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WikiLeaks Founder Says Next Target Is Major US Bank

By Lauren FrayerNov 30th 2010 – 9:20AM

(Nov. 30) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says big business is next. Early next year, WikiLeaks will publish tens of thousands of internal documents from a major U.S. bank, exposing the institution's rampant corruption and unethical practices and executives' brazen self-interest, Assange said in an exclusive...

House Votes in Favor of Financial Overhaul Bill; Senate Stalls

By Carl FranzenJun 30th 2010 – 8:40PM

Today the House of Representatives voted 237-192 (largely along party lines) in favor of the most comprehensive financial reform legislation in generations: the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010. While an enormous forward step for the bill's backers -- including Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., Sen. Chris...

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Donald Cohen: Arizona's Corporate-Run Agency Now Gives Taxpayer Subsidies to Other Corporations

May 23rd 2012 - 01:51PM

Economic development in Arizona is now by corporations for corporations and the public is left to in the dark as to how its tax dollars are spent.

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Tara Lohan: There Is a Way! Beyond the Big, Bad Corporation

May 22nd 2012 - 12:25PM

As our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models.

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Walmart Shareholders Urged To Kick CEO Off Board

May 21st 2012 - 05:33PM

Two leading proxy advisory firms are telling Wal-Mart shareholders to vote against certain board members up for re-election, saying the directors neglected their responsibility in an alleged bribery scheme in its Mexican operations.

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Walmart Shareholders Urged Not To Re-Elect CEO Mike Duke To Board

May 21st 2012 - 05:22PM

Two leading proxy advisory firms are telling Wal-Mart shareholders to vote against certain board members up for re-election, saying the directors neglected their responsibility in an alleged bribery scheme in its Mexican operations.

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Jack Ucciferri: An Investor Perspective: WellPoint's Political Disclosure Controversy

May 21st 2012 - 10:31AM

On May 16, Dow Jones Newswires ran an article titled "Push For More WellPoint Political Disclosure Falls Short."

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  • 05/30/12 Forest Laboratories Comments on Icahn 13D Filing Source: StockHouse Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) today issued the following statement in response to a Form 13D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by High River Limited Partnership and other entities affiliated with Carl C. Icahn, stating an intention to nominate a minority slate of candidates, including Dr. Eric Ende, for election to Forest's Board of Directors at the Company's 2012 Annual Meeting.
  • 05/30/12 Shareholders Reprimand Chevron CEO Watson at Annual... Source: PR Newswire SAN RAMON, Calif. , May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chevron CEO John Watson today suffered a stunning reprimand during a tense annual meeting when shareholders voted in massive numbers to support resolutions citing his failure to properly manage the company's $18 billion adverse judgment in Ecuador .
  • 05/30/12 Arden Group, Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders Source: Allegheny Energy Inc LOS ANGELES--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Arden Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARDNA) announced today that it held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders and that a tally of voting results indicate that Steven Romick has been re-elected as a Director of the Company for a three-year term ending in 2015 and that Moss Adams LLP has been confirmed as the Company's independent certified public accounting firm.
  • 05/30/12 Voip-Pal.com, Inc. Set to Become Fully Reporting with... Source: TMCnet Voip-Pal.com Inc., a broadband VoIP telecom company offering local and long distance VoIP services to consumers and business owners, intends to become fully reporting with the SEC ( News - Alert ) (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission).
  • 05/30/12 Aldata Solution Oyj : NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL... Source: Andhra News Shareholders of Aldata Solution Oyj are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 4 pm EET.

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