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1. This is How Much More an S&P 500 CEO Earned than the Typical Worker Last Year
  
  Explore News AKMI Jul 24 2022 BoardNews
  
  ...ensation perspective is competitive with that of CEOs at other large companies and was approved by the Amazon Board of Directors. As noted in the proxy, this award is intended to represent most of Andy’s compensation for...
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2. Gary Gensler’s Assault on US Capital Markets
  
  Explore wsj.com Jul 17 2022 BoardBlogs
  
  ...ail investors. Instead he is shrinking the U.S. capital markets and reducing opportunities for all investors. Congress and the courts need to rein him in. Mr. Scott is an emeritus professor at Harvard Law School and dire...
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3. Corporate Board Diversity Benefits Companies and Stakeholders
  
  Explore MarketWatch May 22 2022 BoardBlogs
  
  ...meet earnings guidance each quarter, or execute on a financial plan. Therefore, it is in the best interest of shareholders for companies to, first, evaluate their board composition regularly, second establish policies an...
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4. Taking the Amazon Union Battle to the C-suite: Shareholders Fight Back Against "higher immorality"
  
  Explore Salon.com May 7 2022 BoardNews
  
  ...te directors accountable for the company's behavior. In addition to Bezos, McGrath and Huttenlocher, Amazon's board of directors includes president and CEO Andrew Jassy; co-CEO Keith Alexander, a retired Army general who...
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5. Annual Meetings are the New Frontline in the Battle Over Corporate Purpose
  
  Explore ava360.com Apr 24 2022 BoardBlogs
  
  ...s had to answer to their investors. But these days shareholders have new questionslots of them. On April 28th shareholders in three big drug companies, Johnson Johnson (JJ), Moderna and Pfizer, are set to vote on resolu...
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6. Elon Musk Joins Twitter Board, Promises 'significant improvements'
  
  Explore The Washington Post Apr 5 2022 BoardNews
  
  ... company is already at a critical juncture ahead of the 2022 midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Twitter inflamed conservatives when it kicked Trump off its platform last year after his comments th...
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7. Takeda Announces Candidates for Board of Directors at Upcoming Shareholders Meeting
  
  Explore Yahoo Finance Apr 1 2022 BoardMoves
  
  ...l stakeholders without expanding the Board further." Kimberly A. Reed most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and CEO of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), the nation’s off...
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8. The Rise of Bankruptcy Directors
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Feb 14 2022 BoardBlogs
  
  ...d Payless Holdings. Finally, we consider possible sources of pro-shareholder bias among bankruptcy directors. Shareholders usually appoint bankruptcy directors without consulting creditors. These directors may therefore ...
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9. SEC Chair Gary Gensler Embarks on Ambitious Regulatory Agenda. What It Means for Investors
  
  Explore nbcsandiego.com Feb 4 2022 BoardNews
  
  ...has also made it clear he believes Congress should clarify the regulatory regime around the crypto space. But Congress is unlikely to pass any legislation. "In the absence of new regulation, Gensler can continue to defin...
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10. Here’s One Way Shareholders Can Get Companies to Act on Global Warming
  
  Explore morningstar.com Dec 7 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...ar on how well executives are doing on those goals. After the global financial crisis, Congress mandated that shareholders OK the compensation every year for a companys CEO, CFO, and top three most highly paid officers i...
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11. House Democrats Set to Propose Corporate Tax Rate of 26.5%
  
  Explore The Edge Markets Sep 13 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...business partnerships and a 2% excise tax on stock buybacks that was co-sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Such proposals are seen as less politically risky than the 28% corporate incom...
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12. American Express, GE, ExxonMobil, Smacked by Shareholders Over Diversity, Climate Change
  
  Explore Newsweek Jun 29 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...solutions to push companies on environmental and social issues. While shareholder resolutions are non-binding—shareholders can't compel the board of a company to make changes—they are taken seriously by boards, and are t...
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13. Media CEO Salary & Pay: Richest Hollywood & Tech Executives – Deadline
  
  Explore Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News May 12 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...wer than prior CEO target compensation, below the median for our Media and General Industry Peers.” Executive chairman and former CEO Bob Iger, who left day-to-day operations to focus on content, earned $21 million last ...
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14. Union Urges Shareholders to Vote Against Marathon Exec Pay
  
  Explore Stock Market Quotes and News Mar 29 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...iven the $411 million benefit the company took under the CARES Act," referring to the stimulus bill passed by Congress in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "With locked-out Marathon refinery workers raising the alarm...
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15. Bernie Sanders Targets CEO Pay in Effort to Keep Spotlight on Workers
  
  Explore wsj.com Mar 17 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...Sen. Bernie Sanders is using his new perch as Budget Committee chairman to try to keep Congress focused on measures designed to improve worker pay and job conditions, even as related legislation including a $15...
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16. Biden SEC Pick Gensler Grilled Over Bitcoin, GameStop Mania and Board Diversity
  
  Explore CNBC.com Mar 2 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...sibly a question for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.," he added. Other lawmakers, such as Committee Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, asked Biden's pick to lead the SEC about how he thinks the regulator shou...
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17. Biden Is Expected to Name Gary Gensler for SEC Chairman
  
  Explore Stock Market Quotes and News Jan 12 2021 BoardNews
  
  ... swiftly to undo policy changes implemented by recently departed Chairman Jay Clayton. Those include curbs on shareholders' ability to propose resolutions at company proxy meetings and efforts to make it easier for priva...
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18. Biden In the Boardroom
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Dec 6 2020 BoardBlogs
  
  ...e of corporate directors has slowly moved downward towards the low-60s. Data from the National Association of Corporate Directors shows that the average age of new public company directors is 57; of the independent board...
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19. The Hartford Appoints Donna James To Its Board Of Directors
  
  Explore New York business news Oct 28 2020 BoardMoves
  
  ...e Hartford’s Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift. “She also served as an advisor to former President Obama and Congress on the economic growth and development of women business-owners. We look forward to having her join t...
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20. Highlights from SEC Speaks 2020
  
  Explore National Law Review Oct 13 2020 BoardNews
  
  ...yton spent the majority of his remarks describing the accomplishments of the SEC during the 2020 fiscal year. Chairman Clayton noted that during this unique time, SEC enforcement work continued, oversight of the financia...
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21. While Millions Lost Jobs, Some Executives Made Millions in Company Stock
  
  Explore The New York Times Oct 9 2020 BoardNews
  
  ...k awards would become available over time but did not specify the period. Still, the award raises questions. Shareholders may object to an arrangement that could give Mr. Stack compensation far in excess of what they mi...
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22. Nikola Slides Another 7% After Justice Department Joins SEC in Fraud Probe
  
  Explore Stock Market Data Today Sep 16 2020 BoardNews
  
  ...le day. Read more: MORGAN STANLEY: Buy these 6 stocks poised for gains as the economic recovery continues and Congress mulls more coronavirus stimulus The rally was short-lived as a report by short-seller Hindenburg Rese...
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23. SEC Cancels Vote on Whistleblower Rule Changes
  
  Explore National Law Review Sep 2 2020 BoardNews
  
  ...Stephen M. Kohn, a partner in the whistleblower law firm of Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Whistleblower Center. “Given the tremendous success of the program, the SEC...
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24. Will the SEC’s Proposed Whistleblower Rules Undermine the Deterrent Effect of the Dodd-Frank Act?
  
  Explore National Law Review Aug 19 2020 BoardBlogs
  
  ...ance as to how Congress intended the Commission to utilize its authority to set an award in the 10-30% range. Congress wanted the Commission to use its authority to set award amounts that promote positive behavior by emp...
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