Archive for April, 2008

Another uprising at Morgan Stanley?

Shareholders are barking up the tree again in advance of next week’s annual shareholder meeting at Morgan Stanley.
The Wall Street Journal writes a great piece detailing the efforts of CtW Investment Group, the investment arm of labor federation Change to Win.  CtW is urging a “vote no” against three directors:  Chairman/CEO John Mack,  Robert Kidder, and […]

Yahoo update 2

The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is unlikely to raise its offer for Yahoo, causing Yahoo shares to slump in market trading today.
Proxy fight fans must differentiate between “news reporting news” and “news being used for negotiations”.  The WSJ article reads a lot like the latter.
If Yahoo is refusing to budge on their position […]