Wednesday, September 01, 2010
SEC Votes to Boost Power Over Boards
Shareholders won greater clout to place directors on corporate boards Wednesday, marking the latest victory for the "shareholder rights" movement that has gradually chipped away power from top executives running U.S. corporations.
But a party-line split vote at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and a denunciation of the new rule by a Republican commissioner who suggested it is illegal, points to new skirmishes ahead.
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