US -The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected a request by Yahoo! Inc. to omit a New York city pension funds proposal calling for the company to protect freedom of access to the Internet globally.
SEC attorney adviser Derek Swanson said the SEC did not agree with a request from Yahoo! to exclude the city’s proposal from its shareholder 2007 proxy statement. Swanson said: “Political censo...
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