Corporate governance

Corporate governance

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  Google CEO discloses 'rare' vocal cord problem

  Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he ... 

• News Corp. insurers pay $139M in shareholder suit

  News Corp. has reached a $139 million settlement in shareholder lawsuits over the British phone hacking scandal and the controversial purchase of an ... 

• Peltz discloses stakes in PepsiCo, Mondelez

  Activist investor Nelson Peltz has disclosed stakes in Mondelez and PepsiCo, following earlier reports that the billionaire could be pushing for a ... 

• Possible deal could cut ex-Enron CEO's sentence

  A possible agreement that could reduce the prison sentence of former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling for his role in the collapse of the once mighty ... 

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  Apple CEO promises investors 'great stuff' to come

  Apple CEO Tim Cook sought to reassure shareholders worried about the company's sagging stock price that the iPhone and iPad maker is on the verge of ... 

• Judge blocks shareholder vote on Apple proposal

  A federal judge is blocking Apple from conducting a shareholder vote on a package of governance proposals, handing a victory to a rebel investor who ... 

• Rebel Apple investor tries to rally Street

  A Wall Street maverick who wants Apple Inc. to share more of its wealth with investors took his case to other shareholders Thursday, urging them to ... 

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  Finmeccanica CEO arrested in corruption probe

  The chief executive of Italian defense and aerospace giant Finmeccanica was arrested in a corruption probe Tuesday, the third corporate scandal to ... 

• Tax fraud a popular pastime among prison inmates

  Tax fraud appears to be a popular pastime in the nation's prisons, but the Internal Revenue Service is catching on. The IRS detected more than 173,000 ... 

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  Ex-Anglo Irish Bank chief faces new fraud charges

  The former chief executive of Ireland's collapsed Anglo Irish Bank, Sean FitzPatrick, was arraigned Friday on new fraud charges that he misled ... 

• Groupon shares climb after hedge fund buys a stake

  Shares of Groupon Inc. added more than 10 percent Tuesday after a hedge fund said it bought a 9.9 percent stake in the battered online deals company.