getting personal: Big ETF Firms Shy In Proxy Fights

Wall Street Journal

Many - but not all - smaller firms rely on voting guidelines by proxy firm RiskMetrics Group, which tends to be more confrontational in votes. ...

ETF providers engage on corporate governance Financial News (subscription)



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SoftBrands to Hold Special Meeting of Stockholders August 12 to ...

PR Newswire (press release)

The definitive proxy statement for the special meeting will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed to stockholders on or about July ...



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first coast ticker: Former Jacksonville firm a poster child for ...

Florida Times-Union

s proxy fight with two hedge funds ended in September with four nominees from The Children's Investment Fund Management LLP and 3G Capital Partners Ltd. ...



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EMC vs. NetApp and Data Domain: Evaluating a Merger by the Numbers

IT Business Edge

One of the things that saved the HP/Compaq merger from being a disaster was that the proxy fight that preceded it forced a massive amount of planning. ...



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Felix Sturm: The Only Real Contender Pavlik Has Left?

BoxingScene.com

As the focal divisional stars of their market, for now the best they can do is occasionally beat each other's foes and try to out duel each other by proxy . ...



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ABC content starts arriving on Hulu

CNET News

They'd need to have local (meaning to the country) advertisements in place as well. by shiji151 July 6, 2009 2:05 PM PDT Have you tried using a proxy server ...



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Gag this: Hill's PR firm announces daily press briefings for City ...

Dallas Morning News

This means that you can' get your PR reps, or any other proxy speakers including community groups, to do your spinnin' and attackin' for you. ...



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Two Proxy Advisory Firms , Glass Lewis & Co. and proxy governance ...

PR Newswire (press release)

In connection with the proposed transaction, Entrust has filed a definitive proxy statement and relevant documents concerning the proposed transaction with ...



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Tollgrade Communications challenges independence of nominees for board

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Further, Ramius agreed to indemnify the two men from any claims in the course of the proxy contest, said the filing. Chandler and Meyercord agreed that if ...

Tollgrade Sends Letter to Shareholders Urges Shareholders to ... IT News Online



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Entelos Stockholders to Consider AIM Delisting as Firm Mulls ...

GenomeWeb Daily News

The proxy statement asks shareholders to vote in favor of the AIM delisting at its June 23 stockholder meeting because it could save the firm up to $7000 ...

Salaries for some top executives are public

StarNewsOnline.com

Each DEF 14A proxy filing with the SEC revealed details on the compensation of the area's top executives. At PPD Inc., for example, CEO Fredric Eshelman's ...

CF Will Consider Agrium Deal at Right Price

Wall Street Journal

Agrium's offer received support from RiskMetrics Group, a proxy advisory firm , which said that the bid was "compelling enough to shift the burden to the CF ...



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Dante's Inferno animation planned

Play.tm

Director Yasuomi Umetsu confirmed his involvement back in May, and he will be joined by Shukoe Murase (Ergo Proxy ) as well as other directors. ...

Microsoft Sues Three in Click-Fraud Scheme

New York Times

Although traffic appeared to come from different computers, it was actually coming from two proxy servers, which mask the original address of a click. ...

Microsoft cracks down on click fraud ring SearchSecurity.com



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Docu-Drama: Kana, KVO in fight over annual meeting

San Jose Mercury News

it could communicate with them "in connection with a contemplated shareholder proposal by KVO for inclusion in Kana's next proxy statement," a report sent ...



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Activist Shareowners Tally Victories in 2009 Proxy Season

SocialFunds.com

And the fact that RiskMetrics (a proxy advisory firm ) supported the proxy vote on the resolution had a positive effect as well. ...

Singapore office rents stabilising: CityDev

Reuters

CityDev is traditionally regarded as the best proxy to the Singapore property market, as it has the largest residential landbank among listed developers and ...



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Lionsgate nominates Rachesky, who vows to support managment, to board

Los Angeles Times

Rachesky had worked as a chief investment strategist for Icahn from 1990 to 1996 before leaving to form his own investment firm . According to Rachesky's bio ...



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India Inflation Down 1.3%

Wall Street Journal

The wholesale price index, which measures producer prices, is used as a proxy for inflation because the government reports wholesale price data more quickly ...



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Security Firm Discovers 'eBay for Stolen Data'

IT Business Edge

By date: Security firm Finjan has discovered a fully functional marketplace for the building and selling of botnets, according to vnunet.com. ...

Criminal network to trade botnets and malware uncovered SC Magazine US

'Golden Cash' network - rent a botnet ZDNet

Security experts uncover one-stop botnet marketplace CRN Australia



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