Corporate Accountability

Community Reinvestment Policy

WHEREAS: Western Union serves many of the financial needs of immigrant populations, with a major presence in poor and racially diverse neighborhoods (Urban Institute, 2004);  
Diciembre 19, 2008

Report on Racial Disparities in Home Preservation Rates

WHEREAS, mortgage foreclosures in 2007 and 2008 threaten the stability and profits of virtually all lending companies, including Wells Fargo.   Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke testified in March 2008 that total losses on subprime mortgage foreclosures in the fourth quarter of 2007 exceeded 50% of the principal balance;
Diciembre 19, 2008

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ADVISORY VOTE

RESOLVED, that shareholders of Yahoo Corporation request the board of directors to adopt a policy that provides shareholders the opportunity at each annual shareholder meeting to vote on an advisory resolution, proposed by management, to ratify the compensation of the named executive officers ("NEOs") set forth in the proxy statement's Summary Compensation Table (the "SCT") and the accompanying narrative disclosure of material factors provided to understand the SCT (but not the Compensation Discussion and Analysis).   The proposa Diciembre 19, 2008

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ADVISORY VOTE

RESOLVED, that shareholders of Target Corporation request the board of directors to adopt a policy that provides shareholders the opportunity at each annual shareholder meeting to vote on an advisory resolution, proposed by management, to ratify the compensation of the named executive officers ("NEOs") set forth in the proxy statement's Summary Compensation Table (the "SCT") and the accompanying narrative disclosure of material factors provided to understand the SCT (but not the Compensation Discussion and Analysis).   The propos Diciembre 19, 2008

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ADVISORY VOTE

RESOLVED, that shareholders of Schering-Plough Corporation request the board of directors to adopt a policy that provides shareholders the opportunity at each annual shareholder meeting to vote on an advisory resolution, proposed by management, to ratify the compensation of the named executive officers ("NEOs") set forth in the proxy statement's Summary Compensation Table (the "SCT") and the accompanying narrative disclosure of material factors provided to understand the SCT (but not the Compensation Discussion and Analysis).   Diciembre 19, 2008

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ADVISORY VOTE

RESOLVED, that shareholders of Prudential Financial, Inc. Diciembre 19, 2008

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ADVISORY VOTE

RESOLVED, that shareholders of Alcoa, Inc. Diciembre 19, 2008

Much has been made about the prospect that Barack Obama's presidency might, due to economic necessity and the president-elect's interventionist inclinations, be a reprise of the New Deal era. The Nation
Diciembre 9, 2008