Office Depot chief resigns after Reg FD violation
Steve Odland, chairman and CEO of Office Depot, has announced his resignation less than a week after the SEC charged him and his...
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Regulation Archive
Samir Pandiri on the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act
Click http://www.bnymellon.com/foresight/pandiri.html to view BNY Mellon Shareowner Services CEO Samir Pandiri speak about a white...
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Comment: The pitfalls of journalistic tip-offs
Many years ago, while working as a financial journalist on one of the UK’s leading national newspapers, I was contacted by a chief...
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Regulatory changes: what do IROs think?
Taken alone, any one of the massive regulatory initiatives currently being considered or implemented could have a profound impact...
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Conference calls: tricks of the trade
1. Companies that miss expectations by just one cent have quarterly conference calls that are 1.1 minutes longer than those that...
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UK’s Takeover Panel looks back on slow year
It hasn’t just been a slow year for the UK’s M&A bankers. Regulators have also spent much of the last 12 months twiddling their...
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SEC adopts proxy access rules
On Wednesday, the SEC adopted proxy access rules that will allow shareholders to include their own director nominations on company...
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Comment: Piracy is back in Black
Cap’n Black and the corporate buccaneers have a peculiar legal resonance with Somali piracy. International conventions and...
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BHP Billiton takes offer direct to PotashCorp’s shareholders
BHP Billiton has taken its offer for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan ( PotashCorp) directly to shareholders by launching a...
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Comment: Are IROs too attached to their BlackBerrys?
Scene: a meeting room in the United Arab Emirates. Counselor: Ahlan wa Sahlan bekum, welcome to you all. It is my sincere pleasure...
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