News tagged with pension investments

Verizon shareholders to vote on executive pay

(AP) -- A movement to give shareholders influence over compensation awarded to company executives gets an early test Thursday as Verizon Communications Inc. becomes the latest to hold a "say on pay" vote.

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Questions and answers on blockbuster Facebook IPO

(AP) -- A company started in a Harvard dorm room in 2004 has just raised $16 billion and is valued at $104 billion. All that from an initial public offering of stock.

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Want a piece of Facebook? Get in line

Facebook may be the year's hottest stock issue -- but try getting a piece of it. Small investors will find the line long and hurdles high to get even a handful of shares.

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created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift

(AP) -- Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO.

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created May 13, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Hedge funds more like guardian angels than vultures: research

(Phys.org) -- New University of British Columbia research shows that – contrary to popular opinion – hedge funds have a positive influence when investing in U.S. companies filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Murdoch scandal follows classic media baron script

(AP) -- If the phone hacking scandal gripping Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. empire has a familiar ring, it might be because you've heard the story before. Scrappy outsider turns modest newspaper business into international ...

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created May 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shareholders paying the price for pension deficits

Companies are prioritising their pension fund deficits and shareholders are paying the price, shows new research from our University.

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created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Middle class woe

the American middle class has been battered by the loss of well-paying jobs for the 70 percent of the workforce without a college degree and failed by would-be protectors in government and private institutions, said panelists ...

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created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Counties with thriving small businesses have healthier residents, researchers find

Counties and parishes with a greater concentration of small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations — with lower rates of mortality, obesity and diabetes — than do those that rely on large companies ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Experts see tough road for Kodak to reinvent self

(AP) -- Even in bankruptcy, Kodak boasts some enviable strengths: a golden brand, technology firepower that includes a rich collection of photo patents, and more than $4 billion in annual sales of digital ...

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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