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NewsCorp shareholders say pay’s OK …

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Judging by the headlines, NewsCorp (NWSA) and its cantankerous chief, Rupert Murdoch, have riled up plenty of folks. To name just a few: Democrats in the U.S. and Labour Party MPs in the UK; Cablevision negotiators and cable television viewers (and lawmakers); shareholder activists and corporate-governance watchdogs. But look at the results of the company’s [...]

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Silence on pay at Rite Aid …

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

There’s been a lot of talk in Washington and elsewhere lately about investor protections, although, understandably, it has mostly been secondary to proposals intended to safeguard the economy and the markets as a whole. Two of the investor-protection proposals most commonly raised would give ordinary shareholders more of a voice: proxy access measures that would [...]

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