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The revolution is over! (oops, not yet)

Shareholder activists have won the revolution… so says today’s The Wall Street Journal.
But let’s not all fly off to Sardinia for that Kozlowski-like party yet.
A superficial article on the front cover of Section C includes some statistics about more board seats won, more resolutions adopted, etc.  But nowhere does the author stop to ask, “If, since 2006, 218 companies have […]

ISS founder Bob Monks has new book

Jeff Nash over at Financial Weekly has a great feature today on renown shareholder activist Bob Monks.
Monks, 74, has recently come out with a new book, Corpocracy, targeting executive compensation practices at public companies.
Nash’s feature takes a shot at the Business Roundtable, plugs for Barack Obama, and playfully digs at Monks for his ties to Tyco ex-CEO Dennis […]