Rockefellers' Green Revolt Fails at Exxon
A shareholder revolt at Exxon Mobil by descendants of company founder John D. Rockefeller has failed to force management to split up the dual chairmanship and CEO roles of Rex Tillerson. The proposal...
View ArticleYang's First Year Leaves Many 'Disillusioned'
Yahoo’s stock has slipped 16.5%, the company might as well be wearing a sign that says “take me over,” and there’s a line of shareholders waiting to sue for what they say was a mishandled non-deal with...
View ArticleAngry Shareholders Pelt Bank Chairman With Shoes
An emergency meeting of troubled Belgian bank Fortis had to be suspended today after raucous shareholders raided the stage and pelted the bank's chairman with shoes. The bank is attempting to broker a...
View ArticleShareholders to Citi CEO: No $15M Payday for You!
Do you think Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit deserves to make $15 million? Neither do Citi's shareholders, who yesterday voted against a proposed pay package for the company's top five executives that...
View ArticleCiti Shareholder Revolt Bad News for Other Big Banks
Now that shareholders have rejected Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit's $15 million pay package, all eyes are on Wells Fargo and Bank of America, both of which are holding their own "say on pay" votes in the...
View ArticleIs Apple Going to Ax Cook?
Are Tim Cook's days at Apple numbered? The gadget giant is secretly headhunting for a new CEO, anonymous "Wall Street sources" tell Gene Marcial at Forbes , though Marcial cautions that there's "yet no...
View ArticleExxonMobil CEO: World Needs Our Oil, 'Like It or Not'
Keep the oil taps flowing for the good of the people, the CEO and chair of ExxonMobil appealed to shareholders at what the Guardian says was a "long and fractious" annual meeting in Dallas on...
View ArticleGreen Investor Forces Exxon Directors Out
ExxonMobil shareholders backed a hedge fund opposed to the company's approach to climate change issues by replacing board members Wednesday. It's the first such rebellion the company has ever faced,...
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