The complete online text of Shareholders by W. W. Jacobs.

W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. His stories, many of them amusing tales of life along t...

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...

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 fraud.Appeals courts have been split on whether a stricter standard should be applied for initially making...

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 and natural gas utilities in Missouri, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, said 88 percent of votes cast at...