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Wall Street-free arb panels popular
In hindsight, this is anything but surprising: A new arbitration program allowing aggrieved investors to have their cases heard by a panel with no links to Wall Street firms has proven popular. In fact, nearly 80 percent plaintiffs are opting for such panels.
"It is higher than I anticipated,"
Pay plans getting less support on Wall Street
To some people, Wall Street executive compensation has gone back to business as usual now that the financial crisis has waned. But there are subtle signs that shareholders are less willing to support pay packages that they see as unfair.
Investors holding about 79 percent of shares voted to ap
Goldman Sachs annual meeting ends with a whimper, no bangs
Evelyn Y. Davis made her presence known at the Goldman Sachs ( NYSE: GS ) annual meeting, which was held Friday in Jersey City, N.J. But she struck a conciliatory tone. She told the CEO: "I want people to know I have nothing against you personally. And you are not a bad looking guy,"according to
NYSE Euronext deal to be addressed at annual meeting
NYSE Euronext holds its annual meeting Thursday, amid a major push by both the Nasdaq OMX-ICE alliance and the NYSE Euronext-Deutsche Bourse alliance to win over shareholders. Both sides are aiming to convince NYSE Euronext shareholders that they offer superior deals.
Pensions are the main sto
NYSE Euronext boosts savings estimate
NYSE Euronext may not be able to directly boost the value of its proposed deal with Deutsche Bourse. But it tried to indirectly do so by boosting the expected cost savings. NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer told the Financial Times he now believes the companies will be able to wring out "closer to" $
Nuns vs. Goldman Sachs on pay
Catholic nuns have made themselves a force in the worldly realm of shareholder activism. In recent years, they have sponsored resolutions at a number of companies, including Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. Now, four order of nuns--The Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur,
What does Goldman Sachs owe the world?
At Goldman Sachs' ( NYSE: GS ) annual meeting, CEO Lloyd Blankfein ( Lloyd Blankfein news) intoned that "there is no bigger priority for our Board of Directors and management than to undertake a comprehensive review of all of our business practices. This effort will be defined by one central
Goldman Sachs commits to self-review
In the aftermath of the SEC's ( SEC news) civil charges, Goldman Sachs ( NYSE: GS ) has spent a lot of time meeting with clients and key constituents. Part of the message is that the firm will undergo a thorough review to examine the practices and products of the tarnished investment bank.
Goldman Sachs to pay up to $5 billion to settle?
The Fox Business Network suggests that a settlement between Goldman Sachs ( NYSE: GS ) and the SEC could cost the firm between $1 billion to $5 billion. That would appear to be comfortably affordable by the firm, but it would represent only a partial bill, as private litigation could easily
Blankfein says he will not quit
The public opinion battle pitting key Senators against Goldman Sachs ( NYSE: GS ) continued on ABC' s "Good Morning America." Nothing new emerged except Lloyd Blankfein's ( Lloyd Blankfein news) statement that he will not resign. He has certainly taken a beating. His performance at the Sen
