US - The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) has welcomed overwhelming support for its proposal to give shareholders the right to amend the by laws of the Sara Lee Corporation.
In a non-binding ballot, over 80% of the votes cast were in favour of the measure, designed to give greater control to company owners. In a statement, Russell Read, chief investment officer CalPE...
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