Corporate governance in America 美国企业治理 Heating up 代理权争夺战升温 Shareholders are ever more willing to vote against management 股东们比以前更愿意投管理层的反对票 TWENTY years ago Bob Monks bought an ad in the Wall Street Journal declaring members ofthe board of Sears, to which he hoped to be elected, non-performing assets . 二十年前,Bob Monks在《华尔街日报》登了一则广告,声称Sears公司董事会成员为 不良资产 ,并徒劳希望能被当选为其中一员。 Nowadays, shareholder activists just create a website. 如今,激进股东们仅需建立一个网站。 On April 2nd Dan Loeb, a hedge-fund boss, launched valueyahoo.com, which brims withproposals for reviving the struggling web firm. 北京时间4月2日,对冲基金Third Point掌门丹尼尔?勒布发布了名为ValueYahoo.com的网站,该网站满载着复兴这困境中挣扎的网络公司的建议提案。 Mr Loeb is trying to get himself elected to Yahoo! s board against the wishes of its managers-a fight that could be the highlight of the annual corporate proxy season that is gettingunder way. 丹尼尔?勒布违背公司高层的意愿正试图让自己当选为雅虎董事会成员。这场冲突可能是当下一年一度公司代理权季节中最精彩的部分。 |