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Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Declassification

This is the first of a series of posts to discuss key shareholder proposals during proxy season 2011. While ISS reports that 39% of S&P 500 companies continue to have staggered boards, shareholder proposals requesting that the board of directors be

Big Banks' Bellyaching about Capital Levels Is Galling

I just don't understand the argument that it is more important for banks to be able to compete with equal capital levels in Shanghai than in Omaha - unless big banks care more about bringing jobs to China than small business loans to middle America.

The Great Wall Looming Over Wall Street – 2014 and Beyond: Get Your Climbing Gear Ready!

We recently asked our esteemed readership what the prognosis was for The Great Wall Looming Over Wall Street in 2014 and beyond. Specifically, we wanted to know whether our readers thought the refinancing of the $657 billion in upcoming high-yield

Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Declassification

This is the first of a series of posts to discuss key shareholder proposals during proxy season 2011. While ISS reports that 39% of S&P 500 companies continue to have staggered boards, shareholder proposals requesting that the board of directors be

Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Declassification

This is the first of a series of posts to discuss key shareholder proposals during proxy season 2011. While ISS reports that 39% of S&P 500 companies continue to have staggered boards, shareholder proposals requesting that the board of directors be

Personal Bankruptcy - Story of a Bankrupt Billionaire

Patricia Kluge, 62, filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy this month. She went from simple beginnings in Bagdad, Iraq, to a billion dollar divorce settlement from the richest man in America, and now to a no asset bankruptcy in Virginia. Presently married to

Dodgers File Chapter 11

U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware (Delaware) Bankruptcy Petition #: 11-12010-KG Assigned to: Kevin Gross Chapter 11 Voluntary Date filed: 06/27/2011 Debtor Los Angeles Dodgers LLC Dodger Stadium 1000 Elysian Park Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012

Manny Ramirez Owed the Most in the Dodger’s Bankruptcy

Los Angeles Dodgers have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an effort to buy some time to complete a television-rights deal and ward off creditors. The Dodgers listed assets between $500 million and $1 billion and debt of as much as $500 million

LA Dodgers Filing Bankruptcy

The Los Angeles Dodgers are entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today as the team continues to struggle financially in the wake of the divorce case of team owners Frank and Jamie McCourt. The Dodgers had been hoping to use a massive TV deal

Official Committee of Perkins & Marie Callender's Creditors Appointed