Shareholder Action
Governance Notes Begins Its Proxy Advice
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Today, Global investment Watch’s sister blog - Governance Notes - begins publishing recommendations for investors about upcoming shareholder meetings. The blog will focus on a select number of companies over the course of the year. Our interest is to speak on what we find to be interesting proposals coming up for shareholder consideration. We invite readers [...]
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“Two Faces of Tesco” Campaign
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008See recent Reuters clip describing UFCW’s launch of its Tesco campaign in the U.S.
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UFCW Calls on Tesco to Practice What it Preaches, Writes to Shareholders
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008On June 16, 2008, UFCW sent a letter to fellow Tesco Shareholder alerting them to what they consider to be a potential source of long-term financial risks to the company and have requested meetings with portfolio managers with an interest in the UK-retailer. Specifically, the union cited “Tesco’s risky management behavior in connection with their [...]
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Suit Cites InBev’s Ties to Cuba, Battle Heats Up
Thursday, July 10th, 2008While the Belgian Brewer InBev has offered a significant premium to shareholders of the American brewer Anheuser-Busch, the deal will face significant obstacles given that we’re in the middle of election-year politics. If approved, the merger would create the world’s largest beer company.
As the take-over battle heats up, political figures like Missouri Governor Matt Blunt [...]
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Fidelity Funds: Sudan Divestment Proposals Receive High Vote Counts
Monday, March 24th, 2008A resolution asking *Fidelity* mutual funds to adopt procedures to screen out investments in companies that deal with the government of Sudan received almost 30 percent support at two of the funds, a Fidelity spokesman confirmed.The divestment proposal won 27 percent support at Fidelity’s *Capital and Income Fund*, and 28 percent at the *Select Health [...]
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