Business
With about $725 billion in stock mutual funds, American Funds wields considerable clout in the annual proxy votes that all publicly traded companies conduct.
Oct. 7, 2006
As the SEC prepares to vote on the proposed rule, a mutual fund lobbying group sends regulators thick reports as a demonstration.
Jan. 23, 2003
Hewlett-Packard Co. director Walter Hewlett, the son of company co-founder William Hewlett, will lobby shareholders to fight the planned acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp., according to a regulatory filing Friday.
Nov. 17, 2001
Company Town Blog
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March 1, 2012
Rafi M.
Jan. 25, 1994
Around Carter Hawley Hale Stores’ headquarters these days, folks are joking about the possibility of getting a mention in the next edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
Aug. 16, 1987
Margin calls aren’t just hitting small investors. ProxyMed Inc.
May 2, 2000
Investor Carl C.
June 21, 1988
R.D.
Nov. 3, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
MGM/UA Entertainment picked March 3 as the latest date for a special stockholders meeting to approve the $1.25-billion acquisition of the company by Turner Broadcasting System.
Feb. 7, 1986