February 6, 2012
H-P shareholders will vote on a bylaw allowing investors who own at least three percent of shares for at least three years be allowed to nominate up to 20 percent of the company's directors.
February 6, 2012
Eleven executives and investors stand to hold half Facebook's value after it goes public.
February 6, 2012
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein received $7 million worth of restricted stock as his 2011 bonus, a 44 percent decrease from the prior year.
February 6, 2012
Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn is looking to downplay a suit from the company's largest shareholder and director Kazuo Okada seeking an order allowing him to view the company's financial records.
February 6, 2012
The Job Creators Alliance aims to repeal Obamacare, lower the corporate tax rate and roll back the Dodd-Frank Act.
February 6, 2012
Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa plans to purchase telecommunications company Orange Austria, a deal that would make Hutchison Austria the third-largest mobile phone operator in the country.
February 6, 2012
Reuters - Stock index futures fell on Monday, indicating the benchmark S&P 500 index could pull back after a five-week rally on concerns Greece will be unable to avoid a chaotic default as it tries to reach terms on a new bailout package.
February 5, 2012
Without the free content created by its 850 million users, Facebook would surely not be on the verge of a multibillion-dollar initial public offering.
February 4, 2012
Barbara Desoer, a high-profile mortgage executive who once was a candidate to become chief executive of Bank of America, is leaving as the financial giant retreats from the home-loan business.
February 3, 2012
Harbinger Capital Partners lost 46.6 percent last year as Philip Falcone's biggest - and most controversial - investment took a beating, according to investors who spoke on condition of anonymity.
February 3, 2012
Alcohol Concern is recommending a specific alcohol policy be included as a requirement in the U.K.'s Corporate Governance Code.
February 3, 2012
A number of governance experts have stated that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 56.9 percent voting power allows him too much control.
February 3, 2012
Eighty-three percent of commercial real estate executives saw their base salary compensation increase by five percent last year, finds a new CoreNet Global and FPL Associates survey.
February 3, 2012
The U.S. Senate approved a ban on executive bonuses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with an overwhelming majority following the FHFA's approval of almost $13 million in bonuses to 10 executives.
February 3, 2012
Indiana has passed anti-union "right-to-work" legislation following a number of businesses relocating out of the state.
February 3, 2012
Apple's request to ban Samsung products from being sold in Germany on patent infringement grounds has been rejected.
February 3, 2012
The New Mexico Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee agreed to a bill decreasing corporate income tax rates while closing a loophole to allow out-of-state firms to do business in the state to avoid state income taxes.
February 3, 2012
Total corporate federal taxes paid fell to 12.1 percent of profits in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, reports the Congressional Budget Office.
February 3, 2012
NACD's New England chapter honored retired FleetBoston Financial Chairman and CEO J. Terrence Murray with its lifetime achievement award.
February 3, 2012
Two of the world's most powerful raw-materials companies are in talks to combine to form a much larger company worth $80 billion.