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The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Get Out and Vote! Proxy voting lets your shareholder voice be heard.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 David Lee Smith	Times Duels With Shareholders Shareholders, displeased with flagging earnings and shares, withhold votes at Times' annual meeting. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Think Twice Before Agreeing With Management Did you know that companies in which you own stock may be doing things you don't like, and you may be giving them your blessing? Investors, proxy voting probably doesn't work the way you think it does.
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The Motley Fool March 29, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Consulting With Accenture This consulting firm charges a pretty penny for its advice -- and its shareholders love it for doing so. Currently priced at 19 times trailing earnings, Accenture shares change hands for less than nine times trailing free cash flow.
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The Motley Fool October 11, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Ditch the Murdochs! Shareholders could send a powerful message to News Corp. and others like it.
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BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Louis Lavelle	A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting.
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The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Eliot Cohen	Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors.
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The Motley Fool June 18, 2010 Yochim & Moscovitz	Don't Let Washington Kill Shareholder Rights Eleventh-hour backroom deals are unacceptable.
Search Engine Watch February 9, 2004 Sullivan & Sherman	Search Engine Watch 2003 Award Winners Search Engine Watch has released its annual list of outstanding web search services for 2003. Your favorite search engine is among them, but there were also some surprises and controversial predictions for the coming year.
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