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Category: Investor Relations

Light Bulb Hanging: Shining Light on CEO Pay Compensation

Shareholders Go on Offense Against CEO Pay Raises

Light Bulb Hanging: Shining Light on CEO Pay Compensation

In an industry where top leaders routinely angle for lavish new contracts, the University of Michigan and its head football coach reached an unusual deal in early 2021. After the Wolverines stumbled to a 2-4 record in a 2020 season shortene...

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Can ESG Handle Adding an H?

Spiral staircase, down looking up with pillars

The concept of corporate sustainability has evolved over time beyond just environmental concerns such as carbon emissions and pollution. It now incorporates social and governance issues ­– the “S” and “G” to go with the “E” of what is commo...

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Corporations Bristle at Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

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For decades, many foreign-policy experts have subscribed to the idea that economic globalization promotes world peace. War with other countries starts to look less appealing to governments as more companies expand their reach beyond the bor...

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Could SEC’s Beneficial Ownership Proposal Kill Off Activist Investing?

A Bubble on the floor

How long should investors be allowed to wait before alerting the market that they have taken significant equity stakes in publicly traded companies? According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the current grace period of 10 days is...

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Star Stocks of Pandemic Begin to Fade

"Just One More Episode" Netflix Cup

As the preferred strategy for curbing the spread of a potentially lethal virus, social distancing sounds like a prescription for economic malaise. Putting our daily lives on pause wasn’t bad news for every business, though. For example, it...

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