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DAVID CRAIG Companies have been subject to pressures to look after shareholders by increasing dividends and doin... CHRIS IGGO As long as companies remain in operation with ongoing pension plans, they have a legal obligation to... BRADLEY BELT UPS, its employees and retirees continue to raise the bar each year with their extensive engagement ... BRIAN GALLAGHER I do not see any earnings visibility in Amazon and in fact, I noticed how they are getting rid of so... JON BURNHAM We're not necessarily changing the name of the hospital. What we are doing is significant. We will b... DIANA BALTIMORE All the companies that have home-grown systems are doing everything they can to ditch them. CARRIE JOHNSON There are lots of questions whether this (pension overhaul effort) will help shore up funding in pen... KAREN FRIEDMAN Sitting with him, they wanted to do network, they wanted to do syndication, ... I've got to get that... MICHAEL DAVIES Things that have happened with Enron and companies like that, where they've squandered their emp... MIKE HUCKABEE We are combining two companies that have a similar philosophy about competitive markets. By doing it... ED SELOVER We received a number of entrants. We were delighted to see so many companies focusing energy on thei... DEBBIE IMBODEN The Borough of Pitcairn has a financial responsibility to taxpayers, as well as to the hardworking e... JACK WAGNER SRIKUMAR RAO DANIEL H. PINK The shareholders of a company are more important than the employees,because if the shareholders did ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Workers in larger companies don't worry about being educated, they just assume that IT handles every... BOB HANSMANN Friendly mergers can really derive leverage and value for the shareholders and for the employees. Bo... LARRAINE SEGIL I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. ... BRIAN SANDOVAL NOREENA HERTZ SIMON MAINWARING They are doing peering, not just to get rid of minute charging, but to create true connectivity, isl... ELI KATZ The trend from defined-benefit to defined-contribution plans has not come because employees have wan... JACK VANDERHEI The increase was primarily a result of reductions in discount rates to 4% for German pension plans a... BODO UEBBER This guide has the potential to save businesses and government agencies millions of dollars from los... AMY FADIDA MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY I don't think GM would be doing this if they didn't outperform the market -- one would suspect they ... BOB POWELL Our goal is to do fair, accurate and balance research. Not a lot of companies are doing critical res... KAREN HINTON As many companies are switching from traditional pension plans to defined contribution plans, more i... DAVID MCCLELLAN This (deal) will bring significant benefits to customers, shareholders and employees. JEAN-CYRIL SPINETTA The combination of rules allows companies to go for years on end without putting any money into thei... BRADLEY BELT They would have a more secure retirement because we boosted their pension benefits and savings plans... DAN BECK KHANG KIJARRO NGUYEN Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - ... NATHAN KIRSH These grants are very competitive, and we work hard to bring these opportunities to the employees of... CARY ISRAEL Chip makers will get what they need, but the solar cell companies will not get what they need and co... BRETT HODESS Executives at these companies are often isolated from the horrors of what the farm animals have to e... BRUCE FRIEDRICH Roche is doing everything it can to speed up production. We are seeking to further collaborate with ... ALEXANDER KLAUSER GLEN MAZZARA Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of s... JED S. RAKOFF Shareholders are pressuring everyone to disclose what they are doing in the environmental arena. MICHAEL JOHNSTON Basically, our board's philosophy has always been we are not for sale. But not only are they offerin... DONALD FLATT There has not been a major airline which has gone through bankruptcy without terminating its pension... DOUGLAS ELLIOTT JERRY GREENFIELD Companies need to start doing mock proxy statements and see how their plans will read under the prop... MARK REILLY AARON SWARTZ Blaming others is not an option. Only you can make a change to your own destiny. Some may fail some ... FRANCESCO NICHOLAS CECE They (operating companies) are better financed, better able to grow, and they don't need to continua... MIKE WINER Sprint Nextel shares with Nextel Partners a commitment of excellence to our customers, employees and... GARY FORSEE They have to change or die. If that means getting rid of significant numbers of employees and reshap... CHRIS PARTRIDGE Naturally, we are honored that MIT has added our family of funds to its employees' retirement plans, FRANK HOLMES After the holidays, I am going to try to get a status of everything and what the plans are. I know a... BERNICE LINTON Other countries around the world make employees and retirees first in the priority. For example, in ... ELIZABETH WARREN SIMON MAINWARING ELAINE CHAO Anything and everything they are doing at the top is not translating to the staff, to the facilities... LANCE CORCORAN I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON [Excalibur has only 10 employees; that's the good news and the bad news. Small companies don't have ... BRETT GARDNER Five years ago, [these companies] wouldn't have been sponsoring events. Today, they are doing quite ... LANCE HELGESON The big thing you can do in Chapter 11 is stiff your creditors and get rid of all the airplanes you ... MICHAEL ROACH LEWIS CARROLL Shareholders are becoming aware that when they do the right thing, it's also the right business deci... JUSTIN NELSON SHIV NADAR CHRIS CHRISTIE There are two re-entries fooling users this month. The Elf Bowling hoax, which has made a festive re... CAROLE THERIAULT [AMR] felt it was important to provide the senior management and their families with the same level ... JAMES LITTLE That companies are making money and still can't pay a living wage seems obscene, ... (Corporations) ... KAREN NUSSBAUM ORISON SWETT MARDEN CHUCK NORRIS A tense situation is prevailing in the country and people are living under anarchy. They want to get... SHEIKH HASINA A high proportion of (UK) companies will have looked at their pension scheme and thought 'can we sto... BOB SCOTT The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is tro... HANK JOHNSON You have a responsibility to make inclusion a daily thought, so we can get rid of the word 'incl... THEODORE MELFI ROBERT FISK I have to believe, given the level of discussion I've heard about it, that bankers are certainly out... FRANK AQUILA The death of pension plans. DOUG LOCKWOOD There are some shareholders who want BT to hold on to Wireless because they feel the company could l... NIGEL HAWKINS That's where the real hit is. A lot of companies do not pay for dependents. They leave it up to the ... DAVID LINDSEY WENDY MASS People need to make sure that they ask questions, watch what they are doing and not go into it blind... BRIAN ECK To politicians who say we're in such a bind now, you have to look at what the politicians did. The r... FREDERICK NESBITT JERRY GREENFIELD There's been a big improvement in the past year in terms of getting rid of the drugs, the dealers, c... JOE WILLIAMS In the end, we want to ensure we are doing everything we can for that student-athlete to succeed. JAY COOPERIDER GEORGE GORDON The Canadian Pacific Railroad stood in this court and said they were ready to accept responsibility.... DAN O'FALLON Ben is tough and smart and can also get to the cage. A full season from Ben elevates the entire team... DOM STARSIA HOWARD SCHULTZ Looking at the debt the hospital will ultimately incur is going to really challenge its ability to e... DAVID PLOSS We are struggling to get participation from family members and retirees so they can present their co... DENNIS MCMILLEN As stand-alone, world-renowned companies with leading market positions and outstanding employees, we... DON DAVIS
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