review: Fair Shares: The Future of Shareholder Power and Responsibility
James McRitchie, 10/07/1999 ,
Much has been written about the role of directors and boards but far too little on the how shareholders can add value. Carolyn Kay Brancato did so in her excellent book, Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance: Best Practices for Increasing Corporate Value. However, Brancato was primarily writing from the perspective of managers. Although there was […]