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10/2/2008: Shareholder Rights in the Corporate Boardroom John Wilcox, former head of corporate governance for mighty TIAA-CREF, explains what institutional investors want in a board of directors by Beverly Behan The Conference Board recently released its latest Institutional Investment Report, tracking the percentage of ownership by institutional investors in the 1,000 largest U.S. corporations. The latest study placed their shareholder interest at an unprecedented 76.4%—up from 61.4% in 2000, and 46.6% in 1987. As the ownership power of institut... [>more]

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9/19/2008: Canadian regulators tweak compensation disclosure... [>more]

2/29/2008: At home and abroad, Canadian companies should have the same human-rights and environmental standards... [>more]

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10/31/2007: Directors urged to ask questions about ABCP crisis... [>more]

10/22/2007: Women at the top deliver on the bottom line... [>more]

10/18/2007: Talking Business: Is there a moral to CEO pay?... [>more]

10/4/2007: Corporate ethics – becoming the core business concern... [>more]

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9/27/2007: Women on boards (Not!)... [>more]

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