Labour: Response to Government support for Labour’s policy on proxy purchasing and e-cigarettes – Luciana Berger

Sunday 26th January 2014 | 13:47
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Luciana Berger MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Public Health, responding to Government support for Labour’s policy on proxy purchasing and e-cigarettes, said:
“This is yet another u-turn on smoking from this…
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Labour: Response to Government support for Labour’s policy on proxy purchasing and e-cigarettes – Luciana Berger

Thailand: Uprooting Wall Street’s Proxy Regime

Unprecedented protests have taken to the streets in Bangkok, now for weeks, where at times, hundreds of thousands of protesters have appeared. Estimates range from 100-400 thousand people at peak points, making them the largest protests in recent Thai history. 

Images: Scenes taken from a…
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Activist retains advisors in push for change at Darden Restaurants

Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:08am EST

Nov 21 (Reuters) – Activist investor group Barington Capital Group said on Thursday it is working with investment bank Houlihan Lokey as it attempts to push for change at restaurant chain Darden Restaurants Inc.
Barington, which leads a group of shareholders…
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Transocean reaches deal with Icahn to resolve proxy battle

Mon Nov 11, 2013 1:35am EST

Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals & Deal Makers conference at the New York Stock Exchange in this June 27, 2007 file photograph.
Credit: Reuters/Chip East/Files

(Reuters) – Transocean Ltd (RIG.N) said it reached an…
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Idaho ground zero for GOP proxy fight

Mike Simspon will have to fight against Bryan Smith to keep his seat. | AP Photo
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The tensions dividing Republicans in Congress are now spilling onto the campaign trail.
Ground zero for the proxy fight is Idaho, where the insurgent and establishment factions of the GOP are warring over…
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Idaho ground zero for GOP proxy fight

VIDEO: America Breaking News: Some Dell Shareholders Plan to Vote Against CEO’s Buyout

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At least three shareholders who collectively hold nearly 3 percent of Dell Inc shares plan to vote against Michael Dell’s $24.4 billion buyout offer, raising questions about proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services’ sway with the PC maker’s shareholders. In an email…
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VIDEO: America Breaking News: Some Dell Shareholders Plan to Vote Against CEO’s Buyout