61. Those who have reason to cheer the merger of Chase and Chemical are the top executives, the big shareholders, the lawyers. 62. Websecure, which still counts Centennial as a big shareholder, was sued by several principals. 63. What makes InsWeb even more interesting is that two major insurers are big shareholders. 64. When Time Warner acquired Turner, TCI became a big shareholder of Time Warner. 65. Worms was ousted from the company in July because big shareholders including Lyonnaise des Eaux and Compagnie UAP reproached him for his lack of a clear strategy. 66. Other big shareholders look likely to follow. 67. Although he had sentiment on his side, the silent proxies of big shareholders made his forced ouster a foregone conclusion. 68. He also warned the big shareholders and managements of companies against disregarding the rights and interests of Bumiputera investors and minority shareholders. 69. Maurice Saatchi was ousted in December as chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi amid complaints from big U.S. shareholders who were worried about potentially lucrative stock options. 70. One scenario is the company putting into effect a plan that requires some big shareholders to buy new shares. |