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 po...
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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 a...
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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 Scr...
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Several Supreme Court justices challenged shareholder groups who were arguing Wednesday against standards that could make it tougher for investors' cases to go forward when they sue companies for f...
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Aquila Inc. shareholders on Tuesday voted in favor of selling the regional utility's electric operations to competitor Great Plains Energy Inc.The Kansas City-based company, operator of electric an...
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Berkshire Hathaway shareholders don't like to think about the prospect of replacing legendary investor Warren Buffett at the helm of the company.The 76-year-old says he has no plans to leave the ho...
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Disgruntled shareholders questioned the board of embattled Northern Rock PLC on Tuesday about its handling of a funding crisis that has depleted the mortgage lender's share value and left nationali...
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Fortis NV shareholders on Monday overwhelmingly approved the company's plans to participate in a consortium bidding for ABN Amro Holding NV and hold a major share issue needed to finance its part o...
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Alltel Corp. shareholders overwhelmingly approved a $24.7 billion buyout Wednesday that put the wireless company in the hands of two private investor groups.Chief Executive Scott Ford presided over...
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The investor group led by Macquarie Bank trying to buy Qantas Airways made its formal pitch to shareholders on Friday, urging them to accept their offer of 11.1 billion Australian dollars ($8.6 bil...
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Shareholders of media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. overwhelmingly approved two proposals Friday to give them more say in the company's affairs. The proposals, one to make it easier for a simple ma...
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