This bill doesn't take sides. What it says is that it is inappropriate to have a federal rule that says state governments with their own money can't make these decisions or that individual investors can't press their companies to do it,"
VOA: standard.2009.04.28
America's Securities and Exchange Commission passed a new rule intended tomakeit easier for shareholders to remove directors at companies they feel are underperforming or paying their bosses too much.
The recent upsurge in sectarian unrest in Myanmar has cast a shadow over President Thein Sein's administration as it struggles tomake democratic changes after a half-century of military rule.
"Counterintelligence states" states like North Korea makeita matter of first resort to eliminate or mitigate any foreign threats to their continued rule.