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I've lost count of all the stories I've written that quote fancy investment bosses decrying the rise of unequal proxy voting rights that entrench the power of corporate insiders. Here's one from a dec...

In the cancel-culture wars over freedom of speech in the U.S. workplace, a truce is taking shape at some employers.

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Backers of Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban included U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, who campaigned for Orban in Budapest last week before his big election lo...

Former U.S. President Richard Nixon was famously described as pursuing a "madman theory" in his approach to wartime negotiations, creating the perception that he was capable of any destruction to cow ...

Freedom of speech, enshrined in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, prohibits government meddling in our expressions, worship, assembly and writing. But legally the framework does not apply ...

Providing low-paid workers with government benefits like health insurance and food assistance is usually considered to be socially minded policy. But another way to look at the payments is as subsidie...

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Pay attention when rivals join the same side of an argument. That happened recently when the leader of the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative-leaning shareholder group, co-wrote an op-ed...

Maybe you caught the speech by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink at last week's Davos conference, coverage of which focused on his worries that capitalism has undermined itself with too much inequality, and th...

A year of changes by U.S. President Donald Trump and his securities regulators means a lot of uncertainty heading into the springtime shareholder meeting season.

Last month I spoke with Vanessa Williamson of the Brookings Institution, who made the case for high taxes so governments respond to citizens' needs. She said authoritarians prefer low taxes and less i...

In a new book, Trump's Ten Commandments, two Yale leadership scholars call the president's understanding of authority that of "a tribal chieftain blended with the necessary fluidity and creative chaos...

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Jerusalem-based peace activist and negotiator Gershon Baskin played an important role in the diplomacy between U.S. and Hamas leaders leading to the October deal pausing the war in Gaza.

Exxon Mobil is introducing a unique shareholder voting mechanism that will allow retail investors to automatically cast ballots in step with board recommendations during annual meetings, a move that may help the top U.S. oil producer fend off activist campaigns.

With U.S. President Donald Trump railing against corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts and axing government ones, it may come as no surprise that U.S. companies are reporting fewer race and gender details about their directors.

When fund manager State Street installed the bronze statue known as "Fearless Girl" in 2017 to stare down Wall Street's massive "Charging Bull" sculpture, it was hailed as a breakthrough moment in financial messaging.

State Street's asset management unit on Friday dropped targets for the number of women and minority directors who should serve on corporate boards, according to new proxy voting guidance posted on its website.

The Trump White House on Wednesday sent termination notices to at least some U.S. Attorneys around the country who had been appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden, according to an excerpt of the email reviewed by Reuters.

Yesterday I called up New York City Comptroller Brad Lander for his take, as an activist investor, on a move by Institutional Shareholder Services to end diversity considerations in its boardroom recommendations.

Top proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services said on Tuesday it will no longer consider the gender, racial or ethnic diversity of U.S. company boards when making its voting recommendations.

Top mutual fund manager Vanguard removed some of its guidance for U.S. companies to include women and minority directors, a sign of the shifting dynamics of corporate diversity efforts that have come under attack from the new Trump administration.

Costco Wholesale shareholders voted against a proposal requesting a report on the risks of maintaining its diversity and inclusion initiatives, the U.S. company said on Thursday, against the backdrop of intense scrutiny of such policies.

While leaders from the White House to Wall Street order workers back into their offices, one Boston CEO uses carrots rather than sticks to lure his employees to work.

Republican-led Tennessee and asset manager BlackRock settled a dispute over the company's use of ESG factors in its investment decisions, according to a statement by the state's Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on Friday.

Big investors are about to weigh in on corporate diversity, equity & inclusion efforts. Many of their U.S. portfolio companies are in retreat mode from the DEI values they embraced in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter movement, as executives now worry about attacks from conservative influencers and Republicans holding power in Washington.

Los Angeles-based asset management firms overseeing more than $4 trillion in assets are grappling with the impact of the region's destructive wildfires on their operations, with some relocating office space and supporting staff members who have lost their homes.

A flagship coalition aimed at aligning the asset management industry with global climate goals said it was suspending its activities on Monday, days after BlackRock , the world's biggest investor, left amid a political backlash in the United States.

Executives' concerns for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors seems in retreat by many measures. Banks have withdrawn from climate groups, companies are toning down diversity efforts, and boardroom demographics get a lower priority in director searches.

UnitedHealth Group shareholders on Wednesday said they requested the company prepare a report on the costs and public health impact related to its "practices that limit or delay access to healthcare."