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...
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Creating value ... The question is, 'Did they earn it?'
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This report brings to light the role mutual funds play in enabling excessive compensation and helps investors determine which ones are committed to shareholder value and merit their business. The time is now for mutual funds to use their voting power in the interest of shareholders to tie executive pay to actual job performance.
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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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I'm willing to pay people based on the value they create.
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Usually, $100,000 invested in the company is enough to make them pay attention.
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Yes, it's meaningful money, ... But it's still a fraction of what was lost.
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We had a period in which companies went public entirely too quickly. Some of them never should have.
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It's, generally speaking, the result of some pressure from shareholders. We're seeing more and more of that, particularly at companies that have not kept faith with shareholders. It's very performance driven.
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It's a very serious concern that nobody's paying attention to.
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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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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.
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It's definitely caveat emptor. They'd better kick the tires carefully.
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It's considered an atrocity now. Unless he says he'll take care of everyone, he won't get that.
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You cannot be on the board of directors and also be doing investment banking work for the company. I don't care if he steps out of the room or not. You cannot be the umpire and the pitcher in the same game.