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Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Special Meetings

As a result of targeted activism in the last few years, more than half of the S&P 500 companies now allow shareholders to call special meetings. The number of shareholder proposals relating to special meetings declined this year, to 28 in 2011 from

Time to Pay - restrictions because of dividend remuneration policy

HMRC's latest comment concerning 'Time to Pay' (TTP) arrangements has stated that TTP will not be available where companies are paying out dividends to their shareholders.

Should you try asset allocation yourself?

Should you choose a ready-made asset allocation fund or do it yourself?

How to comparison shop for your new home

Shopping for a home, but feeling a little lost? Use these tools to help you shop for your new home.

5 smart money lessons from reality TV

The unscripted drama may be what reels you in, but finance tips might be your take-away.

Credit rejects to get free credit score

More consumers will get a free peek at their credit score starting this week.

Deducting travel and entertainment expenses

You can treat tickets as either a gift or entertainment, whichever is to your advantage.

Bankruptcy may remove tax bill

It's a long shot, but old tax bills might get discharged in bankruptcy

5 least expensive states for closing costs

The national average for closing costs is $4,070, says Bankrate's new study. Which states cost less?

Target-date funds: one-decision investing?

Don't invest and forget about them. Target-date funds should be reviewed regularly.

Stop QRM from Killing the Innocent

Implementation of flawed qualified residential mortgage policies could be a lethal injection for prime lending.

Borders Group (BGPIQ) Discloses Offer For Inventory & Leases for Approximately 30 Stores; Auction Still Cancelled

Borders Group (BGPIQ) Cancels Auction, Appears to Give Up Hope of Going Concern Sale

Dodgers: Selig Targets L.A. Team as Fans Die Elsewhere

Associated Press The Los Angeles Dodgers are blaming Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig for their financial woes, including saying that he unfairly and publicly called out the franchise for security issues while “quietly” dealing with a fan

It's Official: Borders Long Goodbye Over

They officially announced that with no-one showing up to the auction and with their stalking horse backing out (bucking them off?), they will acquiese to the "winning" bid of the liquidators. Surely part of this sad fall -- sadder still for this

Other People’s Money (Part I)

“The decision we announce is no more far-reaching than this: when a federal court gives its approval to a plan that allows a party to put its hands into other people’s pockets, the ones with the pockets are entitled to be fully heard and to have

Desperate Housewife’s Club Denies Desperate Situation

Stephen Boitano/Everett Collection “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria’s Beso isn’t in the desperate situation that a pair of disgruntled creditors argue it’s facing, say attorneys for the Las Vegas hot spot. And on Monday, a bankruptcy judge

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Begins Action This Week

President Obama is expected to reject interim director and Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren and appoint Richard Cordray, former Ohio attorney general, to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to reports learned

Additional Issues In Probable Casey Anthony Bankruptcy: Where To File?

I have received several emails commenting on my post about the legal issues in the hypothetical, but probable, Casey Anthony bankruptcy. My earlier post said that the well-known facts provide a good discussion opportunity about many technical

Happy Fifth Birthday

On July 18, 2006, a few academics studying bankruptcy and debt decided to take a whirl on putting up a blog making today the fifth anniversary of Credit Slips' launch. According to Site Meter, we have had over 1.4 million visits during that time