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accounting & audit board administration calpers ceo ceo succession compensation corporate governance credit crisis director news executive compensation korean investment corp. kuwait investment authority merrill lynch mizuho corporate bank of japan proxy say on pay sec shareholders strategy & leadership Cover StoryThe Private Equity BandwagonThe whisper on the Street is that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts was prepared to put up $50 billion to buy French entertainment and telecom company Vivendi. Full Story Why J-Sox is Not Sarbanes-OxleyIt's comparable in some ways to the American Sarbanes- Oxley Act and is the first comprehensive set of governance rules to be mandated in Japan. Full StoryA Rich Sale for ISSThe two firms' private investors are calculating that together, they will add up to a successful initial public offering some day. Full StoryCEO Intrigues in DeutschlandFerdinand Piëch seems to be reaching for those heights. Full StoryWhy Doesn't CEO Succession Work?It may be the board's toughest job. Full StoryTwo SEC Veterans On Today's Corporate BattlesHarvey Pitt and Richard Breeden both want to see minimal regulation. Full StorySkilling's Sentence: How To React?The harsh decision sends a message: The bad guys should suffer, and the good guys should speak up for themselves. Full StoryAudit Committees Are Far From HappyMany feel they're stuck with too much responsibility for risk management. Full StoryShifting Winds In DelawareSignals that the key jurisdiction for U.S. companies may be leaning more in shareholders' favor—and less in directors'. Full StoryHere Come The JudgesA governance professor shows how key cases reflect the "Delaware movement" toward more shareholder rights. Full StoryDefending the Constitution?The CEO of the Chamber of Commerce says activists should have more respect for due process. Full StoryFighting Rising Legal CostsRoutine work can be done cheaply by contract lawyers. Full StoryGetting Pay RightThere are right ways, and wrong ways, to respond to intensified scrutiny of executive compensation. Full StoryFor Directors, Political Climate Change Business After The MidtermsThe Democratic Party has swept Congress in midterm elections. Full StoryThe Push-Pull Over SoxThe battle against Sarbanes- Oxley has been won. We can all go home. Full StoryGet Ready For A Red-Hot SeasonLast year's annual meetings were just the warmup in the battle for corporate control. You ain't seen nothin' yet. Full StoryA Crucial Vote at the SECSEC Chairman Chris Cox places a high priority on consensus Full Story |
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