Bailed-out insurer American International Group took another step in its restructuring this week, but it is only noticeable to those looking closely: it put the company’s logo back on employee identification cards. Get the full story »
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Hyatt changes Penny Pritzker’s board status
Penny Pritzker, one of America’s richest and most powerful businesswomen, is no longer considered an independent director of Hyatt Hotels Corp., the publicly traded company that her family controls.
Hyatt disclosed that change in its proxy statement in late April, when the list of independent directors no longer included the 51-year-old Pritzker, who was national finance chair for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and leads several companies that are part of her family’s business empire. Get the full story »
April 23, 2010 at 11:31 a.m.
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Filed under: Corporate governance, Earnings, Economy, Health care Abbott shareholders nix governance proposals
By Wailin Wong | Abbott Laboratories shareholders voted down two proposals seeking
greater participation in corporate governance issues at the North
Chicago company’s annual meeting.
A “say on pay” proposal, which would have allowed shareholders to hold a
yearly advisory vote about senior executive compensation, was defeated
after garnering 41 percent approval, according to a preliminary tally. A
second proposal that would have given shareholders owning more than 10
percent of common stock the ability to convene a special meeting was
also defeated after reaching just 38 percent approval.
