Funds Seek to Nominate Disney Directors
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Four of the biggest U.S. public  pension funds said Tuesday they would press for the right to  have shareholders nominate directors to Walt Disney Co.'s  DIS.N board of directors.
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Oracle Corp. plans to nominate four candidates for election to rival PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors as part of its battle to acquire the rival software company.
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As Walt Disney Co. directors meet today to start grappling with the process of replacing Chief Executive Michael Eisner, one man who has not roamed the halls in eight years is casting his shadow over the discussions.
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Big-ticket executives and the directors who bankroll them will be top targets for activist shareholders as the proxy campaigns for next year's annual corporate meetings get under way, governance experts predict.
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Walt Disney Co's DIS.N board of  directors said on Tuesday it planned to find a replacement for  Chief Executive Michael Eisner by next June and then search for  a new chairman, setting out a timetable for a change of  leadership at the company after more than a year of shareholder  protests.
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The Walt Disney Company has revamped its executive compensation policy, requiring top officers to own and hold more stock and tying stock awards to the performance of the company&#39;s share price.
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The showdown at Disney (DIS ) may not happen after all. Dissident former board members Stanley Gold and Roy Disney said on Sept. 28 that they support the board&#39;s accelerated search for a new CEO, making it
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Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and the rest of his family members have together donated 1.5  million dollars to several organisations.
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The board of directors at The Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people ) went to a less-than-magic kingdom on Wednesday, as a shareholder suit began.
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Two state lawmakers critical of the way Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson and the County Council have dealt with the county's ailing hospitals have been nominated to join the board of directors of the company that runs the system.
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DREAMWORKS Animation, creators of hit animation film Shrek and Shrek 2, could raise up to Â£405 million through its US stock market flotation.
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GEORGETOWN - Walt Disney company officials will appear in the Court of Chancery in Georgetown starting Wednesday. Shareholders are suing Disney and former president Michael Ovitz.
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By Bloomberg News. Michael D. Eisner, the chief executive of Walt Disney, kept board members abreast of the negotiations to hire the talent agent Michael S. Ovitz as the company&#39;s president
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Would-be US presidential nominees are set to file fundraising figures, as spending balloons.
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Disney kept investors in the dark over cash it paid to some of its directors and their relatives - including Michael Eisner foes Roy Disney and Stanley Gold - the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday.
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Walt Disney Co. dissident shareholders Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, who have called for Chief Executive Michael Eisner&#39;s replacement, said their campaign was successful and praised the board&#39;s
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Eisner has said that Disney President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Iger would be his choice as successor, but the Disney board is expected to consider many candidates.