Shareholders Shareholders or stockholders own parts or shares of companies. In large corporations, shareholders are people and institutions that simply invest money for future dividends and for the potential increased value of their shares, whereas in...

A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company (including a corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. A company's shareholders collectively own that company. Thus, such companies strive to enhance...

Many people are worried about Canadian companies being bought up by foreign interests. The real problem, however, lies in the vulnerability of Canada's publicly traded companies to hostile takeovers during inevitable rough patches. The stock market is dominated by short-term investors who do...

A recent Securities and Exchange Commission vote to weaken shareholder rights should, as the board's chairman has promised, soon be reconsidered to ensure that stockholders retain a needed voice. Shareholders are the owners of a corporation. Ideally they elect a board of directors...

Federal regulators are debating proposals related to shareholders gaining access to company ballots. One plan, setting a minimum level of stock ownership for the investors to get that access, has already stirred opposition from shareholder activist groups.The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering two alternative...

After months of arguments from rival bidders, Caremark shareholders will decide Friday whether to accept the CVS offer favored by managers or hold out for the chance to be taken over by Express Scripts.As expected, CVS Corp. shareholders on Thursday approved a stock and cash...