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In letters to Goldman Sachs and Texas Instruments, the SEC has ruled that companies cannot exclude shareholder proposals to require that options be performance based as "ordinary business matters." The letters follow a trend from the SEC to require companies to allow votes on how option plans are

If you were not able to join us last week for our sold-out conference in Pittsburgh, some of the highlights were the record-setting attendance, the buzz of the conversations in the common spaces, and the keynote address facilitated by Christopher Mackin and featuring Heather Braimbridge-Cox (Wind

On September 5, the Pittsburgh Citywide Task Force on Employee Ownership had its inaugural meeting.

A federal judge has ruled that a trustee cannot follow employee directions on unallocated shares in an ESOP, nor use mirror voting on shares for which no directions are received.

On July 21, the Center for American Progress, released the report Capitalism for Everyone.

A new policy paper, Expanding Employee Ownership: Toward a Stronger American Economy, builds the case for employee ownership and proposes three rarely explored policy options for creating more of it.

The IPO of the state-controlled coal company Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa raised 5.4 billion zlotys ($1.96 billion) for the Polish government.

The new Congress and Administration will be under increased pressure to reduce employee holdings of company stock in retirement plans. Many financial advisors have been urging such restrictions in the last several weeks.

A new online survey of 800 respondents by John Zogby Strategies for Employee-Owned S Corporations of America (ESCA) found that 62% would like their own Congressional representatives to vote for a bill that is presently before both houses of Congress that would make it easier for owners of S corpo

Update April 22: Congressional leaders and the White House announced an agreement yesterday which would, among other things, nearly double the amount available through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by adding $320 billion in funding.