Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Nell Minow is an American film reviewer and writer who writes and speaks frequently on film, media, and corporate governance and investing. Ms. Minow was named one of the 20 most influential people in corporate governance by Directorship magazine in 2007. She was dubbed “the queen of good corporate governance” by BusinessWeek Online in 2003 and has received Lifetime Achievement awards from both the International Corporate Governance Network and Corporate Secretary Magazine...
atrocity care considered says unless
It's considered an atrocity now. Unless he says he'll take care of everyone, he won't get that.
maybe nobody pure wants
It's a headache. It's pure profit, and maybe that's why nobody wants to think about it.
fraction meaningful
Yes, it's meaningful money, ... But it's still a fraction of what was lost.
company invested pay
Usually, $100,000 invested in the company is enough to make them pay attention.
companies entirely period public
We had a period in which companies went public entirely too quickly. Some of them never should have.
substance words
They got the words right and the substance wrong, ... I'm very disappointed.
candid open prospects supposed truth
You're supposed to tell the truth and be open and transparent and candid about your prospects -- not obfuscate.
number ways weeks
This could go any number of ways ? it could be weeks before this is over.
addition apparent change expecting
I think the change is significant -- and troubling. For one thing, it is in addition to the other termination payments, which the first one was not. And it is larger, for no apparent reason. Are they expecting a change of control?
chairman create monopoly public running value
He is not the chairman of a public corporation. He doesn't create shareholder value. He is essentially a regulator, and he is running an unregulated monopoly in a way.
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The Internet Entertainment Writers have gone beyond the usual suspects in nominating performers like Owen Kline ('The Squid and the Whale') and Naomi Watts ('King Kong'), demonstrating their willingness to recognize excellence that transcends age or genre.
based pay people value willing
I'm willing to pay people based on the value they create.
agree burden companies explain proof saying
I'm not saying that everyone has to agree with our grades, but the burden of proof should be on (the funds) to explain what they see in these companies that we don't.
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In the post-Enron era, we have seen reforms from just about everybody -- from the Congress, from the (Securities and Exchange Commission) and from the stock exchanges, ... Everybody has stepped up to the plate except for the Delaware courts.