Ingersoll-Rand shareholders approve vote on pay
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Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd.  said on Wednesday that shareholders approved a motion calling for an annual shareholder vote to ratify the pay packages awarded to its top officers.
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Dow Jones & Co Inc  shareholders voted to approve a $5.6 billion buyout by News Corp  on Thursday, giving Rupert Murdoch control of one of the world's most influential newspapers, the Wall Street Journal.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Wednesday said all conditions on its 38.1 billion US dollar takeover of Alcan Inc had been satisfied and most shareholders had accepted its offer.
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Microsoft Corp. shareholders yesterday overwhelmingly approved a plan that clears the way for the company to issue them a huge, one-time dividend -- the biggest piece of a $75 billion cash payout that many shareholders have long advocated.
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A tentative Chrysler-U.A.W. agreement appears headed for approval after four union locals voted in favor of it.
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The Walt Disney Co. said on Friday  it made two changes to its corporate bylaws, including a  measure allowing the board of directors to adopt a stockholder  rights plan by a majority vote.
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A federal court has temporarily cleared the way for shareholders to force companies to hold contested elections for directors.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Workers at the world's largest   copper mine, Chile's Escondida, voted on Thursday to accept a   new contract deal and end a strike that sent international   copper prices on a 25-day rollercoaster ride.
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The company accepted a Harvard professorâs proposal that the chief executiveâs pay be subject to approval by three-quarters of the independent directors.
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Pilots at US Airways have voted in favour of giving $300 million in annual wage and benefit concessions to the struggling airline, becoming the first major labor group to accept permanent cuts, the union representing pilots said.
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Shareholders in Marks &amp; Spencer yesterday voted overwhelmingly to accept the board&#39;s proposal for the largest tender offer made in Britain by a company for its own shares.
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Shareholders of Interbrew and AmBev today voted in favour of the two companiesâ merger. AmBevâs shareholders also voted in favour of a capital increase and the incorporation of Canadian brewer Labatt at
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Microsoft Corp shareholders cleared the way for the world&#39;s largest software maker to pay out the largest corporate dividend ever next month and welcomed news of a blockbuster first day of sales for its video game Halo 2.
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Computer Associates International&#39;s shareholders defeated a proposal yesterday that could have forced senior executives to give back performance-based bonuses.
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No news was good news for South Africa&#39;s Harmony Gold Mining Company (NYSE: HMY) today. Over at rival and takeover target Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI), a shareholder vote was held to endorse
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Shareholders wrap up voting on Monday on a merger deal that would combine the parents of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade to create the world's largest derivatives exchange.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- As expected, shareholders of struggling Palm Inc. approved Wednesday the partial sale of the company to a private equity firm and a change in the board's makeup.