Topping the news this morning, Ford 's board will reportedly consider a shareholder's demand that it take back profits that Chief Executive William Ford William Ford made from an initial public offering.
Should Mr. Cox be considered a pawn of shareholder activists because he addressed the Council of Institutional Investors, an organization friendly to their interests?
In his opinion, the Vice Chancellor Glasscock considered a request by Delphi shareholders to halt Delphi's sale, in part because of this alleged misconduct by Mr. Rosenkranz.
And it called his departure a "retirement," which shareholder advocates considered a bit disingenuous.
The vote by shareholders was considered a victory for Li Jia- xiang, who was appointed head of the Civil Aviation Administration late in December.
Share buybacks are usually considered a good thing for existing shareholders because they reduce the number of shares outstanding, thus spreading earnings across a smaller number of shares (which can boost earnings per share).
He does not consider himself a shareholder activist, but he does speak frankly if he sees something in a company's operations that he doesn't like.
Although the company said Mr. Zilkha's attempt had failed, it was being considered an important example of shareholders advancing their concerns over corporate performance.
Methode's Class A shareholders are considering an offer of $20 a share.
He replaces Sir Victor Blank, a leading proponent of Lloyds TSB's acquisition of HBOS last year, which many shareholders consider a mistake.
