Annual and Special Corporate Meetings

Facebook CEO faces ire over slumping stock at shareholder meeting

2013-06-12 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, grilled by shareholders unhappy about the slumping stock price, took pains to defend the company he founded. With the stock trading nearly 37% below its offer price of $38,...

Environmental activists to crash Facebook's shareholder meeting

2013-06-10 12:42:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is the latest Silicon Valley company to bar the media from attending its annual meeting. Google and Zynga also decided to keep out the media this year. Instead, Facebook suggests the media watch a live webcast�of its first...

Wal-Mart blocks protesters, announces $15 billion share buyback

2013-06-07 10:36:00

Armed with a temporary restraining order against demonstrators and a $15-billion stock buyback program for investors, Wal-Mart held its annual shareholder meeting Friday. The company is facing renewed scrutiny over its labor practices at home and the...

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon survives vote to strip him of chairmanship

2013-05-21 09:29:00

A JPMorgan Chase & Co. shareholder proposal to split the bank's chairman and chief executive roles -- now both held by Jamie Dimon -- failed to win a majority's support Tuesday. The proposal to split Dimon's jobs at the nation's largest bank won only...

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon survives vote to strip him of chairman role

2013-05-22 00:00:00

NEW YORK – Jamie Dimon survived a bruising fight to strip him of his chairmanship, but directors at JPMorgan Chase & Co. may still have to calm restive shareholders. Dimon, JPMorgan's savvy chairman and chief executive, easily beat a proposal to...

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon facing push to drop chairman title

2013-05-17 17:51:00

NEW YORK — A major shareholder vote next week has Wall Street abuzz over the power and future of Jamie Dimon, leader of the country's biggest bank. As chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dimon burnished his reputation by steering...

Boy Scouts of America lifts ban on gay youth

2013-05-23 15:34:00

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In a highly anticipated vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. The resolution was adopted with more...

Boy Scouts lift ban on openly gay youth

2013-05-23 06:54:00

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In an emotionally charged vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in...

Occidental Petroleum Chairman Ray Irani ousted at annual meeting

2013-05-04 00:00:00

Occidental Petroleum shareholders ousted Chairman and former Chief Executive Ray Irani in a dramatic annual meeting that signaled the end of an era for the storied oil and gas producer. It concluded a nearly three-decade run as a director of the Los...

What to expect at Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting

2013-05-03 12:20:00

The annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting kicks off this weekend in Omaha, Neb. Thousands of the conglomerate’s shareholders will make the sojourn to the Cornhusker State, where they are expected to discuss the company’s succession...

NRA pledge on gun rights: 'We will never surrender'

2013-05-04 14:56:00

HOUSTON — Vowing that “we will never surrender,” the leader of the National Rifle Assn. claimed victory over recently defeated gun control legislation and denounced “political and media” elites for vilifying gun owners and...

Shareholder revolt fails to dislodge HP board members [Updated]

2013-03-20 15:59:00

Hewlett-Packard�Co. shareholders voted in favor of the current board at an annual meeting Wednesday, shrugging off a campaign by some investors to ignite a protest over a series of troubled acquisitions. HP announced that all 11 directors received at...

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2013-06-17 00:00:00

Robert Wilson, 25, of Chicago, carries a box of with petitions containing more than 6,000 signatures seeking a wage of $15 an hour to the McDonald's annual meeting Thursday in Oak Brook.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

The DSM-5 is released at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Assn. The so-called bible of psychiatry has been a matter of heated debate among mental health professionals.

2013-05-18 18:33:35