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The UK City minister responds to Breakingviews.com’s concerns about making shareholder votes tradable. Lord Myners has a new proposal for improving shareholder stewardship – letting investors divide themselves into voters and non-voters though a 1-for-1 issue of non-voting stock.
Last week’s feature arguing for giving Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit more time to sort out the giant bank’s problems garnered healthy debate – not just on the blogosphere but among Breakingviews.com’s readers.
Readers responded in droves to Martin Hutchinson’s provocative suggestion that California’s financial problems could be eased by breaking it into four smaller states. Breakingviews presents a collection of the most noteworthy comments.
Jonathan Johnson, president of US online discount retailer Overstock.com, responds to Dwight Cass's article on short selling, and argues that more must be done to solve the problem of manipulative "naked" sales.
AIG Europe's chief executive responds to the characterisation of AIG employees in a recent view. US editor Rob Cox clarifies the point.
Gideon Fraenkel of Ohio State University takes issue with Rob Cox’s view that bonus limits in the US stimulus bill are misguided.
A one-off tax on profits sheltered offshore by US companies could raise $350bn to fund public works and stimulate the domestic economy, says Michael McIntyre of Wayne State University Law School.
Noam Berk of Dean Street Capital takes issue with Dwight Cass’s view that moving over-the-counter derivatives onto exchanges would yield benefits.
The carmaker’s executives have been denying the need for bankruptcy for as long as Breakingviews has been advocating it as a way to restructure the troubled carmaker. Herewith, we’ve compiled a selection of comments – both bullish and bullheaded – since late 2005.
Frank Keating, president of the American Council of Life Insurers, takes issue with Dwight Cass’s argument that an optional federal regulatory scheme for insurers could lead to weaker oversight.
Creditors challenging the Freescale and Realogy debt swaps are on solid legal footing, argues Joshua Nahas of Wolf Capital Advisors.
Readers repond to Hugo Dixon's view that high base salaries are not the solution to the question of bankers' pay.
Greg Ward, chief financial officer of Macquarie Group, responds to Jeffrey Goldfarb's recent view on Macquarie and Babcock & Brown.