Fund Wants Board Seats at H& R Block
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 27 -- Breeden Capital Management, which last month gained two seats on the board of the Applebee's restaurant chain, said Wednesday that it is turning its attention to tax preparation firm H&R Block.
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Fidelity Investments hasn&#39;t given up its opposition to a rule that requires the boards of mutual funds to have an independent chair, and the senior US senator from New Hampshire is backing that effort.
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With taxes on private equity and hedge funds front and center, many in the industry are looking to Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, for help.
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The International Monetary Fund's board said on Monday that any country could nominate a candidate to succeed IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato, throwing open a job customarily given to Europeans.
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Four of the biggest U.S. public  pension funds said on 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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H&R Block Inc.  shares rose as much as 5.4 percent after a UBS Investment Research analyst upgraded the largest U.S. tax preparer, and said it could be acquired after it sells its money-losing subprime mortgage unit.
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Fidelity Investments plans a series of meetings with Massachusetts economic development officials, following the Boston mutual-fund giant's disclosure on Tuesday it may create up to 1,500 jobs in a Dallas suburb.
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The House Financial Services Committee plans a March 22 hearing on whether to close the federal banking loophole that allows retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Home Depot Inc. to operate banks, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Four of the largest US public pension funds on Tuesday said they would ask Walt Disney Co. shareholders to change company policy to let investors nominate two independent directors to the board.
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Business & money: Â· Fund chiefs stonewall on domicile questionÂ· MPs expected to demand answers next week
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The congressional panel investigating Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom spying probe has demanded that CEO Mark Hurd explain $1.37 million worth of options he exercised just before the scandal became public, two congressmen said Wednesday.
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Business & money: US pension fund backs demands for changes Bank insists share price shows strategy is right
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WASHINGTON - Fidelity Investments, the world's largest mutual-fund manager, more than doubled its votes against corporate board nominees this year to object to executive severance packages and director absenteeism.
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Christopher Cox will call for the passage of several measures intended to bolster the powers of the board that oversees financial disclosures by state and local governments.
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H&R Block looks to put its subprime woes behind it.
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Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, a large alternative asset manager, said on Monday it filed for an initial public offering, making it the latest large investment firm to seek a public listing.
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Piper Jaffray Cos.  is looking at buying U.S. public finance firms as part of a broad plan to spend funds it generated from selling its brokerage business last year, the company's chief executive said.