Chevron’s subpoena of e-mails in this case goes well beyond the individual players and is a threat to the communication rights of all shareowners. Action: Please take 60 seconds right now to send a message similar to the following to Chevron: I write to protest Chevron’s subpoena seeking emails and communications from Trillium Asset Management […]
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Video Friday: Client or Muppet? Muppet or ShareOwner? Kermit Responds
James McRitchie, 04/27/2012 ,
Two Goldman Sachs “clients” take a look at themselves after Greg Smith’s New York Times op-ed in this musical puppet number. A parody of the Oscar-winning song “Man or Muppet” rewritten by author and (more…)
KBR Moves Out of the Corporate Governance Stone Age
James McRitchie, 01/26/2012 ,
Last year, KBR sued investor and USPX member John Chevedden after he submitted a proxy proposal seeking annual elections, rather than the current (more…)
Shareowner Rights By Country
James McRitchie, 01/25/2011 ,
Shareowner Rights across the Markets: A Manual for Investors from the CFA Institute compares the rights of shareowners in 10 developed markets and 12 emerging markets in both brief tabular form and through detailed explanation. Each report summarizes current practices, recent developments, legal and regulatory frameworks by jurisdiction, as well as providing helpful references to […]
Lewis Gilbert's Dividends and Democracy Still Timely
James McRitchie, 05/04/2010 ,
If you know anything about Lewis D. Gilbert, you probably know that when he attended his first shareowner’s meeting, at New York City’s Consolidated Gas Company in 1932, he was ignored by the chairman when trying to ask a question. Gilbert felt he had been “publicly humiliated by one of my own employees.” He quit […]