Notes toward A Blog Post on Chrystia Freeland’s Interview of GE CEO Jeff Immelt
…declaring this was going to be a powder-puff interview (“I’m a big fan” of a man who has lost 60% of shareholder value for his investors over the past ten…
…declaring this was going to be a powder-puff interview (“I’m a big fan” of a man who has lost 60% of shareholder value for his investors over the past ten…
…higher performance bonuses to top managers and to pay for dividends and share buybacks for shareholders. And those shareholders are most likely merely to use it to make new secondary…
…preservation and job creation are private, not public, financial gains. The proposition is preposterous and relies upon the sleight of hand that only company and shareholder profits count as “profits”—a…
…area was expanding too quickly. Maurice Greenberg remained, iirc, the largest shareholder of AIG even after his ouster. In his frequent interviews, he made no secret that he was in…
…the less they contribute to the economy, the more they keep for themselves and shareholders. The Fed’s Flow of Funds reveals corporate profits represented a near record 11.2% of national…
…is murder, on a mass scale. Only on Wall Street, they call it maximizing shareholder value, and they call it legal. And they substitute dollar bills where a conscience should…
…into consideration the relationship between corporate taxation and shareholder taxation. And what about the incidence of corporate tax? Is it passed on in full to shareholders, as Mankiw presumes? That’s…
…make it easier for shareholders to nominate corporate board members. The other would raise taxes on multinational corporations. The rhetoric accompanying the tax proposals has been particularly harsh, Castellani said,…
…with three or fewer shareholder/service provides upon whose reputations the S corporation’s profits hinge. A major step in addressing the problem, even if not perfect. 3) international tax provisions The…
…sees what many other commentators have seen–socialization of bank (i.e., manager and shareholder) losses, privatization of gains. Welfare for Wall Street, Free markets for the rest of us. Salon, Feb….