The number of securities class actions is falling and here's more evidence showing the trend is continuing. Although it's more complicated than the raw numbers suggest.
Much has been said about shareholder rights to exercise their views. But companies are not democracies and a new study from Yale shows the tricks management uses to win the close votes.
American bosses continue to rake it in, with their average annual cash bonuses going up by close to half and total cash compensation up by about one-third for 2006.
