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Aug 20, 2019
8:17:28am

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Another title: SJW CEOs float political ballon to see if DOJ will ignore antitrust regulations

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Nearly 200 CEOs signed a letter promising that shareholder value will no longer be their first priority. It's a major

HarlemCoug All-American

8/19/19 11:32pm

Sounds like a way to try to head off more regulation/oversight/taxation to me

Mike Honcho

8/19/19 11:46pm

I doubt they'd get those things from Trump, but certainly the left would love more of those things. I think our

HarlemCoug

8/19/19 11:52pm

Translation: Considering all stakeholders is what we believe is in the

garyfan

8/19/19 11:50pm

I thought about this too... I still think that for one company, one CEO, the best thing for those shareholders would

HarlemCoug

8/19/19 11:56pm

Um.

CougarinMaryland

8/20/19 12:02am

So you're saying the CEOs are doing this to cater to current and potential

garyfan

8/20/19 12:02am

I think that people with money are less worried about new regulation and taxation than many think. In fact, many of the

HarlemCoug

8/20/19 12:10am

It's quite possible you're the target audience for this letter

CougarinMaryland

8/20/19 12:20am

This has been a noticable shift/trend over the last few years. Bezos (who signed this letter) has shown with his actions

HarlemCoug

8/20/19 12:32am

Reading it again, it is just Corporate Social Responsibility talking points

CougarinMaryland

8/20/19 12:58am

He raised their pay, but I heard they got their benefits slashed.

rtNelson

8/20/19 3:35am

I wonder how long the stockholders (owners) of those companies will stand for

CougBlu

8/19/19 11:53pm

PR move

cougarnerd

8/20/19 12:07am

Lip service, nothing more. Shareholders are still #1.

Pimpin4Paradise

8/20/19 12:56am

What a complete crock of yewt

hitechcpa

8/20/19 12:12am

Which part?

Baron

8/20/19 4:16am

Ideally, your workers should be shareholders too.

Mister P

8/20/19 4:41am

I agree with this. And more than just a stock purchase program.

rtNelson

8/20/19 5:20am

The Enron debacle put a swift end to that for most.

fulano

8/20/19 7:26am

How do you suppose their average salaries

zia cougar

8/20/19 5:07am

If given the option directly to have a small percrntage of unseen and unknowable

rtNelson

8/20/19 5:25am

We are really going down the "Atlas Shrugged" path on how companies are treated

compcoug

8/20/19 6:45am

That's how I see it. This spells big trouble if the movement takes off.

Freeloader

8/20/19 1:56pm

You are dangerously naive. CEOs want more flexibility to be less accountable.

8/20/19 7:03am

What a crock. Shareholders are the owners

grosven

8/20/19 7:03am

Another title: SJW CEOs float political ballon to see if DOJ will ignore antitrust regulations

HuskerFan2

8/20/19 8:17am

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Gil Buckman

8/20/19 1:31pm

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