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By Eduardo Amaral Gurgel Kiss1
The Brazilian economy has been performing reasonably well in recent years and international investors become interest...
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"Just as neither the staff nor the inmate group is homogeneous, so a simple division between staff and inmate groups can sometimes conceal important f...
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- Harold Bailey, Appellant, and Bennie Lee Linder, Plaintiff, v. Bernice F. Turner, Superintendent, Blanch Prison Unit, Route 1, Box 140, Blanch, N.C., Individually and in His Official Capacity; Ralph Edwards, Commissioner, N.C. Department of Correction, in His Official Capacity; David L. Jones, Secretary, N.C. Department of Social Rehabilitation and Control, in His Official Capacity; B.F. Oakes, Asst. Supt., Blanch Correctional Institution, Individually and in His Official Capacity; Horace Pippin, Steward, Blanch Correctional Institution, Individually and in His Official Capacity; and Newman Bradshaw, Lindus Farmer, Sergeant Kirby, Officers Jefferies, Harris, Mise, Lipscomb, Ashley, Ellington, Willis, Duncan, Oakley, Tarpley, and Lt. West, all in Their Individual Capacities, Appellees., 736 F.2d 963 (4th Cir. 1984)
Thomas F. Loflin, III, Durham, N.C. (Loflin & Loflin, Durham, N.C., on brief), for appellant.
James Peeler Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C. (Ru...
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The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, us, we, or our) proposes to amend our regulations related to Farm Credit System (System) bank and association disclosures to shareholders and investors. The proposed rule would require reporting of supplemental retirement plans, a discussion of the link between senior officer compensation and performance, and timely and transparent reporting to shareholders of significant events that occur between annual reporting periods. We believe the proposed changes will provide full, transparent and consistent disclosures to shareholders. The proposed rule would identify the minimum responsibilities a compensation committee must perform to ensure it continues to exercise good stewardship, and require that System banks and associations provide for a nonbinding, ...
... engage shareholders in the management and control of their institution. Also, the proposed rule woul...
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The purpose of this study is to provide an empirical analysis of the relationship between ownership structure of French firms and their value. Using data for 510 French publicly traded firms, the current study provides evidence in support of the entrenchment hypothesis. The results show that large controlling shareholders maintaining grip on control while holding only small fraction of cash flow rights are inclined to expropriate minority shareholders, which in turn detrimentally affects the firm's valuation. The evidence also indicates that pyramiding is the main device set to unduly entrench the large controlling shareholder. Additional analysis reveals that the identity of the second largest controlling shareholder matters. Sharing control with a family constrains the largest control...
..., despite the weak legal and the institutional environment, corporations might commit themselves ...
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Arrowhead Credit Union posted a profit in the first quarter of the year and improved its capital position, the San Bernardino- based lender said on Friday, recording its first positive earnings since federal regulators seized control of the institution last year.
The Inland Empire's second largest credit union by assets said it earned $3.9 million for the quarter ending March 31 after three consecutive quarters of losses.
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It is a well-known phenomenon that customer attrition surges following a bank merger and remains elevated for months--even ye...